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

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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’ individual development. individual cognitive, needs and cultural information on students.
academic readiness, social, emotional, and backgrounds. 5/6/2018
language proficiency, physical development to
cultural background, meet their individual
and 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. 12/2/18
pedagogy. planning lessons. Uses cultures. 5/6/2018 5/1/19
culturally responsive
pedagogy in planning.

I am currently assessing In my planning I make Using assessment data, I

students to determine sure to address any
their reading and writing possible biases and/or
levels. I have also used assumptions. I make sure
parent surveys and home to use culturally sensitive
visits to help better terminology. I also
understand cultural and incorporate a variety of
familial backgrounds. I texts that include a
make sure to plan for variety of cultures.
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emotional development.
Books in my library are I use my knowledge
sensitive to a variety of based on my assessments
cultures. I make sure to of student’s academics,
incorporate a variety of language proficiency, as
literature with different well as my knowledge on
cultures. their cultural and
9/27/2017 background knowledge to
develop instruction. I use
a variety of texts with a
variety of cultures in my
classroom. We explore
plan lessons that
incorporate opportunities
to support and extend
student learning. For
example, In a recent math
lesson, on triple addend
addition I provided more
difficult problems for my
higher level students and
as an extension activity
had them work on adding
with four or more
addends. For my
students at grade level,
they completed practice
problems and moved on
to the extension activity
when finished. For my
lower level students I
taught the lesson at a
slower pace and started
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
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and discuss cultures with much easier
different from our own. samples. All students
We address potential bias that finished early had
about these cultures in the option to try the
our lesson. I make sure extension activity.
my students show
respect and care towards Bias and stereotyping is
all cultures. 5/6/2018 addressed based on our
school policy as we are a
Christian school. We
discuss both the Christian
principles as well as other
viewpoints in a variety of
subject matter. In Social
Studies we discuss
different cultures and
upbringings and the goal
is for my students to
know, understand, and be
accepting of cultural
differences. In a unit on
Family, I taught about
different family
structures and each child
was able to share about
their family by
completing a family tree
project. Students learned
that families can be
comprised of many
different people and that
a family isn’t just a mom,
dad, sister, and brother.
Family can mean a lot of
things. Students learned
a lot about each other and
were able to see past the
bias of what a typical
family is comprised of.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
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I plan each of my lessons
with the idea of
supporting my English
Learners, high level
learners, and students
with special needs. For
example, while creating
writing projects in Social
Studies I limited the
amount of facts for my
student on an IEP, and
extended learning for my
high level learners by
providing them a more
in-depth reading about
the White House.
Students were all
successful with
completing the
assignment and were able
to work at their
individual levels.

I have focused on
teaching my students
about biases that we see
in sciences. As we are a
bible based Christian
School, much of our
Science curriculum does
not teach what scientists
currently believe about
the age of our earth etc.
We have discussed the
concept that many people
have different ideas and
we need to make
decisions based off of our
personal thoughts,
feelings, and research in
order to be truly
informed. We have had
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discussions where
students believe the bible
versions and where other
students believe current
research. I have taught
students to respect on
another's beliefs. 5/1/19

Communicates learning Establishes and shares Establishes and Establishes and Establishes and
objectives for a single learning goals for skill communicates to articulates learning goals articulates
lesson to students based development with students clear learning to students that integrate comprehensive short-
on content standards and students in single lessons goals for content that are content standards with term and long-term
4.2 Establishing and
available curriculum. and sequence of lessons. accessible, challenging, students’ strengths, learning goals for
articulating goals for
and differentiated to interests, and learning students. Assists students
student learning
address students’ diverse needs. 12/2/18 to articulate and monitor
learning needs. 5/6/2018 learning goals.
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I establish and
communicate the
learning goals with
students at the beginning
of lesson. Learning goals
are written and shared
verbally with students.
At the end of the lesson
students are asked to
self-assess if they have
met the learning goal if it
is a short term goal.
Students are formally
assessed to see if they
have met long term goals.
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Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum
for daily, short- and long- units that include a series
4.3 Developing and term plans. of connected lessons and
sequencing long- are linked to long-term
term and short-term planning to support
instructional plans to student learning.
support student
learning
Applying
Each lesson begins with
informing the students of
both the short and long
term learning goals for
the academic content. I
make sure students each
have individual goals as
well that help them feel
challenged, and that meet
their diverse needs. We
complete individual goal
sheets so that students
are aware of their
academic strengths as
well as areas for potential
growth. I meet with
students individually
approximately once every
two weeks. 5/6/2018
Establishes short- and
long-term curriculum
plans for subject matter
concepts and essential
related academic
language and formats
that support student
learning.
Integrating
Learning goals are
discussed at the
beginning of each lesson
and integrate the content
standards. I also
incorporate a connection
to students lives or to our
world to keep students
engaged. For example I
will be using sports to
teach a unit on force,
movement, and gravity.
My students love sports
and are very competitive,
so relating the subject
matter to sports will
make the lessons more
engaging. We will be
acting out the forces of
pull with a tug of war, and
be dropping different
sized sports balls from
the roof of our building to
test out gravity.
Incorporating their
interests into the learning
goals will ensure that
students are engaged in
learning. 12/2/18
Refines sequence of long-
term plans to reflect
integrations of
curriculum guidelines,
frameworks, and
assessed instructional
needs to ensure student
learning. 5/6/2018
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Innovating
This year, I have focused
on creating both short
term and long-term goals
with my students in math
and reading. Some of
these goals are hung in
our room as a reminder
for students to meet
them. We have goals for
meeting math facts in
addition and subtraction.
Students also have goals
for meeting reading level
goals (both short and
long term). I have also
worked to create
behavior goals with my
students. I meet once per
trimester with my
students in order to
discuss the success of
these goals. These goal
sheets are also shared
with parents so they can
help their students meet
these goals with at home
practice as well.
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Utilizes extensive
knowledge of curriculum,
content standards, and
assess learning needs to
design cohesive and
comprehensive long- and
short-term instructional
plans that ensure high
levels of learning. 5/1/19
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
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Using my curriculum
guide I have broken down
learning goals into both
long and short term.
Lessons are sequenced so
that students can build off
of previous knowledge.
9/27/2017 I feel that I
am still at the integrating
level. I used my
curriculum guide as a
framework for which
units I would be teaching
this year. Focusing on
short and long term
learning goals, I compile
lessons in order to meet
the standards for the unit.
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I have used my
curriculum guide to
organize the standards,
integrate subjects, and set
the pacing for each
subject. I create units
based off of the standards
and my curriculum guide
that will help my students
meet the learning goals. I
create mini units or
individual lesson plans if
students need extra
support with a standard.
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Innovating
Using my curriculum
guide and curriculum
documents has helped me
to pace and understand
the standards that my
students need to be
meeting by the end of the
year. Each year, I have
incorporated different
projects and assignments
and have grown my
repertoire of tools that I
utilize to teach my
students. I focus on
project based learning
and create projects and
research opportunities to
help deepen my students
knowledge of a subject.
For example, I created a
project for my animal
unit where students had
to become experts on that
animal. I was able to
integrate writing as well,
as students had to write
an informational
paragaph on their animal.
I taught students to
research on appropriate
websites, and how to pick
good fit books from the
library.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
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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
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I incorporate strategies I use a variety of I utilize a variety of

