Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Learns about students Gathers additional data to Uses data from a variety
through data provided by learn about individual of formal and informal
the school and/or students. sources to learn about
assessments. students and guide
selection of instructional
strategies to meet diverse
learning needs. 7/15/23
Using knowledge of
students to engage Some students may Students engage in single Student engage in
them in learning engage in learning using lessons or sequence of learning through the use
instructional strategies lessons that include some of adjustments in
focused on the class as a adjustments based on instruction to meet their
whole. assessments. needs. 7/15/23
Evidence During each unit/chapter,
we make an outline and
timeline to pace
ourselves. However, these
are general outlines, and I
will make adjustments to
the unit plan accordingly.
Depending on need, these
adjustments may
incorporate reteaching,
enrichment, or review.
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Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
measures to make knowledge of students to
adjustments to make ongoing
instruction and meet adjustments and
individual identified accommodations in
learning needs. 10/21/23 instruction.
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Students take ownership
Students actively utilize a of their learning by
variety of instructional choosing from a wide
strategies and range of methods to
technologies in learning further their learning that
that ensure equitable are responsive to their
access to the curriculum. learning needs.
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I collect data through
formal and informal
assessments to pull
students in to small
groups and adjust pacing
of lessons. I also share
this data with the
Instructional Aide so they
may also support where
needed. 10/21/23
I use different online
resource for math
manipulatives so
students may be able to
use manipulatives in the
classroom and at home.
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I utilized the interests,

based on information I’ve
gathered throughout the
year, of the students to
keep them actively
engaged in their learning.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I was able to send home
different resources that
students could use at
home to help them
student and expand their
learning. These included
resources that all
students could access.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.2 Emerging
Develops awareness of
prior knowledge, culture,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interests
represented among
students.
Connecting learning
to students’ prior
knowledge,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and Some students connect
interests learning activities to their
own lives.
Evidence
Exploring
Uses gathered
information about
students’ prior
knowledge, cultural
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interest
to support student
learning. 7/15/23
Students participate in
single lessons or
sequences of lessons
related to their interests
and experiences.
I do my best to know as
much as I can about my
students to use their
background and prior
knowledge in most units.
I send home “family
homework” for parents
to share about their
families and child, which
helps get a broader
understanding of each
student. The students
also do activities to share
about themselves in the
beginning of the year.
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Applying
Uses school resources and
family contacts to expand
understanding of students’
prior knowledge, cultural
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interests
to connect to student
learning. 10/21/23
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Students make
connections between
curriculum, and their prior
knowledge, backgrounds,
life experiences, and
interests. 7/15/23
One of my favorite things
to use is the KWL charts
for students to bring in any
prior knowledge to units
being taught. Students are
also encouraged to share
any connections they make
by holding up the hand
sign for ‘c’ (comment)
throughout the lessons. I
also assign lessons for
them to make observations
at home. 7/15/23
Integrating Innovating
Integrates broad Develops and
knowledge of students systematically uses
and their communities to extensive information
inform instruction. regarding students’
cultural backgrounds,
prior knowledge, life
experiences, and
interests.
Students are actively Students can articulate
engaged in curriculum, the relevance and impact
which relates their prior of lessons on their lives
knowledge, experiences, and society.
and interests within and
across learning activities.
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I do my best to learn
about student
interests and their
personal lives to
integrate into Math
and History lessons.
This helps students to
engage in the lesson
while also making
deeper connections.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.3 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses real-life connections Explore using additional Integrates connections Integrates connections to Engages student in
during instruction as real-life connections to from subject matter to meaningful, real-life actively making
identified to curriculum. subject matter in single meaningful, real-life contexts in planning connections to relevant,
lessons or sequence of contexts, including those subject matter instruction meaningful, and real-life
lessons to support specific to students’ and is responsive during contexts throughout
understanding. 7/15/23 family and community. instruction to engage subject matter
Connecting subject 10/21/23 students in relating to instruction.
matter to subject matter. 5/9/24
meaningful, real-life
contexts Some students relate Students make use of Students actively engage Students routinely
subject matter to real-life. real-life connections Students utilize real-life in making and using real- integrate subject matter
provided in single lessons connections regularly to life connections to subject into their own thinking
or sequence of lessons to develop understandings matter to extend their and make relevant
support understanding of of subject matter. understanding. 10/21/23 applications of subject
subject matter. 7/15/23 5/9/24 matter during learning
activities.
For our unit on As a part of our Math In our unit about natural
measurements, students enrichment, students are resources, students were
would use rulers and encouraged to make word assigned to investigate
measuring tape to find problems that utilize how different building
the area and perimeter of things that they may and objects use energy.
different objects in the encounter in their lives. As we investigate the
classroom and at home. Students become more unit, students can share
They would also be given invested and engaged any examples they found
a problem based on the when real life with each lesson.
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Using current events and
Evidence During our unit on the real life situations, like
Constitution, students shopping and ordering
would go home to discuss food, for math lessons
the differences between about decimals. 5/9/24
the rights we have today
and the rights of colonists
before the constitution.
We would use these
connections to see how
things changed to rights
we have today. 7/15/23
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.4 Emerging
Uses instructional
strategies, resources, and
technologies as provided
by school and/or district.
Using a variety of
instructional
strategies, resources,
Some students participate
and technologies to
in instructional strategies,
meet students’
using resources and
diverse learning
technologies provided.
needs
Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Explores additional Utilizes a variety of Creates, adapts, and Refines the flexible use of
instructional strategies, strategies including integrates a broad range an extensive repertoire of
resources, and culturally responsive of strategies, resources, strategies, resources, and
technologies in single pedagogy, resources, and and technologies into technologies to meet
lessons or sequence of technologies during instruction designed to students’ diverse learning
lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse needs.
diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs. 10/21/23
learning needs. 7/15/23 5/9/24
Students participate in Students participate in Students take
single lessons or instruction using Students actively engage responsibilities for using
sequence of lessons strategies, resources, and in instruction and make a wide range of strategies,
related to their interests technologies matched to use of a variety of resources, and
and experiences. their learning needs. targeted strategies, technologies that
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technologies to meet their learning.
individual students
needs. 10/21/23
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
The strategies I use bring
in culturally responsive
pedagogy by asking
students to share things
about their culture
throughout the year to
connect with the unit.
Students are also
encouraged to even share
different strategies or
point of views that have
not been shared in the
Evidence lessons. At our school, we
use various forms of
technology for students
to demonstrate what they
have learned. 7/15/23
Lessons including a
variety of learning
strategies to support all
types of learners. This
includes the use of visual
aids, audio aids, and small
group activities.
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Students are given the
opportunity to
demonstrate their
knowledge. There are
tests/quizzes, group
projects, and
presentations that are
used for assessments.
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Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Asks questions that focus Includes questions in
on factual knowledge and single lessons or a
comprehension. sequence of lessons that
require students to recall,
interpret, and think
critically.
Promoting critical
thinking though
inquiry, problem
Some students respond to Students respond to
solving, and
questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks
reflection
and comprehension. designed to promote
comprehension and
critical thinking in single
lessons or a sequence of
lessons.
Guide students to think
critically through use of
questioning strategies,
posing/solving problems,
and reflection on issues in
content. 7/15/23,
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Students respond to
questions and problems
posed by the teacher and
begin to pose and solve
problems of their own
related to the content.
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Supports students to
initiate critical thinking
through independently
developing questions,
posing problems and
reflecting on multiple
perspectives.
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Students pose problems
and construct questions
of their own to support
inquiries into content.
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Facilitates systematic
opportunities for student
to apply critical thinking
by designing structured
inquiries into complex
problems.
Students pose and
answer a wide-range of
complex questions and
problems, reflect, and
communicate
understandings based on
in depth analysis of
content learning.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Evidence For math, we use bar In History and Literature,
models to answer algebra we take a look at all
questions in 4th grade. different types of
The students take time to perspectives. I ask
reflect on the word various types of questions
problems to find out what to have students think
they need to solve the outside of any biases.
problem. They highlight 5/9/24
and circle the problem to
identify critical
information. 10/21/23

