CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring Applying
Plans daily lessons using Plans single lessons or Plans differentiated
available curriculum and sequence of lessons using instruction based on
information from district additional assessment knowledge of students’
and state required information on student academic readiness,
assessments. academic readiness, academic language,
language, cultural diverse cultural
4.1 Using knowledge background, and backgrounds, and
of students’ academic individual development. individual cognitive, social,
readiness, language emotional, and physical
proficiency, cultural development to meet their
background, and individual needs.
individual
development to plan Is aware of impact of bias Becomes aware of Examines potential
instruction. on learning. potential areas of bias and sources of bias and
seeks to learn about stereotyping when
culturally responsive planning lessons. Uses
pedagogy. culturally responsive
pedagogy in planning.
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I have grown in this area
but not enough to say I am
integrating. I make sure in
my class to integrate what
students heritage is to the
lesson. For example having
a large population of
Hispanics in southern
California necessitates that
we make sure as history
teachers to teach the
Mexican revolution.
Additionally, I always
ensure that I try and
remove bias in a lesson
and if not I challenge the
students to detect possible
bias. It is impossible to
remove all bias, but to try
and show the other
Integrating Innovating
Plans differentiated Plans differentiated
instruction, which is based instruction that provides
on broad knowledge of systematic opportunities
students. Matches for supporting and
resources and specific extending student
strategies to students’ learning based on
diverse learning needs comprehensive
and cultural backgrounds. information on students.
Planning addresses bias,
stereotyping, and Engages students in the
assumptions about analysis of bias,
cultures and members of stereotyping, and
cultures. 05/03/19 assumptions.
I have grown in this area
more since I have had
primarily the same
population of students the
past two years. Since my
classes are primarily
Chinese, I have found that
looking to value what they
value and integrating that
into the warm ups and
lesson plans my student
population has opened up
more and had more
discussions when I used
online forms of discussion.
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perspective is essential in
teaching history.
Furthermore, knowing my
students I attempt to seat
them around the class
where they can succeed
and I group them
accordingly. 09/27/17-
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Communicates learning Establishes and shares Establishes and Establishes and articulates Establishes and
objectives for a single learning goals for skill communicates to students learning goals to students articulates comprehensive
lesson to students based development with clear learning goals for that integrate content short-term and long-term
4.2 Establishing and on content standards and students in single lessons content that are accessible, standards with students’ learning goals for
articulating goals for available curriculum. and sequence of lessons. challenging, and strengths, interests, and students. Assists students
student learning differentiated to address learning needs. to articulate and monitor
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needs. 09/27/17
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
I establishing and
articulating goals for
student learning by having
the california state content
standards laminated on
the wall and I highlight
which learning standard
we have for that day. I also
tell the students the
agenda for the day and
which is also on the board
for the students to read. I
also explain to the
students what we are
going to do in the unit and
how that day's lesson
builds to the goal of the
unit. 09/27/17
Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum Establishes short- and
for daily, short- and units that include a series long-term curriculum
4.3 Developing and
long-term plans. of connected lessons and plans for subject matter
sequencing
are linked to long-term concepts and essential
long-term and
planning to support related academic language
short-term
student learning. and formats that support
instructional plans to
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support student
learning
One of the areas I focused
on improving with my
students is their
weaknesses on the
different parts of the AP
exam so that they were
able to work on those
skills and improve on
them on a regular basis.
One way to help them
work on their skills is to
give them content quizzes
on google forms like I did
with my Teacher Leader
Project. Especially, AP
Human Geography, they
need more time and speed
to do well on the exam
next week. 05/10/18-
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Refines sequence of Utilizes extensive
long-term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
integrations of curriculum content standards, and
guidelines, frameworks, assess learning needs to
and assessed instructional design cohesive and
needs to ensure student comprehensive long- and
learning. short-term instructional
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levels of learning.
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
I am currently developing
short term and long term
instructional plans to
support student learning. I
have the first two units
planned out and am
working on the next unit
and throughout the year.
