CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Plans daily lessons using Plans single lessons or Plans differentiated Plans differentiated Plans differentiated
available curriculum and sequence of lessons using instruction based on instruction, which is instruction that provides
information from district additional assessment knowledge of students’ based on broad systematic opportunities
and state required information on student academic readiness, knowledge of students. for supporting and
assessments. academic readiness, academic language, Matches resources and extending student
language, cultural diverse cultural specific strategies to learning based on
4.1 Using knowledge background, and backgrounds, and students’ diverse learning comprehensive
of students’ academic individual development. individual cognitive, needs and cultural information on students.
readiness, language social, emotional, and backgrounds.
proficiency, cultural physical development to
background, and meet their individual
individual needs.
development to plan Is aware of impact of bias Becomes aware of Planning addresses bias, Engages students in the
instruction. on learning. potential areas of bias Examines potential stereotyping, and analysis of bias,
and seeks to learn about sources of bias and assumptions about stereotyping, and
culturally responsive stereotyping when cultures an members of assumptions.
pedagogy. planning lessons. Uses cultures.
culturally responsive
pedagogy in planning.

I select course materials I am conscious of always Questionnaire – By

that meet the needs of my incorporating various learning more about my
students and include perspectives in my lesson students through getting
guided reading, planning. I am aware of to know you activities, I
summaries, graphic the diversity in my have been able to plan
organizers, and visuals in classroom and make sure instruction that best
each lesson so that to pull from a variety of meets the needs of my
students from various resource materials so that students. I have also to a
backgrounds and abilities students are exposed to greater extent used the
are able to participate in multiple viewpoints. technology resources
the learning activities. 6/25/2019 available to me including
Through getting to know translation tools,
you activities and summaries and various
discussions I become reading level documents,
familiar with the diverse subtitles to videos, etc. I
backgrounds of my have been more effective
students and am sensitive and helping students of
to that when planning all backgrounds connect
lessons. 6/25/2019 to the material and find
meaning in the historical
events/people we cover.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring
Communicates learning Establishes and shares
objectives for a single learning goals for skill
lesson to students based development with
4.2 Establishing and on content standards and students in single lessons
articulating goals for available curriculum. and sequence of lessons.
student learning
I have each day’s learning
objective written on the
front board as well as
Essential Questions for
each unit where students
can easily reference them.
Major projects also
include objectives and
goals in the description so
that students are aware
of what is expected. I
based my
objectives/essential
questions on the course
content standards.
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Applying Integrating Innovating
Establishes and Establishes and Establishes and
communicates to articulates learning goals articulates
students clear learning to students that integrate comprehensive short-
goals for content that are content standards with term and long-term
accessible, challenging, students’ strengths, learning goals for
and differentiated to interests, and learning students. Assists students
address students’ diverse needs. to articulate and monitor
learning needs. learning goals.
I create learning menus I have made
for my students and have improvements in
become more outlining learning goals
comfortable with how to and standards on each
design and implement assignment/assessment
activities that are that I give my students. I
differentiated and allow have become more clear
for students of all in communicating these
different learning things with students so
modalities and skills sets that they understand
to demonstrate mastery what the goal of each
of the course content. assignment is and are
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gage my student’s
interests and learning
needs and provide them
with activities/lessons
that allow for
personalization based on
their interests or sharing
their own
thoughts/reflections on
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring Applying
Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum Establishes short- and
for daily, short- and long- units that include a series long-term curriculum
4.3 Developing and term plans. of connected lessons and plans for subject matter
sequencing long- are linked to long-term concepts and essential
term and short-term planning to support related academic
instructional plans to student learning. language and formats
support student that support student
learning learning.
Learning goals are
established for each total
unit as well as for each
daily lesson/activity. As a
level, I collaborate with
my peers to develop a
year-long calendar that
we constantly reference
and adjust based on the
needs of our students.
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Integrating Innovating
Refines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
integrations of content standards, and
curriculum guidelines, assess learning needs to
frameworks, and design cohesive and
assessed instructional comprehensive long- and
needs to ensure student short-term instructional
learning. plans that ensure high
levels of learning.
Curriculum Outline – I
have been working on
designing the learning
calendar and curriculum
outline for my US
Government course. This
has allowed me to revisit
the content standards for
History and ELA and
make improvements to
my lessons and
assessments this
semester. So far I have
seen improvement in the
cohesiveness of my
projects and how this
results in better
performance from my
students. The more
explicit the standards are
and the more I focus both
short and long term
lessons on connecting to
the standards, the better
the students have done
on achieving the goals for
each assessment.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Plans instruction that Selects strategies for Incorporates Plans instruction using a Plans instruction
incorporates strategies single lessons or differentiated wide range of strategies incorporating a
suggested by curriculum sequence of lessons that instructional strategies to address learning styles repertoire of strategies
guidelines. respond to students’ into ongoing planning and meet students’ specifically meet
diverse learning needs. that addresses culturally assessed language and students’ diverse
4.4 Planning responsive pedagogy, learning needs. Provides language and learning
instruction that students’ diverse appropriate support and needs and styles to
incorporates language, and learning challenges for students. advance learning for all.
appropriate Is aware of student Seeks to learn about needs and styles.
strategies to meet content, learning, and students’ diverse learning Integrates results from a Facilitates opportunities
the learning needs of language needs through and language needs Uses assessments of broad range of for students to reflect on
all students data provided by the site beyond basic data. students’ learning and assessments into their learning and the
and district. language needs to inform planning to meet impact of instructional
planning differentiated students’ diverse learning strategies to meet their
instruction. and language needs. learning and language
needs.

I incorporate
differentiated instruction
in my lesson plans to
address the various needs
of students. I use pre-
assessments before
beginning a topic to see
where students are and
then adjust my plans
based on results. If topics
need to be revisited
based on assessment
results at the end of a unit
I will include time for this
in my planning. I will also
use different strategies to
improve student learning
based on assessment
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring Applying
Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans and Makes adjustments and
uses materials from materials in single adaptations to
curriculum provided. lessons or sequences of differentiate instructional
lessons to address plans. Uses culturally
4.5 Adapting
students’ learning needs. responsive pedagogy and
instructional plans
additional materials to
and curricular
support students’ diverse
materials to meet the
learning needs.
assessed learning
needs of all students.
I am constantly revising
my lessons based on
student engagement and
performance to make the
learning activities as
valuable as possible. I
will add in
supplementary materials
to the textbook to give
students options for
learning. If students are
struggling with a lesson, I
will adapt in the moment
by adding a new resource
or changing the focus of
the lesson from individual
to group work, or add in
more teacher guidance if
that is what is needed.
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Integrating Innovating
Makes ongoing Anticipates and plans for
adjustments to a wide range of
instructional plans and adaptations to lessons
uses a variety of based on in depth
materials as the analysis of individual
instructional needs arises student needs.
to support student
learning. Engages with students to
identify types of
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.
1920’s Research Paper –
This year it was evident
that if I wanted my
students to demonstrate
stronger writing ability
especially at the college
prep. level that I would
have to redesign my
activities and lessons to
start with the basics. I
have spent a great deal of
time this year focusing on
scaffolding and creation
organizers and skills
building activities for my
students. I have also
been more focused on
reviewing their work, and
adjusting each lesson
based on the progress
they have made and what
still needs to be worked
on. 12/13/2019