CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring
Plans daily lessons using Plans single lessons or
available curriculum and sequence of lessons using
information from district additional assessment
and state required information on student
assessments. academic readiness,
language, cultural
background, and
4.1 Using knowledge
individual development.
of students’ academic
readiness, language
Becomes aware of
proficiency, cultural
potential areas of bias
background, and
and seeks to learn about
individual
Is aware of impact of bias culturally responsive
development to plan
on learning. pedagogy. 9/26/17
instruction.
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I use results from prior
lessons to figure out of
they will be ready for
further tasks. For
instance, my students had
a hard time rounding
after the first lesson so I
knew they would not be
able to do the next day’s
lesson of addition with
rounding the next day.
I support students in
class so that they know
they are important and
their learning goals are
important no matter what
level they are at. 9/26/17
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Plans differentiated Plans differentiated Plans differentiated
instruction based on instruction, which is instruction that provides
knowledge of students’ based on broad systematic opportunities
academic readiness, knowledge of students. for supporting and
academic language, Matches resources and extending student
diverse cultural specific strategies to learning based on
backgrounds, and students’ diverse learning comprehensive
individual cognitive, needs and cultural information on students.
social, emotional, and backgrounds.
physical development to
meet their individual
needs. 12/8/18 5/5/19
Planning addresses bias, Engages students in the
Examines potential stereotyping, and analysis of bias,
sources of bias and assumptions about stereotyping, and
stereotyping when cultures an members of assumptions.
planning lessons. Uses cultures.
culturally responsive
pedagogy in planning.
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Academic language is a
big part of planning my
lessons. Students in my
class often have a hard
time in this area. I make
sure that I allow time for
me to go over vocabulary.
Other times I allow them
to scan the story and
write down unknown
words so that we can
discuss them as a class.
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When planning especially
with our ELA stories
there are many different
cultures and families
represented. When
planning I make it a point
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Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

o research the culture if I
do not have an adequate
knowledge of the people
group so that I can better
explain areas of the story.
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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 9/26/17 and differentiated to interests, and learning students. Assists students
address students’ diverse needs. 12/8/18 to articulate and monitor
learning needs. 5/12/18 learning goals. 5/5/19
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring
I have I can statements
posted on my front board
for students to reference.
Before a lesson I use an
EDI method where I say
our ‘I can’ learning
objective and students
chime back. If an adult
asks what they are
learning they should be
able to look at the board
and find what we are
currently studying.
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Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum
for daily, short- and long- units that include a series
4.3 Developing and term plans. of connected lessons and
sequencing long- are linked to long-term
term and short-term planning to support
instructional plans to student learning.
support student 9/26/17
learning
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I continue to have lesson I have really worked hard I feel I have improved in
goals on my board, but I to get better at this area my sitting down
now open every lesson articulating learning monthly to look at the
with the learning goal we goals to my students. This things I want to achieve
are working on. I includes giving clear and have my students
sometime have the examples, showing achieve. When I do this I
students repeat what thy sample work for can look ahead towards
think meeting the reference, modeling, and longer term goals. I also
learning goals means or criteria for grading. When tend to do this with my
looks like before we start students know what they teammate. This keeps us
the lesson. Other times I will be graded on and both very focused and on
have the students write what is expected of them track for what we should
the learning goals at the they tend to be more be teaching and working
top of their assignment. successful. 12/8/18 towards. 5/5/19
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Establishes short- and Refines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
long-term curriculum term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
plans for subject matter integrations of content standards, and
concepts and essential curriculum guidelines, assess learning needs to
related academic frameworks, and assessed design cohesive and
language and formats that instructional needs to comprehensive long- and
support student learning. ensure student learning. short-term instructional
5/12/18 12/8/18 5/5/19 plans that ensure high
levels of learning.
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When planning for When planning I make
curriculum I always take long and short-term
a close look at what is goals. Long-term is
currently needing to be especially important
taught but I also look when considering my
ahead. It is important to students take the CAASP
know what topics need to for the first time this tear.
be stressed more than I want to make sure they
others in future lessons. are exposed to everything
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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 repertoire
suggested by curriculum sequence of lessons that instructional strategies to address learning styles of strategies specifically
guidelines. respond to students’ into ongoing planning and meet students’ meet students’ diverse
diverse learning needs. that addresses culturally assessed language and language and learning
4.4 Planning responsive pedagogy, learning needs. Provides needs and styles to
instruction that students’ diverse appropriate support and advance learning for all.
incorporates Seeks to learn about language, and learning challenges for students.
appropriate Is aware of student students’ diverse learning needs and styles. Facilitates opportunities
strategies to meet the content, learning, and and language needs 12/8/18 5/5/19 Integrates results from a for students to reflect on
learning needs of all language needs through beyond basic data. broad range of their learning and the
students data provided by the site 9/26/17 5/12/18 Uses assessments of assessments into impact of instructional
and district. students’ learning and planning to meet strategies to meet their
language needs to inform students’ diverse learning learning and language
planning differentiated and language needs. needs.
instruction. 12/8/18
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Based on findings of my I entered this year with
students with diverse many ELL students. I
learning needs I can knew that I would have to
anticipate the language or really put in more time
vocabulary that they may for differentiation for
struggle with and scaffold them to be successful.
their learning. Once I got to know them,
their weaknesses and
I was able to look at strengths it became much
students that have easier to plan activities
language needs from my that would grow them in
sites speech pathologist. the areas they are
As far as other learning struggling in. 12/8/18
needs I looked up the 5/5/19
levels of my ELD students
in their cum files.
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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 materials based on in depth
4.5 Adapting
students’ learning needs. responsive pedagogy and as the instructional needs analysis of individual
instructional plans
9/26/17 additional materials to arises to support student student needs.
and curricular
support students’ diverse learning. 12/8/18 5/5/19
materials to meet the
learning needs. 5/12/18 Engages with students to
assessed learning
identify types of
needs of all students.
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.

Where appropriate I pull Looking at my lessons I have learned to assess

in other resources to from all angles is
support students something I have had to
learning. This can be make time for. Looking at
anything from extra the diverse needs of my
worksheets from the web students and the way
or manipulatives to help they learn best, I am able
the student get a hand on to make appropriate
approach to their lesson. adaptations and
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meet their needs.
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the curriculum and what
will work and not work
for my students. I am then
able to pull resources to
fill in any gaps in the
curriculum so that the
students have a full and
complete understanding
of the subject matter.
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