Since it is my first time
teaching AP US history I
am still developing my
long term plans. I am
integrating ways to get the
students to the long term
goals of what the AP test
requires. I am advanced in
breaking down skills and
having logically sequenced
lessons, but it is still being
formulated for the long
term. 09/27/17
After teaching throughout
the year I now have a set
of short and long term
instructional plans that
take into account what the
students did well and
what they have to work
on. Now I have them all
digitally saved so that I
can have quick and easy
access to all of them. I am
not quite in the innovating
stage on this because I
need to fine tune it more. I
believe it will take we 3
more years to get it where
I need it to be. 05/10/18-
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Plans instruction that Selects strategies for single
incorporates strategies lessons or sequence of
suggested by curriculum lessons that respond to
guidelines. students’ diverse learning
needs.
4.4 Planning
instruction that
incorporates
appropriate
Is aware of student Seeks to learn about
strategies to meet
content, learning, and students’ diverse learning
the learning needs of
language needs through and language needs
all students
data provided by the site beyond basic data.
and district. 09/27/17
I have a number of
strategies that extends and
builds on my students
prior learning. Which I
would put in the next
category over, but since I
am still learning about my
students culture I am not
able to address culturally
responsive pedagogy yet. I
do scaffold the lesson and
connect it to the prior
lessons that we have
learned. I have
opportunities in every
class where students get to
collaborate and share their
opinions with the class and
their classmates.
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Incorporates
differentiated
instructional strategies
into ongoing planning that
addresses culturally
responsive pedagogy,
students’ diverse language,
and learning needs and
styles.
Uses assessments of
students’ learning and
language needs to inform
planning differentiated
instruction.
Plans instruction using a Plans instruction
wide range of strategies to incorporating a repertoire
address learning styles of strategies specifically
and meet students’ meet students’ diverse
assessed language and language and learning
learning needs. Provides needs and styles to
appropriate support and advance learning for all.
challenges for students.
Facilitates opportunities
Integrates results from a for students to reflect on
broad range of their learning and the
assessments into planning impact of instructional
to meet students’ diverse strategies to meet their
learning and language learning and language
needs. needs.
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Now that I have been with
the same group of
students all year I feel like
I know the student
population well enough to
use a wide range of
strategies and I know
which ones are the most
effective with this student
population. In the second
year of teaching I have
found that a number of
the strategies that I have
saved digitally from last
year have helped when
thinking through
strategies for this years
students.
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Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans and
uses materials from materials in single lessons
curriculum provided. or sequences of lessons to
address students’ learning
4.5 Adapting
needs.09/27/17
instructional plans
and curricular
materials to meet the
assessed learning
needs of all students.
Once again I believe I am
doing a good job at this but
since I do not know my
students cultures well I am
positioning myself in this
category. I offer a variety
of materials within our
activities that give the
students that have
different abilities to use
those skills as well as
growing in skills they need
work on. I anticipate and
respond to my students
differences in abilities by
providing them with
scaffolded material as well
as taking away scaffolds
when they are succeeding.
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Makes adjustments and
adaptations to
differentiate instructional
plans. Uses culturally
responsive pedagogy and
additional materials to
support students’ diverse
learning
needs.05/10/18-11/07/1
8 adjustments in instruction
Since I have grown with
this student population I
have been able to make
adjustments to my plans
so that it is more culturally
responsive to students
learning needs. Especially
since the majority of my
students are chinese I have
been able to meet my
students needs more
because they share the
same cultural background.
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Makes ongoing
adjustments to
instructional plans and
uses a variety of materials
as the instructional needs
arises to support student
learning.
Anticipates and plans for
a wide range of
adaptations to lessons
based on in depth analysis
of individual student
needs.
Engages with students to
identify types of
that best meet their
learning goals. 05/03/19
This semester I have
really grown in this area
when breaking down the
APUSH exam and how my
students learn.
Specifically in APUSH the
exam in broken down so
that I have assessed
throughout the year on
period, historical thinking
skill, and theme. Having
this broken down so well I
was able to see what my
students needed more
time working on and that
is not including what
section of the exam. It was
very helpful in adapting
instructional plans and
curricular materials to
meet the assessed
learning needs of all
students. 05/03/19