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.   instruction.  7/3/18  
Using  knowledge  of       learning  needs.      
students  to  engage            
them  in  learning   Some  students  may   Students  engage  in  single   Student  engage  in   Students  actively  utilize  a   Students  take  ownership  
engage  in  learning  using   lessons  or  sequence  of   learning  through  the  use   variety  of  instructional   of  their  learning  by  
instructional  strategies   lessons  that  include  some   of  adjustments  in   strategies  and   choosing  from  a  wide  
focused  on  the  class  as  a   adjustments  based  on   instruction  to  meet  their   technologies  in  learning   range  of  methods  to  
whole.   assessments.   needs.     that  ensure  equitable   further  their  learning  that  
access  to  the  curriculum.   are  responsive  to  their  
7/3/18   learning  needs.  
      We  provide  preferential   Before  the  new  school  
seating,  preview   year,  we  meet  with  the  
materials  with  students,   previous  year’s  teachers  
work  with  learning   and  Student  Services  
specialists,  reading   Team  to  discuss  strengths  
specialists,  and  math   are  areas  for  
specialists,  to  provide   improvement  for  
multiple  strategies  for   students,  as  well  as  what  
students.  We  provide   supports  students  will  
manipulatives  for  math,   need.  We  review  their  
we  do  oral  as  well  as   cumulative  folders  as  
individual  reading  with   well.  I  work  with  my  
students,  we  work  in   coteacher,  SST,  and  
Evidence   small  groups  and  one-­‐on-­‐ parents  throughout  the  
one.  7/3/18   year,  to  make  sure  that  
we  provide  supports  and  
are  continually  
changing/adding  new  
supports  to  find  what  
works  best  for  each  child.    
7/3/18  
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  and   Integrates  broad   Develops  and  
prior  knowledge,  culture,   information  about   family  contacts  to  expand   knowledge  of  students   systematically  uses  
backgrounds,  life   students’  prior   understanding  of   and  their  communities  to   extensive  information  
experiences,  and  interests   knowledge,  cultural   students’  prior   inform  instruction.   regarding  students’  
represented  among   backgrounds,  life   knowledge,  cultural     cultural  backgrounds,  
students.   experiences,  and  interest   backgrounds,  life     prior  knowledge,  life  
Connecting  learning  
  to  support  student   experiences,  and  interests     experiences,  and  
to  students’  prior  
  learning.   to  connect  to  student     interests.  12/12/18  
knowledge,  
    learning.  7/3/18      
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.  12/12/18  
and  experiences.   backgrounds,  life   and  interests  within  and  
experiences,  and   across  learning  activities.    
interests.  7/3/18  
    Discussions  with  previous     Discussions  with  previous  
years  teachers,  review   years  teachers,  review  
cumulative  files,  discuss   cumulative  files,  discuss  
with  SST,  and  parents  to   with  SST,  and  parents  to  
gather  information  about   gather  information  about  
students.  Provide   students.  Provide  
“surveys”  to  families  and   “surveys”  to  families  and  
students  throughout  the   students  throughout  the  
year  to  assess  their   year  to  assess  their  
interests,  strengths,  and   interests,  strengths,  and  
areas  for  improvement.     areas  for  improvement.  
7/3/18     Takes  into  consideration  
  what  kids  are  familiar  
Evidence  
Students  share  their   with  when  planning  and  
connections  to  their   introducing  topics.  Give  
personal  lives  to  connect   time  for  students  to  share  
to  the  curriculum  and   about  their  lives  and  
lessons.  They  have   make  meaningful  
opportunities  at  the   connections.    12/12/18    
beginning  of  units  to    
share  their  prior   Students  share  their  
knowledge  of  subjects,   connections  to  their  
and  throughout  unit  to   personal  lives  to  connect  
adapt  their  thinking  and   to  the  curriculum  and  
discuss  changes  in  their   lessons.  They  have  
thinking.  7/3/18   opportunities  at  the  
Standard  1  CSTP:  Engaging  and  Supporting  All  Students  in  Learning    
beginning  of  units  to  
share  their  prior  
knowledge  of  subjects,  
and  throughout  unit  to  
adapt  their  thinking  and  
discuss  changes  in  their  
thinking.  Students  learn  
about  their  family  culture  
and  traditions  and  share  
with  classmates.  They  
learn  to  ask  respectful  
questions  and  how  their  
and  their  families’  
experience  influenced  
their  lives  and  the  world  
around  them.  12/12/18  

