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 Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
through data provided by learn about individual of formal and informal measures to make knowledge of students to
the school and/or students. sources to learn about adjustments to make ongoing
assessments. students and guide instruction and meet adjustments and
selection of instructional individual identified accommodations in
strategies to meet diverse learning needs. 12/2/19 instruction.
learning needs. 6/17/19 3/20/20

Using knowledge of Some students may Students engage in single Student engage in Students take ownership
students to engage engage in learning using lessons or sequence of learning through the use of their learning by
them in learning instructional strategies lessons that include some of adjustments in Students actively utilize a choosing from a wide
focused on the class as a adjustments based on instruction to meet their variety of instructional range of methods to
whole. assessments. needs. 6/17/19 strategies and further their learning that
technologies in learning are responsive to their
that ensure equitable learning needs.
access to the curriculum.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I assess students through I store data in a Google
teacher questions that are Sheets page and in
posed throughout our Powerschool and
reading, discussion frequently look to see
forums on Schoology, how students are
formal essays, bellwork, changing and change my
etc. If I sense our class is teaching as needed.
behind in understanding, 12/2/19
I adjust my lesson plan 3/20/20
(sometimes the day of) to
fit students’ varied
learning needs. 6/17/19 Students use anything
from Weebly to
Evidence Some of the modifications Powerschool to Google to
I utilize are seating Schoology to ensure
rearrangements, bellwork equitable access to the
pauses (opening, quick curriculum. 12/2/19
activities of the topic of 3/20/20
the day—if students do
not understand bellwork
topic, I re-teach), and
discussions with
counselors (academic and
emotional) to gauge
where my students came
from. 6/17/19
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, Some students connect
backgrounds, life learning activities to their
experiences, and own lives.
interests
Exploring Applying
Uses gathered Uses school resources and
information about family contacts to expand
students’ prior understanding of
knowledge, cultural students’ prior
backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural
experiences, and interest backgrounds, life
to support student experiences, and interests
learning. to connect to student
learning. 6/17/19
Students participate in Students make
single lessons or connections between
sequences of lessons curriculum, and their
related to their interests prior knowledge,
and experiences. backgrounds, life
experiences, and
interests. 6/17/19
Integrating
Integrates broad
knowledge of students
and their communities to
inform instruction.
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Students are actively
engaged in curriculum,
which relates their prior
knowledge, experiences,
and interests within and
across learning activities.
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Innovating
Develops and
systematically uses
extensive information
regarding students’
cultural backgrounds,
prior knowledge, life
experiences, and
interests.
Students can articulate
the relevance and impact
of lessons on their lives
and society.

I contact school resources I continue to stay in

such as our school
counselors (academic and
emotional) to better
understand my students
and what they need. I also
give a survey to my
students during the first
week of the school year
asking about prior
Evidence knowledge and life
experiences that I later
read to tailor the class to
their needs. 6/17/19
contact with
student’s families
through counselors
and fellow teachers. I
also keep in touch
with parents through
Powerschool and our
weekly website
publishing.
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During each unit or novel

we read, I have ongoing Students analyze
discussions with students current and historical
about how the themes in
the literature reflect in
relevancy of
their own lives or the curriculum
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
world at large through consistently. They
round table discussions, also have the ability
op-ed writing
assignments, and relevant
to choose project
articles with similar ideas that relate to
themes. them the most.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.3 Emerging
Uses real-life connections
during instruction as
identified to curriculum.
Connecting subject
matter to Some students relate
meaningful, real-life subject matter to real-life.
contexts
Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Explore using additional Integrates connections Integrates connections to Engages student in
real-life connections to from subject matter to meaningful, real-life actively making
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. family and community. instruction to engage subject matter
students in relating to instruction.
subject matter. 6/17/19
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Students make use of Students utilize real-life 3/20/20 Students routinely
real-life connections connections regularly to integrate subject matter
provided in single lessons develop understandings into their own thinking
or sequence of lessons to of subject matter. Students actively engage and make relevant
support understanding of in making and using real- applications of subject
subject matter. life connections to subject matter during learning
matter to extend their activities.
understanding. 6/17/19
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In my class, we read the