such as graphic assessments, both strategies to meet the
organizers, partner and informal and formal to diverse learning needs of
small group work in ensure that my students my students. I provide a
order to help meet are meeting learning variety of individual,
students learning needs. goals. partner, and small group
I also teach to various 9/27/2017 work, I use a variety of
learning styles including tactile, visual, and audial
kinesthetic, visual, and I incorporate a wide elements in my lessons to
auditory in order to range of strategies such meet the needs of my
increase learning as graphic organizers, learners. I incorporate
amongst my students. write around the rooms, hands-learning to keep
9/27/2017 hands-on activities and my students engaged. I
make sure to teach to all frontload vocabulary and
varieties of learners. My use visuals and graphic
lessons have components organizers to help my
to reach visual, audial, students understand new
and kinesthetic learners. information deeply.
I create extensions to my
lessons for students to I also create
further challenge opportunities in closings
themselves. I also of lessons for students to
provide extra support for share what they have
struggling students learned. I use exit tickets,
through small group 3,2,1, and other strategies
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instruction. I use a to check for
variety of formal and understanding. I use this
informal assessments and information to inform my
use the data to create teaching.
lessons that meet my 5/1/19
students learning and
language needs.
5/6/2018

I use a variety of
strategies to meet the
learning needs of my
students. I incorporate
visuals, tactile learning,
and audial learning to
meet students varying
needs. I incorporate a
variety of individual,
partner, and small group
work to encourage
positive social behavior.
I assess my students and
am knowledgeable of
their strengths and
weaknesses so that I can
extend or add support to
lessons. I am
knowledgeable of the
levels of my English
Learners and use the data
to inform my instruction.
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Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans and Makes adjustments and Makes ongoing Anticipates and plans for
uses materials from materials in single adaptations to adjustments to a wide range of
4.5 Adapting curriculum provided. lessons or sequences of differentiate instructional instructional plans and adaptations to lessons
instructional plans lessons to address plans. Uses culturally uses a variety of based on in depth
and curricular students’ learning needs. responsive pedagogy and materials as the analysis of individual
materials to meet the additional materials to instructional needs arises student needs.
assessed learning support students’ diverse to support student
needs of all students. learning needs. learning. 5/6/2018 Engages with students to
12/2/18 identify types of
adjustments in
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
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I make a variety of
adjustments to my
instructional plans in
order to support student
learning. For example, I
provide more math
examples, or scaffold an
activity in a small group
to help students receive
more math support.
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I feel that I am still at the
integrating level. As I go
through the lessons of my
units, I make adjustments
for learners that may
need a challenge as well
as my students that need
more support. I assess
my students frequently
and use the data to
determine if I need to re-
teach concepts, pull a
small group, or work with
a student individually on
a learning goal. 5/6/2018
I am constantly assessing
my students both
formally and informally
to check for
understanding and how
they are reaching the
learning goal. I adjust
instruction in order to
support students that are
struggling to reach a
Innovating
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.
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I anticipate and plan for a
wide range of adaptations
for my students including
English Learners, low
level learners, student
with special needs, and
high level learners. I have
extension activities ready
for students that meet the
standard and I also have
support materials ready
for students that need
more practice. I am also
informed on all IEP
information in order to
meet the needs of those
students.
I frequently assess
students to determine if
they are meeting the
learning goals and am
able to adjust my lessons
when necessary.
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learning goal and provide
extension activities for
students that need a
challenge. 12/2/18