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.
Because I am teaching I continue to plan lessons
history, I am constantly that will try and engage
planning lessons that will my students but also not
try and give multiple show any bias. I am well
points of view, not just aware of the action plans
one. I also want to make of my students, and make
sure the information adjustments when
connects with the needed. I am also
students. I also am aware informed of family
of my own bias and matters that may impact
worldview, and try to the classroom.
always make sure I am 5/1/2023
non-bias in my teaching
so I am not focusing on
only one point of view in
my instruction.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
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-
4.2 Establishing and on content standards and students in single lessons goals for content that are content standards with term and long-term
articulating goals for available curriculum. and sequence of lessons. accessible, challenging, students’ strengths, learning goals for
student learning and differentiated to interests, and learning students. Assists students
address students’ diverse needs. to articulate and monitor
learning needs. learning goals.
At the start of each unit, I Each unit and chapter
make sure to go over have clear goals. Each
some target questions chapter have target
and goals for that unit. questions to help guide
Each chapter in the unit student learning and to
also has additional ensure learning goals are
questions that are more met. I make sure to
focused. I make sure to go review learning goals
over these with the with students and
students. As students material is designed to
learn from the chapter, address different student
they are able to build an learning needs.
answer to these 11/5/2022
questions.
7/15/2022 I make sure to cover the
guiding questions and
objectives for the chapter
and each section of the
chapter. Students have
access to those essential
questions from their
notes and in their
textbooks.
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Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum Establishes short- and Refines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
4.3 Developing and
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
for daily, short- and long- units that include a series long-term curriculum term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
term plans. of connected lessons and plans for subject matter integrations of content standards, and
sequencing long- are linked to long-term concepts and essential curriculum guidelines, assess learning needs to
term and short-term planning to support related academic frameworks, and design cohesive and
instructional plans to student learning. language and formats assessed instructional comprehensive long- and
support student that support student needs to ensure student short-term instructional
learning learning. learning. plans that ensure high
levels of learning.
At the start of the school At the start of the year, I
year, I think about and plan out an outline for the
plan out what I need to year. I review the
cover. Then I break it previous years lessons to
down to the units and see where adjustments
lesson plans. Each lesson should be made. I then
plan builds to help plan out individual
achieve long-term lessons for each day to
learning achieve learning goals.
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I make sure to outline my
school year before I start
planning. I also use
Curriculum Trak to see
what I have done in the
past years and what
standards I have taught.
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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.
In my class, I have I am using a variety of
students answer warm- tools to assess my
up or exit ticket questions students in their learning.
to check for I use this information to
understanding. I also create new lessons and
have students read out teach the information in
loud a lot. This helps me different ways to reach all
practice oral language, my students
but also helps me see 5/1/2023
students reading levels
and where to help them.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
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
curriculum provided. lessons or sequences of differentiate instructional instructional plans and adaptations to lessons
lessons to address plans. Uses culturally uses a variety of based on in depth
4.5 Adapting
students’ learning needs. responsive pedagogy and materials as the analysis of individual
instructional plans
additional materials to instructional needs arises student needs.
and curricular
support students’ diverse to support student
materials to meet the
learning needs. learning. Engages with students to
assessed learning
identify types of
needs of all students.
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.
I have several students I always adjust my
with different learning instruction or
needs. I always adjust my assessments to meet
instruction or those needs. I will extend
assessments to meet the period of time to
those needs. I will extend work, I have given
the period of time to different examples, and I
work, I have given have at times even
different examples, and I eliminated and changed
have at times even questions to better help
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questions to better help 11/4/2022
those students.
7/15/2022 I use assessments and
data to determine if my
students are
understanding the
material or if I need to
support them. I also give
extended time and offer
help during study hall.
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