Possible Evidence for CSTP 1
Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Standard Source of Evidence that might
Element Evidence demonstrate that standard
• Student “Get to Know You” worksheets are given
out at the beginning of the year
• Journal entries are used to get to know students
Documentation
better
• Start of year personal narrative gives teacher a
great writing sample in which to gauge their writing,
1.1 Using handwriting, punctuation, and spelling capabilities
knowledge of • Teacher has Morning Meetings in which students
students to engage are able to get to know each other better by
them in learning Reflective sharing personal things about themselves
EXPLORING Conversation • Word of the Day offers students an opportunity to
answer personal questions about themselves in a
whole classroom discussion
• Teacher has an ongoing list of all students
academic strengths and weaknesses
Class Profile
• Teacher keeps close tracks of focus students and
gives accommodations as necessary
1.2 Connecting • Teacher learns interests of each student in order to
engage learning during lessons
learning to Documentation • Teacher has thoroughly gone over the student’s
students’ prior previous teachers notes regarding their academic
knowledge, and behavioral level
backgrounds, life • Teacher gives students an opportunity to have
experiences, and some freedom in choosing subjects they would like
interests Lesson Plan to learn about
• Projects are planned with opportunities for
EMERGING students to choose subject matter
Student Work • Students are using “Menu Math” during a lesson
about adding and subtracting money to help them
1.3 Connecting
to make connections to the real world
subject matter to
meaningful, real- • Teacher often uses real world examples in lessons
to help students make connections to real life
life contexts
• Teacher often connects learning to things that are
EMERGING currently relevant to students such as Hispanic
Lesson Plan
Heritage Month or Black History Month
• Word of the Day often asks questions in which they
have to use the word in relation their own life
• Daily Math and English rotations ensure that
1.4 Using a Classroom
students will be able to use a wide variety of
variety of resources to help support learning needs
Observation
• Teacher has the ability to change instructional
instructional strategies based on observing the class during a
strategies, lesson
resources, and
• Rotations through Math and ELA help students to
technologies to Lesson Plan be able to access all the different
meet students’
• Teacher provides large examples on the board to
diverse learning help students understand concepts (For example,
needs Documents on
a white board graphic organizer about character
Board
EMERGING up on the board to be filled out when reading
different stories/novels)
• Students are encouraged to come up with and
1.5 Promoting answer their own research questions regarding a
critical thinking variety of subjects
Classroom • Teacher creates fun opportunities for students to
through inquiry,
Observation work together as a team to solve problems or
problem solving, puzzles
and reflection • Rubrics are used to give students an
EMERGING understanding of their strengths and areas where
they need to grow
1.6 Monitoring • Teacher allows comments and questions from
students to help guide the rest of the lesson
student learning • Teacher gives time for students to come up with
Classroom
and adjusting ideas about what they are learning
Observation
instruction while • Teacher adjusts lessons if a lack of understanding
is noticed
teaching
• Teacher might teach another lesson based on a
EMERGING lack of understanding in a previous lesson
