CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

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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.

When I plan with the

other second grade
teacher we take out
anything our students are
not ready for. We make
sure we have a variety of
ways to introduce lessons
so that it meets our
students’ needs. We
decide what the
benchmark will be and
how all students can
achieve it. We
differentiate our
instruction without
changing it so much that
all students aren’t getting
the same understanding
out of the lessons. We are
working on incorporating
more academic language
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because a lot of our
students do not here it
enough in the home or at
school. 9/4/19

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.
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I need to do better at
sharing each students’
learning goal with them. I
share the learning goal
for the whole class in a
very broad way. I will be
working on pinpointing
their goals AND sharing it
with them. 9/27/19

Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum Establishes short- and Refines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
for daily, short- and long- units that include a series long-term curriculum term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
4.3 Developing and 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 assessed design cohesive and
instructional plans to student learning. language and formats that instructional needs to comprehensive long- and
support student support student learning. ensure student learning. short-term instructional
learning plans that ensure high
levels of learning.
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I plan curriculum units so
that they correlate with
another subject whether
it be ELA and Science or
Writing and Math or
Science and Writing. It
helps them make better
sense of academic
language and get a better
understanding of lessons.
However, I need to work
on planning for the long-
term. Being a new
teacher, I am planning
week by week or month
by month, but I feel I need
to plan my end goal for
each trimester and the
end of second grade in
general. I will begin doing
this with my PLC partner
so that all of second grade
is cohesive. 9/27/19
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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 language, and learning challenges for students.
appropriate Is aware of student Seeks to learn about needs and styles. Facilitates opportunities
strategies to meet the content, learning, and students’ diverse learning Integrates results from a for students to reflect on
learning needs of all language needs through and language needs Uses assessments of broad range of their learning and the
students data provided by the site beyond basic data. students’ learning and assessments into impact of instructional
and district. language needs to inform planning to meet strategies to meet their
planning differentiated students’ diverse learning learning and language
instruction. and language needs. needs.

On top of using
differentiated
instructional strategies
such as partner work,
whole group and small
group instruction, I also
use a variety of
assessments. The variety
of assessments helps me
reach every student. I
change my lessons based
on the data I get back
from assessments and
observations. 8/22/19
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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
additional materials to arises to support student student needs.
and curricular
support students’ diverse learning.
materials to meet the
learning needs. Engages with students to
assessed learning
identify types of
needs of all students.
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.

I anticipate adjustments
to my day every day. I
think that’s just part of
working with kids, I can
plan a perfect lesson, but
if my students just aren’t
getting it for whatever
reason, I have to throw
that out and start from
scratch or just roll with
whatever was working for
them. Sometimes I think
the manipulatives will
help and they end up
confusing them more. I
have no problem going
back the drawing board.
8/14/19