majority of our books in
class, with some
occasional at-home
reading. We do this so I
can pause as we are
reading or after silent
reading to discuss
cultural relevancy to the
novel or short story. We
frequently talk about
Evidence what certain books
symbolize today, whether
it be that they are banned,
represent a cultural
ideology, etc. 6/17/19
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Students respond and

write about the
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.4 Emerging
Using a variety of Uses instructional
instructional strategies, resources, and
strategies, resources, technologies as provided
and technologies to by school and/or district.
meet students’
diverse learning
needs
Some students participate
in instructional strategies,
using resources and
technologies provided.
discussions mentioned
above. The past two
years, I have also
organized for a special
guest speaker to come
speak to the students
about spoken word
poetry and perform. The
speaker’s poetry reflects
on real-world problems
at both a micro and
macro level. This inspires
students to write about
what is around them in
our poetry contest I have
also organized in
response to the speaker.
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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. 12/2/19
learning needs. 6/17/19 3/20/20
Students participate in Students participate in Students take
single lessons or instruction using responsibilities for using
sequence of lessons strategies, resources, and a wide range of strategies,
related to their interests technologies matched to Students actively engage resources, and
and experiences. their learning needs. in instruction and make technologies that
6/17/19 use of a variety of successfully advance their
targeted strategies, learning.
resources, and
technologies to meet their
individual student needs.
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Evidence In order to prepare my Students utilize

students for the various strategies
challenging tech-world
ahead of them, we utilize
such as independent
a school website called and group work
Schoology. Here we while using various
develop a classroom technology sites and
community online where platforms. We use
we can respond to peers’
discussions in forums,
Weebly and online
read novels and articles, discussion forums as
watch videos, and submit well as surveys to
essays, audio, or video. now inform others of
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Students participate in
and our learning.
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the virtual classroom to
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engage with their peers
and teacher. They also
become adapted to
developing a professional
online presence that Students are actively
match their learning engaged and each
needs for this generation. play a role in their
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learning. They no
longer need
instruction for virtual
platforms but can get
right to work on most
online school
platforms. They
modify it to fit their
needs by integrating
their own voice and
utilizing other online
support resources.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

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
Some students respond to Students respond to
thinking though
questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks
inquiry, problem
and comprehension. designed to promote
solving, and
comprehension and
reflection
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.
Students respond to
questions and problems
posed by the teacher and
begin to pose and solve
problems of their own
related to the content.
Supports students to
initiate critical thinking
through independently
developing questions,
posing problems and
reflecting on multiple
perspectives. 6/17/19
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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.

One of the big projects we

complete in my class is a
Ted Talk unit where
students find a real-world
problem or topic and
pose a solution. We work
on this on and off over the
course of two months
until their Ted Talk
Evidence presentations. 6/17/19
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Students study Ted Talks

for effective public
speaking mannerisms
and ways to approach
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real-world problems in
their presentations. They
then think of their own
topic and narrow it down
even further if it is too
broad. The speech is ten
minutes long. Throughout
the two months, students
must articulate their
problem to an audience,
inform the audience
about the nuances of the
problem, and pose a
solution. 6/17/19
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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. 6/17/19 concepts flexibly and
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Some students receive Students receive Students successfully Students monitor their
Monitoring student
individual assistance assistance individually or participate and stay progress in learning and
learning and
during instruction. in small groups during engaged in learning provide information to
adjusting instruction
instruction. activities. Students are able to teacher that informs
while teaching.
articulate their level of adjustments in
understanding and use instruction.
teacher guidance to meet
their needs during
instruction. 6/17/19
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During discussions with

Evidence our counselors, I will
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
adjust seating
assignments based on
student needs. If students
do not do well with
reading silently or need a
book to come to life, we
will listen to the
audiobook and discuss
(college prep regular). Or,
if students think the
audiobook is too
mundane, we will have
silent reading time
(honors). 6/17/19
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Students are given

multiple opportunities to
show their understanding
through classroom
discussions, student-led
presentations, discussion
forums, bellwork, etc. I
guide the students as I
see fit based on their
understanding on the
assessments. 6/17/19
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