Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring
Learns about students Gathers additional data to
through data provided by learn about individual
the school and/or students. 09/27/17
assessments.
Using knowledge of
students to engage
Some students may Students engage in single
them in learning
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of
instructional strategies lessons that include some
focused on the class as adjustments based on
a whole. assessments. 09/27/17
I had each student
complete an assignment
that explored the
student’s culture and
history, which allowed me
to integrate their
background knowledge
into lesson plans. Also
knowing that there are a
number of EL students I
have purchased a number
of dictionaries for the
students to have access
Evidence to and I have a seating
chart that positions
stronger EL with students
that are still developing in
their English abilities.
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Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses data from a variety Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
of formal and informal measures to make knowledge of students to
sources to learn about adjustments to instruction make ongoing
students and guide and meet individual adjustments and
selection of instructional identified learning needs. accommodations in
strategies to meet diverse instruction.
learning needs.
Students actively utilize a
Student engage in variety of instructional Students take ownership
learning through the use strategies and of their learning by
of adjustments in technologies in learning choosing from a wide
instruction to meet their that ensure equitable range of methods to
needs. access to the further their learning that
curriculum.5/3/19 are responsive to their
learning needs.
By this time in the year I
have grown so much in
my ​knowledge of my
student I have used a
number of different ways
to measure my students
learning needs. For
example at the beginning
of the year I would show
crash course US history
videos but I found that
those videos would go
too fast so I slowed them
down. One of the ways
that I have grown in my
knowledge but have not
been able to get to the
innovating is using more
parent contacts when
using technology to
better learn about the
students. 5/3/19
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.2 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Develops awareness of Uses gathered Uses school resources Integrates broad Develops and
prior knowledge, culture, information about and family contacts to knowledge of students systematically uses
backgrounds, life students’ prior expand understanding of and their communities to extensive information
experiences, and knowledge, cultural students’ prior inform instruction. regarding students’
interests represented backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural cultural backgrounds,
Connecting among students. experiences, and interest backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life
learning to to support student experiences, and experiences, and
students’ prior learning. 09/27/17 interests to connect to interests.
knowledge, student learning.
backgrounds, life
experiences, and Some students connect Students participate in Students make Students are actively Students can articulate
interests learning activities to their single lessons or connections between engaged in curriculum, the relevance and impact
own lives. sequences of lessons curriculum, and their which relates their prior of lessons on their lives
related to their interests prior knowledge, knowledge, experiences, and society.
and experiences. backgrounds, life and interests within and
09/27/17 experiences, and across learning activities.
interests. 5/3/19 05/10/18
As aforementioned, I The school Since most of my
designed a project that resources with students are from
had the students regard to technology China I made a
reflect on their are minimal but we concerted effort to
historical family do utilize wechat to learn about their
backgrounds, which connect with our lives knowledge,
also integrates the overseas parents backgrounds, life
students culture and
and I use my experiences, and
life experiences. This
students cultural and interests. I made
project made it so that
I could and will use
regional background connections in a
Evidence
their collective to activate learning number of different
experiences to design in connecting their ways like connecting
lesson plans that help life experiences to to their love of video
students activate their our lessons. games to connect
background Teaching history their learning.
knowledge. It also does make this more 05/10/18
helps me to accessible then
understand what to other subject areas.
use as an example 5/3/19
when further
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
explaining a topic.
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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 Explore using additional Integrates connections Integrates connections to Engages student in
connections during real-life connections to from subject matter to meaningful, real-life actively making
instruction as identified subject matter in single meaningful, real-life contexts in planning connections to relevant,
to curriculum. 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
Connecting subject 09/27/17 students in relating to instruction.
matter to subject matter.
meaningful, real-life
contexts Students make use of Students actively engage Students routinely
Some students relate real-life connections Students utilize real-life in making and using integrate subject matter
subject matter to provided in single connections regularly to real-life connections to into their own thinking
real-life. lessons or sequence of develop understandings subject matter to extend and make relevant
lessons to support of subject matter. 5/3/19 their understanding. applications of subject
understanding of subject 05/10/18 matter during learning
matter. activities.