I scaffold the lessons for

students to teach them
how to solve different
types of problems. Once
the students start to
understand how to solve
the problem, they will
then solve problems
independently or in
groups. 10/21/23

Many lessons, across all

disciplines, have time for
think-pair-share time.
This allows students to
discuss with their
partners to solve/answer
problems posed to them
using strategies or even
coming up with one of
their own. During this
time, students also come
up with questions that
expand the lessons.
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For Math, I have the

students come up with
word problems using
materials from their own
lives. They must also be
able to answer their own
question and some
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
students will be able to be
the “teacher” for their
own problem. 7/15/23

Element 1.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Implements lessons Seeks to clarify Makes ongoing Adjusts strategies during Makes adjustments to
following curriculum instruction and learning adjustments to instruction based on the extend learning
guidelines. activities to support instruction based on ongoing monitoring of opportunities and
student understanding. observation of student individual student needs provide assistance to
engagement and regular for assistance, support, or students in mastering the
checks for understanding. challenge. 7/15/23, concepts flexibly and
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Monitoring student Some students receive Students receive Students successfully Students monitor their
learning and individual assistance assistance individually or participate and stay progress in learning and
adjusting instruction during instruction. in small groups during engaged in learning provide information to
while teaching. instruction. activities. Students are able to teacher that informs
articulate their level of adjustments in
understanding and use instruction.
teacher guidance to meet
their needs during
instruction. 7/15/23,
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I plan time throughout

the lesson to check in
with the students and
make adjustments
accordingly. I am also
walking around to check
for understanding. We
often times do our work
on white boards so it is
Evidence easier to see how they are
doing. 10/21/23
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Students are given the

objective for each lesson
or a question that we
want to answer.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Throughout the lessons,
the students gauge their
understanding by being
able to answer the
questions or check if they
can meet the objectives.
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I utilize a lot of activities

and work that allow me
to make formal
assessments throughout
the lesson. When a
student is having a hard
time grasping a concept, I
may explore a similar
problem with the class,
pull them in a small
group, or have a 1 to 1
review with them.
Students who need a
challenge may get a
challenge problem
provided for them or
have them expand their
thinking with meaningful
enrichment activities.
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Throughout the lesson, I

will focus on key terms
and have students
respond using those key
terms. Having students
use the academic
vocabulary helps them to
articulate what they need
support on and follow
along when reviewing
content with them. They
are better equipped to
follow along during whole
class instruction.
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