Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning

Element 2.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Models and Models fair and respectful Reinforces positive, Develops shared Facilitates student self-
communicates behavior. Demonstrates responsible, and respectful responsibility with reflection and ongoing
expectations for fair and commitment to fairness student interactions. students for resolving improvement of the caring
respectful behavior to and respect in Assists students to resolve conflict and creating and community based on
support social communications with conflicts. maintaining a caring respect, fairness, and the
development. students about language Incorporates cultural classroom community.   value of all members.
and behavior. awareness to develop a Supports students in
Promoting social Seeks to understand positive classroom climate. taking leadership in
Development and cultural perceptions of developing a caring
responsibility within caring community. Students demonstrate community that is Students take leadership
a caring community efforts to be positive, responsive to the diverse in resolving conflict and
where each student Some students share in Students participate in accepting, and respectful cultural norms of creating a fair and
is treated fairly and responsibility for the occasional community of differences. identities of all students. respectful classroom
respectfully classroom community. building activities, community where
designed to promote Students take student’s home culture is
caring, fairness, and responsibility resolving included and valued.
respect. conflicts and maintaining Students communicate
a caring classroom with empathy and
community. Students understanding in
promote respect and interactions with one
appreciation for another.
differences.
Even in the virtual I work with the students Unfortunately, there have
environment, I emphasize in getting to create an been a few instances of
the importance of environment in person little tiny
teamwork and that is more inclusive. microaggressions about
sportsmanship. We have a Although it’s difficult racism I’ve had to work
quote that is posted all online, I do post things on with, so it’s been helpful
over campus that says our Google Classroom to address those issues
“Take care of yourself. page that has lots of with assistance from our
Take care of each other. positivity and deans and other
Take care of this place.” I inspirational quotes to educators.
Evidence
made sure to include that keep the students in a 3/18/22
in our syllabus, and I great mindset. 10/17/21
talked about how
important it is to build
relationships. I think the
nature of physical
education already has a lot
of concepts of being
respectful built in, since it
requires students to work
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
together and to be
respectful of
differences.(9/17/20)