 
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.   family  and  community.   instruction  to  engage   subject  matter  
Connecting  subject         students  in  relating  to   instruction.  12/12/18  
matter  to         subject  matter.  7/3/18    
meaningful,  real-­‐life            
contexts   Some  students  relate   Students  make  use  of   Students  utilize  real-­‐life   Students  actively  engage   Students  routinely  
subject  matter  to  real-­‐life.   real-­‐life  connections   connections  regularly  to   in  making  and  using  real-­‐ integrate  subject  matter  
provided  in  single  lessons   develop  understandings   life  connections  to  subject   into  their  own  thinking  
or  sequence  of  lessons  to   of  subject  matter.   matter  to  extend  their   and  make  relevant  
support  understanding  of   understanding.  7/3/18   applications  of  subject  
subject  matter.   matter  during  learning  
activities.  12/12/18  
      Before  beginning  new   Before  beginning  new  
units,  we  often  conduct   units,  we  often  conduct  
some  sort  of  “pre-­‐ some  sort  of  “pre-­‐
assessment”  to  let   assessment”  to  let  
teachers  know  what  they   teachers  know  what  they  
know.  We  provide   know.  We  provide  
multiple  opportunities  for   multiple  opportunities  for  
students  to  share  what   students  to  share  what  
they  know  and  how  it   they  know  and  how  it  
relates  to  their  lives  and   relates  to  their  lives  and  
experiences.  If  we  realize   experiences.  If  we  realize  
during  unit  that  students   during  unit  that  students  
do  not  have  a  good   do  not  have  a  good  
Evidence   understanding  of   understanding  of  
something  because  they   something  because  they  
do  not  have  prior   do  not  have  prior  
experience,  we  do  our   experience,  we  do  our  
best  to  provide  concrete   best  to  provide  concrete  
examples  for  them.     examples  for  them.  
7/3/18   Reading  units  focus  on  
  insects  and  whales;  we  
Students  are  often  more   talk  about  what  the  kids  
than  excited  to  share   know  already  and  what  
their  experiences  and   they  have  seen.  All  math  
knowledge  of  subject   units  include  real-­‐world  
matter.  We  provide  many   problem  solving  lessons.  
Standard  1  CSTP:  Engaging  and  Supporting  All  Students  in  Learning    
opportunities  to  do  this.     Social  studies  units  relate  
They  share  in  small   to  students’  own  cultures,  
groups  as  well  as  during   and  during  mapping  we  
whole  class  discussions.   discuss  students’  
7/3/18   neighborhoods  and  what  
makes  up  a  
neighborhood.  12/12/18  
 
Students  are  often  more  
than  excited  to  share  
their  experiences  and  
knowledge  of  subject  
matter.  We  provide  many  
opportunities  to  do  this.    
They  share  in  small  
groups  as  well  as  during  
whole  class  discussions.  
Students  share  their  
family  ancestry  projects  
with  each  other  and  learn  
about  each  others  
cultures  and  traditions.  
Students  work  on  variety  
of  social  studies  projects    
that  involve  their  
environment  and  the  
ocean  pollution  and  what  
they  can  do  to  help.  
12/12/18  
 
 
Element  1.4   Emerging   Exploring   Applying   Integrating   Innovating  
Uses  instructional   Explores  additional   Utilizes  a  variety  of   Creates,  adapts,  and   Refines  the  flexible  use  of  
strategies,  resources,  and   instructional  strategies,   strategies  including   integrates  a  broad  range   an  extensive  repertoire  of  
technologies  as  provided   resources,  and   culturally  responsive   of  strategies,  resources,   strategies,  resources,  and  
Using  a  variety  of  
by  school  and/or  district.   technologies  in  single   pedagogy,  resources,  and   and  technologies  into   technologies  to  meet  
instructional  
  lessons  or  sequence  of   technologies  during   instruction  designed  to   students’  diverse  learning  
strategies,  resources,  
  lessons  to  meet  students’   ongoing  instruction  to   meet  students’  diverse   needs.  
and  technologies  to  
  diverse  learning  needs.   meet  students’  diverse   learning  needs.  10/25/18    
meet  students’  
    learning  needs.  7/3/18      
diverse  learning  
         