In each lesson I This element is one
connect what has that I am naturally
happened gifted at but with my
historically to a added focus to learn
modern day about my students
equivalent. For my connections to
example when real life became
talking about the more tangible.
enlightenment and 05/10/18
the spread of those
Evidence ideas, I connected it
to how ideas are
spread nowadays
through the use of
social media and
twitter. Whereas,
during the
enlightenment the
elites held salons to
disseminate
philosophers ideas.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Element 1.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Uses instructional Explores additional Utilizes a variety of Creates, adapts, and Refines the flexible use
strategies, resources, instructional strategies, strategies including integrates a broad range of ​an extensive
and technologies as resources, and culturally responsive of strategies, resources, repertoire of ​strategies,
provided by school technologies in single pedagogy, resources, and technologies into resources, and
and/or district. lessons or sequence of and technologies during instruction designed to technologies to meet
Using a variety of lessons to meet ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse students’ diverse
instructional students’ diverse meet students’ diverse learning needs. learning needs. 09/27/17
strategies, learning needs. learning needs.
resources, and
technologies to Students participate in Students actively engage
meet students’ Some students Students participate in instruction using in instruction and make Students take
diverse learning participate in single lessons or strategies, resources, use of a variety of responsibilities for using
needs instructional strategies, sequence of lessons and technologies targeted strategies, a wide range of
using resources and related to their interests matched to their learning resources, and strategies, resources,
technologies provided. and experiences. needs. technologies to meet and technologies that
their individual students successfully advance
needs. their learning. 09/27/17 -
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
At my school all the
students are
required ​to have a
laptop and I​ have
fully integrated
Google classroom
into the class. I also
use all the traditional
techniques of
modeling, lecture,
Evidence graphic organizers,
video, ect. to extend
the students
learning. I also use
internet platforms
like kahoot in order
to make the content
more exciting and
accessible. These
are just to name a
few. 0​ 9/27/17​ - 5​ /3/19

Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Asks questions that Includes questions in Guide students to think Supports students to Facilitates systematic
focus on factual single lessons or a critically through use of initiate critical thinking opportunities for student
knowledge and sequence of lessons that questioning strategies, through independently to apply critical thinking
comprehension. require students to posing/solving problems, developing questions, by designing structured
recall, interpret, and and reflection on issues posing problems and inquiries into complex
Promoting critical
think critically. in content. 09/27/17 reflecting on multiple problems.
thinking though
perspectives.
inquiry, problem
solving, and
Students respond to Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and
reflection
Some students respond varied questions or tasks questions and problems and construct questions answer a wide-range of
to questions regarding designed to promote posed by the teacher of their own to support complex questions and
facts and comprehension and and begin to pose and inquiries into content. problems, reflect, and
comprehension. critical thinking in single solve problems of their communicate
lessons or a sequence of own related to the understandings based
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
lessons. content. 09/27/17 on in depth analysis of
content learning.
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Since it is the beginning With teaching AP
of the year I have been this ​year the goal is
working with my classes
on primary and
to get​ students to be
secondary source able to access the
analysis. In this analysis content and skills
they are given critical the way it is
thinking strategies and described in this
how to dissect historical
element, thus this
sources. I have also
given the students peer has been my goal all
scoring sheets so they year and I am
Evidence have critiqued each optimistic that since
other’s work in a we have been
constructive way. thoroughly
Additionally, students get
a number of
throughout all of
opportunities to reflect these types of
on what they have questions.
learned in the form of 05/10/18-5/3/19
exit tickets and short
answer reflections.
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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
Monitoring student engagement and regular for assistance, support, students in mastering the
learning and checks for or challenge. concepts flexibly and
adjusting instruction understanding. 09/27/17- effectively.
while teaching. 05/10/18
Some students receive Students receive Students are able to Students monitor their
individual assistance assistance individually or articulate their level of progress in learning and
during instruction. in small groups during Students successfully understanding and use provide information to
instruction. participate and stay teacher guidance to teacher that informs
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
engaged in learning meet their needs during adjustments in
activities. 09/27/17 instruction. instruction.
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In all honesty I do
not ​think I have
grown in ​this area
since the ​beginning
of the year. Since I
work at a global
school I have
needed to integrate
more techniques into
my teaching that
allows students
extra time to think
about a question
Evidence because they need
extra time to
translate what is
said and formulate a
response. Typically,
I will use strategies
like think, pair,
share, when I notice
that the students are
having a difficult
time participating in
a critical thinking,
class wide activity.
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