I make sure each student

has a chance to be heard,
and I always start off with
each new group of
students to tell them that
they may not always agree
with each other, but it’s
important to communicate
and respect that we have
differences.
4/18/21
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.2 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Is aware of the Experiments with and/or Develops physical Maintains physical Adapts physical and/or
importance of the virtual learning environments that reflect environments that reflect environments flexibly to
physical and/or virtual environments that student diversity and student diversity and facilitate access to a wide
learning environments support student learning. provide a range of provides a broad range of range of resources that
that support student resources for learning. resources, displays, and engage students in
learning. artifacts that are current learning. Ensures that
Structures for interaction Utilizes a variety of and integral to environments enhance
Is aware that structured are taught in single structures for interaction instruction. learning and reflect
interaction between lessons or sequence of during learning activities diversity within and
Creating physical or
students can support lessons to support that ensures a focus on Integrates a variety of beyond the classroom.
virtual learning
learning. student learning. and completion of structures for interaction
environments that
learning tasks. that engage students Selects from a repertoire
promote student
constructively and of structures for
learning, reflect
productively in learning. interaction to ensure
diversity, and
accelerated learning for
encourage
the full range of students.
constructive and
Some students use Students use resources Students use a variety of Students routinely use a
productive
available resources in provided in learning resources in learning range of resources in Students participate in
interactions among
learning environments environments and environments and learning environments monitoring and changing
students
during instruction. interact with each other interact in ways that that relate to and enhance the design of learning
to understand and deepen their instruction and reflect environments and
complete learning tasks in understanding of the their diversity. structures for
single lessons or sequence content and develop Students share in interactions.
of lessons. constructive social and monitoring and
academic interactions. assessment of
interactions to improve
effectiveness and develop
a positive culture for
learning.
It is my first year I’ve started to use a few In using Google Some students have
utilizing Google more apps and websites, Classroom, I’ve been accommodations where
Classroom. On it, I such as Menti, Padlet, able to connect with the they aren’t able to write
display and utilize plenty and Darebee for PE. students because that is and everything is digital
of resources such as Students are able to post how I share information for them, so I’ve been
videos, links to websites, for discussions for like articles, videos, and able to have the students
Evidence and reflections, and I discuss short clips from Social work on submitting their
quotes/presentations to as a group to highlight Media. It’s easy for the projects online in the
help display topics. I also topics or other points. students to use because digital format instead.
teach the students With Darebee, students they also have 3/18/22
physical activity using are able to choose what Classroom for other
Zoom. types of workouts they classes too. 10/17/21
wish to do and have a
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Students also have a wide variety of
“portal” page that is suggestions. 4/19/21
through our school, and
it is a great place to store
and hold other resources
(Google Docs, Slides,
Sheets, videos, links to
websites, etc.) because
there are different
“topics” that can be used
to sort information. I
refer back to this
information frequently,
so the students are
exposed to those ideas
and concepts repeatedly.
(9/17/20)
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.3 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Adheres to policies and Recognizes and addresses Anticipates and reduces Integrates support for Shares responsibility with
laws regarding safety that safety issues regarding risks to physical, students to take risks and the students for the
are required by the site, materials, student intellectual, and offer respectful opinions establishment and
district, and state. interactions, and the emotional safety using about divergent maintenance of a safe
Responds to behaviors organization of the multiple strategies that viewpoints. physical, intellectual, and
that impact student safety learning environments. include examining biases emotional environment
as they arise. in the learning focused on high quality
environment and and rigorous learning.
Establishing and curriculum. Engages in reflection on
maintaining learning Explores strategies to their own language and
environments that establish intellectual and Models and provides behavior that contributes
are physically, emotional safety in the instruction on skills that to intellectual and
intellectually, and classroom. develop resiliency and emotional safety in the
emotionally safe support intellectual and classroom.
emotional safety. Students demonstrate
Students are aware of resiliency in perseverance
required safety Students follow teacher Students develop and for academic
procedures and the guidance regarding Students take risks, offer practice resiliency skills achievement.
school and classroom potential safety issues for opinions, and share and strategies to strive for Students maintain
rational for maintaining self or others. alternative perspectives academic achievement, intellectual and emotional
safety. and establish intellectual safety for themselves and
and emotional safety in others in the classroom.
the classroom.
I show proper technique In our most recent In our grade level
to the students using the project, I’ve asked meeting after the new
Zoom platform while I am students to take pictures semester, we had a
instructing, as well as of each other and create meeting that addressed
sending videos for the a document to show some racist and other
students to watch. I also proper form and demeaning comments
have different slides of incorrect technique. I that have been going
pictures that have good
reviewed and reminded around. Students were
form for instruction that
the students that the asked to share their
Evidence we go over. I also
encourage students to pictures they take feelings in a circle and
share their prior should be appropriate were all given an
knowledge if they have for school and should opportunity to speak,
other suggestions for not be used in any other and there were many
workouts or exercises. I way except for the students that voiced
repeatedly show the project. 10/17/21 their concerns.
students how to do things 3/18/22
properly, and I refer to the
postings for them to
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
consult if they need
additional resources (I
also make myself
available during office
hours if they need
additional assistance.
(9/17/20)

I always make it a point to

acknowledge things on
the chat. I don’t “mute all”
the students because I
feel like it’s disrespectful
to them – I just ask them
to be quiet and they
usually get the point
quickly. I have also replied
to each student
individually on their
surveys by sending an
email, so that helped to
get them to trust me
quicker. 4/18/21

Element 2.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Focuses the rigor of the Strives for a rigorous Develops a rigorous Integrates rigor Facilitates a rigorous
learning environment on learning environment learning environment throughout the learning learning environment in
accuracy of answers and that includes accuracy, that includes accuracy, environment that values which students take
completion of learning understanding, and the analysis, problem solving, accuracy, analysis, and leadership in learning.
tasks. importance of meeting and appropriate levels of critical reading, writing Fosters extended studies,
Creating a rigorous
Is aware of the targeted learning goals. challenge. and thinking. research, analysis and
learning
importance of Works to maintain high Holds high expectations Integrates strategic purposeful use of
environment with
maintaining high expectations for students for students. Has an scaffolds and technologies learning.
high expectations
expectations for students. while becoming aware of understanding of throughout instruction Supports students to
and appropriate
achievement patterns for achievement patterns, that support the full range utilize an extensive
support for all
individuals and groups of and uses scaffolds to of learners in meeting repertoire of
students
students. address achievement high expectations for differentiated strategies
gaps. achievement. to meet high expectations.

