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.
assessments.
Using knowledge of
students to engage
them in learning Some students may Students engage in single
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of
instructional strategies lessons that include some
focused on the class as a adjustments based on
whole. assessments. 9/22/18
I make seating chart
adjustments, especially
for my students with
504s and IEPS. Yet, other
groups of students, high
proficiency, do not receive
additional challenging
work. 9/22/18
Evidence
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 make ongoing
students and guide instruction and meet adjustments and
selection of instructional individual identified accommodations in
strategies to meet diverse learning needs. instruction.
learning needs. 9/22/18
Student engage in Students actively utilize a Students take ownership
learning through the use variety of instructional of their learning by
of adjustments in strategies and choosing from a wide
instruction to meet their technologies in learning range of methods to
needs. that ensure equitable further their learning that
access to the curriculum. are responsive to their
learning needs.
I constantly review
student data in AERIES. I
also have informal
conversations or check-
ins with students to
assess their progress and
needs in class. 9/22/18
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.2 Emerging
Develops awareness of
prior knowledge, culture,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interests
represented among
students.
Connecting learning
to students’ prior
knowledge,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and Some students connect
interests learning activities to their
own lives.
Evidence
Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses gathered Uses school resources and Integrates broad Develops and
information about family contacts to expand knowledge of students systematically uses
students’ prior understanding of and their communities to extensive information
knowledge, cultural students’ prior inform regarding students’
backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural instruction.9/22/18 cultural backgrounds,
experiences, and interest backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life
to support student experiences, and interests experiences, and interests.
learning. to connect to student
learning.
Students can articulate
Students participate in Students make the relevance and impact
single lessons or connections between Students are actively of lessons on their lives
sequences of lessons curriculum, and their engaged in curriculum, and society.
related to their interests prior knowledge, which relates their prior
and experiences. backgrounds, life knowledge, experiences,
experiences, and and interests within and
interests. across learning activities.
9/22/18
As a Spanish teacher, I do
this through weekly
partner and large class
discussions, for example
“What did you do this
weekend?”9/22/18
Students are constantly
contributing their
interests and life
experiences into the
classroom., whether it be
verbally, written, or
through images. 9/22/18
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.3 Emerging
Uses real-life connections
during instruction as
identified to curriculum.
Connecting subject
matter to
meaningful, real-life
contexts Some students relate
subject matter to real-life.
Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Explore using additional Integrates connections Integrates connections to Engages student in
real-life connections to from subject matter to meaningful, real-life actively making
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.9/22/18 family and community. instruction to engage subject matter
students in relating to instruction.
subject matter.
Students make use of Students utilize real-life Students actively engage Students routinely
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. applications of subject
subject matter.9/22/18 matter during learning
activities.
I can connect the material
to students’ real lives
through the storyasking
process of Martina Bex’s
SOMOS curriculum.
9/22/18

When students hear and

experience a story about
one of their classmates
during storyasking, they
connect the targeted
Evidence vocabulary in a real-life
context. 9/22/18
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.4 Emerging
Uses instructional
strategies, resources, and
technologies as provided
by school and/or district.
Using a variety of
instructional
strategies, resources,
and technologies to
meet students’
Some students participate
diverse learning
in instructional strategies,
needs
using resources and
technologies provided.
Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Explores additional Utilizes a variety of Creates, adapts, and Refines the flexible use of
instructional strategies, strategies including integrates a broad range an extensive repertoire of
resources, and culturally responsive of strategies, resources, strategies, resources, and
technologies in single pedagogy, resources, and and technologies into technologies to meet
lessons or sequence of technologies during instruction designed to students’ diverse learning
lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse needs.
diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs.
learning needs.9/22/18
Students participate in Students participate in Students actively engage Students take
single lessons or instruction using in instruction and make responsibilities for using
sequence of lessons strategies, resources, and use of a variety of a wide range of strategies,
related to their interests technologies matched to targeted strategies, resources, and
and experiences. their learning resources, and technologies that
needs.9/22/18 technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual students needs. learning.
I have incorporated
multiple online platforms
to supplement material
presented in class.
Material is presented
orally with gestures and
images. 9/22/18

Students choose what

additional activity to
complete, whether it is
Duolingo or Quizlet.
Evidence 9/22/18
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
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
Promoting critical critically. content. 9/22/18 reflecting on multiple problems.
thinking though perspectives.
inquiry, problem
solving, and Some students respond to Students respond to Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and answer
reflection questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks questions and problems and construct questions a wide-range of complex
and comprehension. designed to promote posed by the teacher and of their own to support questions and problems,
comprehension and begin to pose and solve inquiries into content. reflect, and communicate
critical thinking in single problems of their own understandings based on
lessons or a sequence of related to the in depth analysis of
lessons. content.9/22/18 content learning.
I constantly provide
question narration
throughout my lessons in
the Target Language. I
have taught about
cognates as a means to
identify unfamiliar word.
9/22/18

Students complete daily

evaluations as means to
reflect upon their
Evidence involvement and
engagement in class.
9/22/18

Element 1.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
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 provide
student understanding. observation of student individual student needs assistance to students in
engagement and regular for assistance, support, or mastering the concepts
Monitoring student checks for understanding. challenge.9/22/18 flexibly and effectively.
learning and
adjusting instruction Students monitor their
while teaching. Some students receive Students receive Students successfully Students are able to progress in learning and
individual assistance assistance individually or participate and stay articulate their level of provide information to
during instruction. in small groups during engaged in learning understanding and use teacher that informs
instruction. activities. 9/22/18 teacher guidance to meet adjustments in
their needs during instruction.
instruction.
Students complete tasks Changes are made with
at hand, and participate in regards to student
class routines, like listing preferences, and overall,
the date and partner class proficiency level.
activities. 9/22/18 One block of Spanish 1
receives additional
enrichment activities that
other blocks do not
receive. 9/22/18

Evidence