needs  
Some  students  participate   Students  participate  in   Students  participate  in   Students  actively  engage   Students  take  
in  instructional  strategies,   single  lessons  or   instruction  using   in  instruction  and  make   responsibilities  for  using  
using  resources  and   sequence  of  lessons   strategies,  resources,  and   use  of  a  variety  of   a  wide  range  of  strategies,  
Standard  1  CSTP:  Engaging  and  Supporting  All  Students  in  Learning    
technologies  provided.   related  to  their  interests   technologies  matched  to   targeted  strategies,   resources,  and  
and  experiences.     their  learning  needs.   resources,  and   technologies  that  
7/3/18   technologies  to  meet  their   successfully  advance  their  
individual  students   learning.  
needs.  10/25/18  
    Work  with  coteacher,   Work  with  coteacher,    
SST,  and  team  teachers  to   SST,  and  team  teachers  to  
implement  new   implement  new  
strategies,  resources,  and   strategies,  resources,  and  
technologies.  Whole   technologies.  Whole  
group,  small  group,  1-­‐to-­‐1   group,  small  group,  1-­‐to-­‐1  
instruction,  pull  out  and   instruction,  pull  out  and  
push  in  from  SST,  oral   push  in  from  SST,  oral  
and  visual  instruction,   and  visual  instruction,  
SMART  boards,  white   SMART  boards,  white  
boards,  computers  and   boards,  computers  and  
iPads.  7/3/18   iPads  .  Manipulatives  and  
  different  apps,  games,  and  
Students  are  given   computer  programs  on  
opportunities  to  show   laptops  and  iPads  for  
their  learning  in  a  way   different  subjects.  
that  is  best  for  them  –   Teacher  is  continually  
writing  and  drawing,   looking  for  new  apps  and  
typing  a  word  document,   games  for  use  in  the  
recording  a  video  on  iPad,   classroom  to  support  
Evidence   using  other  apps  and   learning.    Teacher  uses  
programs.  Students  are   different  apps  and  games  
given  opportunities  to   for  different  students  
use  a  variety  of   depending  on  their  needs.  
manipulatives  in  math   10/25/18    
when  they  feel  they  need    
to.    7/3/18   Students  are  given  
opportunities  to  show  
their  learning  in  a  way  
that  is  best  for  them  –  
writing  and  drawing,  
typing  a  word  document,  
recording  a  video  on  iPad,  
using  other  apps  and  
programs.  Students  are  
given  opportunities  to  
use  a  variety  of  
manipulatives  in  math  
when  they  feel  they  need  
to.  Students  use  
Standard  1  CSTP:  Engaging  and  Supporting  All  Students  in  Learning    
manipulatives  during  
math,  and  are  encouraged  
to  use  what  works  best  
for  them.  10/25/18    

 
 
Element  1.5   Emerging   Exploring   Applying   Integrating   Innovating  
Asks  questions  that  focus   Includes  questions  in   Guide  students  to  think   Supports  students  to   Facilitates  systematic  
on  factual  knowledge  and   single  lessons  or  a   critically  through  use  of   initiate  critical  thinking   opportunities  for  student  
comprehension.   sequence  of  lessons  that   questioning  strategies,   through  independently   to  apply  critical  thinking  
  require  students  to  recall,   posing/solving  problems,   developing  questions,   by  designing  structured  
  interpret,  and  think   and  reflection  on  issues  in   posing  problems  and   inquiries  into  complex  
  critically.   content.  7/3/18   reflecting  on  multiple   problems.  
Promoting  critical  
      perspectives.  5/5/19    
thinking  though  
         