Some students ask for Some individuals and Students engage in a Students actively use Students take
teacher support to groups of students work variety of differentiated supports and challenges responsibility to fully
understand or complete with the teacher to supports and challenges to complete critical utilize teacher and peer
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
learning tasks. support accuracy and in ways that promote reading, writing, higher support, to achieve
comprehension in their their accuracy, analysis, order thinking, and consistently high levels of
learning. and problem solving in problem solving across factual and analytical
learning. subject matter. learning.

Many of my students I have asked students to In another project down For the end-of-year
come from a variety of create their own the line, I’m asking project, students will be
fitness levels. Some are individual exercise logs, students to create their asked to work on a
already in club/school and I have commented own exercise video project to create their
sports and have been on each of them using the exercises and own nutrition and
playing for years; individually. I also work things we’ve done exercise plan for a
others have not had with them on their logs during class. Students duration of 2 weeks
throughout the year to need to create and edit minimum. They will
much experience and
help guide them with the video, as well as utilize what they’ve
are first starting out. I
setting goals and show modifications for learned over the past
try to take in all fitness
accomplishing them, different populations. year to have a
Evidence considerations in mind, while giving suggestions 10/17/21 culminating plan that
and offer modifications on how to improve. includes concepts
to exercises whenever 4/19/21 they’ve worked on.
it is appropriate. I list 3/18/22
down and perform
(while explaining) the
different options they
have for doing the
exercises, based on
their fitness levels
(9/17/20).

Element 2.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Establishes expectations, Develops expectations Uses multiple strategies Integrates equitable Facilitates a positive
rules, and consequences with some student including culturally expectations, positive environment using
Developing, for individual and group involvement. responsive instruction to supports, and systems that ensure
communicating, and behavior. Communicates, models develop and maintain consequences for students take an active
maintaining and explains expectations high standards for individual and group role in monitoring and
high standards for for individual and group individual and group behavior within and maintaining high
individual and group behavior. behavior. across learning activities. standards for individual
behavior and group behaviors.
Refers to standards for Reviews standards for Utilizes routine Guides and supports
behavior and applies behavior with students in references to standards students to self-assess,
consequences as needed. single lessons or for behavior prior and monitor, and set goals for
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
sequence of lessons in during individual and individual and group
anticipation of need for group work. behavior and
reinforcement. participation.

Students are aware of Students know Students follow behavior Students respond to Students demonstrate
classroom rules and expectations for behavior expectations, accept individual and group positive behavior,
consequences. and consequences and consequences and behaviors and encourage consistent participation
respond to guidance in increase positive and support each other to and are valued for their
following them. behaviors. make improvements. unique identities.

I feel like the initial I have started to As the students are Even though some of our
setting of expectations is implement more of the working on some of lectures have across
important when I go restorative justice their other lessons, we some subjects that could
through the syllabus. In model, where I don’t will also ask them to be difficult to talk about
the virtual environment, really punish a student record each other so regarding nutrition and
it has been a struggle to that has an infraction, I they can see themselves eating disorders, the
be consistent with let that student from a different students are respectful
students in keeping their understand my feelings perspective while of others and they are
videos on, because some of the situation and I ask exercising. This is useful mindful of keeping
have low bandwidth and them to come up with a for them to really sensitive comments to
do not have the capacity solution that would self-monitor and learn themselves.
to maintain their videos satisfy both parties how to move more 3/18/22
on without sacrificing involved. 4/21/21 efficiently. 10/17/21
Evidence their internet connection.
Additionally, the use of
the computers also make
it so many are distracted
with other things as they
work, so I try to set clear
my expectations in the
beginning of the
trimester. I try to follow
up with their
parents/guardians when I
can if a student is not
following instruction.
(9/17/20)

Element 2.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Employing classroom Establishes procedures, Develops routines, Maintains regular use of Engages students in Facilitates student
routines, procedures, routines or norms for procedures, and norms in routines and procedures monitoring and reflecting participating in
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
norms, and supports single lessons to support single lessons or that are culturally on routines, procedures, developing, monitoring,
for positive behavior student learning. sequence of lessons with responsive and engage and norms in ways that and adjusting routines
to ensure a climate in some student students in the are culturally responsive. and procedures focuses
which all students involvement. development and Maintains a quality on maximizing learning.
can learn monitoring of norms. learning climate that Classroom climate
builds on student integrates school
strengths. standards and culturally
Seeks to promote positive Provides positive relevant norms.
Responds to disruptive behaviors and responds behavior supports. Promotes positive
behavior. to disruptive behavior. Responds appropriately behaviors and Promotes positive
to behaviors in ways that consistently prevents or behaviors and establishes
lessen disruptions to the refocuses behaviors preventions and a
learning climate. disruptive to the learning positive classroom
Students participate in climate. climate that eliminate
routines, procedures, and most disruptive behavior.
norms and receive
reinforcement for positive
Students are aware of Students receive behaviors.
procedures, routines, and correction for behavior Students are involved in Students share
classroom norms. that interferes with Students receive timely assessment and responsibility with
learning, and positive and effective feedback monitoring of routines, teacher for managing and
reinforcement in and consequences for procedures, and norms in maintaining a positive
following routines, behaviors that interfere ways that improve the classroom climate that
procedures, and norms. with learning. learning climate. promotes learning.

I am developing fitness I’ve used Class Dojo as a Having the routine of the
routines and explaining way to group students students performing 15
the concepts of why together for their push-ups and 15 squats
physical activity is seating assignment, and after the warm-up gets
important in sequential it’s worked out well. I’ve the students warmed up
order as the trimester also used Class Dojo to and ready to move. The
progresses. I do my best put them in groups. I students that have really
to follow up with made the incentive so been committing to
Evidence students through our that they can have 1 day improving themselves
“official notes” process of free choice if they can have seen significant
(emails to work with their gains in strength and
parents/admin/student) randomly assigned endurance.
to keep the stakeholders groups for this day. 3/18/22
involved, and as a way to 10/17/21
include the parents in
updates on students’
status. This is also a way
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
to include positive notes,
not just negative
interactions with the
students. (9/17/20)

In implementing the
restorative practices, I
have sent emails to
parents cc’d on them
about behaviors
undesirable during class.
I received positive
feedback from parents in
our teacher conferences
regarding the approach
of this practice. 4/21/21

Element 2.7 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Paces instruction based Paces instruction with Paces instruction with Paces instruction to Paces, adjusts, and fluidly
on curriculum guidelines. some consideration of students to provide include ongoing facilitates instruction and
Develops awareness of lesson type, adjustments adequate time for assessment of student daily activities.
how transitions and for sufficient student instruction, checking for learning. Supports
classroom management work time and transitions understanding, students in the
impact pacing and to optimize learning. completion of learning monitoring of
Using instructional lessons. activities and closure. instructional time.
time to optimize
learning Some students complete Students complete Students participate in Students use their Students monitor their
learning activities in time learning activities and, as and complete a variety of instructional time to own time, are engaged in
allotted. needed, may receive some learning activities in the engage in and complete accomplishing learning
adjustments of time time allotted with options learning activities and are goals, and participate in
allotted for tasks or for extension and review. prepared for the next reflection,
expectations for sequence of instruction. self-assessment, and goal
completion. setting.
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Physical education is I have also given I try to use technology to I’ve also started to use a
splitting time with our students some class time save time by installing a white board to write
wellness classes this to work on their physical timer up at the top of the down the agenda for the
year, so I will admit that activity logs, in order to classroom. The timer is day. It helps to set the
it’s a bit challenging to change up the pace of there so they know how tone for the class and
optimize class time the class and to reduce much of a break they’ll also reduces the many
because there is so much time spent on outside be getting so this helps questions about what
to go over within the class time filling things with the students that the plans are for the day.
amount of time that we in on a log. I always try tend to take their time The students also know
get with the students. I to keep the students getting water. I remind when they’ll get a break
am also trying my best moving, and have them to drink water all so they know how to
to show the students transitioned to putting day, but not everyone is plan accordingly with
Evidence good form and the lecture around in compliance. their exercise intensity.
technique so they can movement breaks so 10/17/21 3/18/22
get some movement in students don’t get bored
during PE, but that also from sitting too long.
takes time during class. 4/21/21

Their learning activities

consist of surveys and
discussions as well, and I
try to give students as
much time as possible to
complete them.
(9/17/20)