inquiry,  problem  
Some  students  respond  to   Students  respond  to   Students  respond  to   Students  pose  problems   Students  pose  and  
solving,  and  
questions  regarding  facts   varied  questions  or  tasks   questions  and  problems   and  construct  questions   answer  a  wide-­‐range  of  
reflection  
and  comprehension.   designed  to  promote   posed  by  the  teacher  and   of  their  own  to  support   complex  questions  and  
comprehension  and   begin  to  pose  and  solve   inquiries  into  content.   problems,  reflect,  and  
critical  thinking  in  single   problems  of  their  own   5/5/19   communicate  
lessons  or  a  sequence  of   related  to  the  content.   understandings  based  on  
lessons.  7/3/18   in  depth  analysis  of  
content  learning.  
Standard  1  CSTP:  Engaging  and  Supporting  All  Students  in  Learning    
  Students  work   Provide  opportunities  for   Provide  opportunities  for    
individually  and  in  small   students  to  problem  solve   students  to  problem  solve  
groups  to  problem  solve   in  math  and  other   in  math  and  other  
in  math  and  in  many   subjects.  We  spend  time   subjects.  We  spend  time  
social  studies  projects  –   discussing  how  to  solve   discussing  how  to  solve  
ocean  clean  up.  7/3/18   complex  math  problems.   complex  math  problems.  
In  social  studies  and   In  social  studies  and  
service  learning,  we  allow   service  learning,  students  
the  students  to  work   are  working  in  small  
together  to  come  up  with   groups  to  decide  on  an  
ways  to  solve  big   environmental  problem,  
problems  –  i.e.  ocean   pose  a  question,  and  
pollution.    7/3/18   solutions  fix  the  problem.  
5/5/19  
 
Evidence   Students  work  
individually  and  in  small  
groups  to  problem  solve  
in  math  and  in  many  
social  studies  projects  –  
ocean  clean  up.  Service  
learning  projects,  
students  are  working  in  
small  groups  to  decide  on  
an  environmental  
problem,  work  together  
to  pose  solutions,  create  a  
model/invention  of  
something  to  stop  the  
problems,  as  well  as  draft  
a  bill  for  a  law.  5/5/19        
 
 
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  
Monitoring  student     student  understanding.   observation  of  student   individual  student  needs   provide  assistance  to  
learning  and       engagement  and  regular   for  assistance,  support,  or   students  in  mastering  the  
adjusting  instruction       checks  for  understanding.   challenge.  7/3/18   concepts  flexibly  and  
while  teaching.           effectively.  5/5/19  
         
Some  students  receive   Students  receive   Students  successfully   Students  are  able  to   Students  monitor  their  
individual  assistance   assistance  individually  or   participate  and  stay   articulate  their  level  of   progress  in  learning  and  
Standard  1  CSTP:  Engaging  and  Supporting  All  Students  in  Learning    
during  instruction.   in  small  groups  during   engaged  in  learning   understanding  and  use   provide  information  to  
instruction.  7/3/18   activities.   teacher  guidance  to  meet   teacher  that  informs  
their  needs  during   adjustments  in  
instruction.  10/25/18   instruction.  5/5/19  
  Most  instruction  is  given     Frequently  reflecting  with   Discusses  student  
whole  group  and  then   coteacher  on  what   progress  with  co-­‐teacher  
students  are  broken  into   supports  and  strategies   daily,  and  weekly  with  
small  groups  to  provide   are  working  and  not   teaching  team.  Work  
deeper  instruction.   working.  Work  with   together  to  make  
7/3/18   coteacher  and  SST  to   adjustments  to  units  and  
provide  more  and   curriculum.  Often  looking  
different  supports  when   for  ways  to  make  
needed.  7/3/18   curriculum  and  units  
  more  relevant  and  
Students  are  given   exciting.  Work  together  to  
opportunities  at  the   find  effective  ways  to  
beginning  of  units  to   provide  small  group  
share  their  prior   instruction,  one-­‐to-­‐one  
knowledge  of  a  topic.   instruction,  centers,  and  
Students  show  what  they   may  do/must  do  work  to  
Evidence   know  throughout  lessons   extend  the  learning.  
and  units  and  provide   5/5/19  
teachers  with  personal  
feedback  about  their  
confidence  level  of  a  topic  
(thumbs  up/thumbs  
down  evaluation).  
Students  ask  teachers  for  
help  during  lessons  and  
during  independent  work  
time.    Students  complete  
a  self-­‐assessment  at  the  
beginning  and  end  of  
math  units  to  show  their  
depth  of  learning.  
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