Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning

Element 2.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Models and Models fair and respectful Reinforces positive, Develops shared Facilitates student self-
communicates behavior. Demonstrates responsible, and respectful responsibility with reflection and ongoing
expectations for fair and commitment to fairness student interactions. students for resolving improvement of the caring
respectful behavior to and respect in Assists students to resolve conflict and creating and community based on
support social communications with conflicts. maintaining a caring respect, fairness, and the
development. students about language Incorporates cultural classroom community. value of all members.
and behavior. awareness to develop a Supports students in
Seeks to understand positive classroom climate. taking leadership in
Promoting social cultural perceptions of 7/16/23 developing a caring
Development and caring community. community that is Students take leadership
responsibility within Students demonstrate responsive to the diverse in resolving conflict and
a caring community Some students share in Students participate in efforts to be positive, cultural norms of creating a fair and
where each student responsibility for the occasional community accepting, and respectful identities of all students. respectful classroom
is treated fairly and classroom community. building activities, of differences. 10/22/23 community where
respectfully designed to promote 7/16/23 4/29/24 student’s home culture is
caring, fairness, and 10/22/23 included and valued.
respect. Students take Students communicate
responsibility resolving with empathy and
conflicts and maintaining understanding in
a caring classroom interactions with one
community. Students another.
promote respect and
appreciation for
differences.
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When a student is In the Mornings, I have
presenting or speaking, students write and share
the class is not allowed to on different topics about
interrupt and comments the school’s core virtues
must have something that and beliefs on character.
the student liked about We have morning Socratic
their presentation or what Discussions on Character
they said. and what it means to treat
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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.2 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Is aware of the Experiments with and/or Develops physical Maintains physical Adapts physical and/or
importance of the virtual learning environments that reflect environments that reflect environments flexibly to
physical and/or virtual environments that student diversity and student diversity and facilitate access to a wide
learning environments support student learning. provide a range of provides a broad range of range of resources that
that support student resources for learning. resources, displays, and engage students in
learning. artifacts that are current learning. Ensures that
Structures for interaction Utilizes a variety of and integral to environments enhance
Is aware that structured are taught in single structures for interaction instruction. learning and reflect
Creating physical or interaction between lessons or sequence of during learning activities diversity within and
virtual learning students can support lessons to support that ensures a focus on Integrates a variety of beyond the classroom.
environments that learning. student learning. and completion of structures for interaction
promote student learning tasks. that engage students Selects from a repertoire
learning, reflect 7/16/23 constructively and of structures for
diversity, and 10/22/23 productively in learning. interaction to ensure
encourage 4/29/24 accelerated learning for
constructive and Students routinely use a the full range of students.
productive Some students use Students use resources range of resources in
interactions among available resources in provided in learning Students use a variety of learning environments Students participate in
students learning environments environments and resources in learning that relate to and enhance monitoring and changing
during instruction. interact with each other environments and instruction and reflect the design of learning
to understand and interact in ways that their diversity. environments and
complete learning tasks in deepen their Students share in structures for
single lessons or sequence understanding of the monitoring and interactions.
of lessons. content and develop assessment of
7/16/23 constructive social and interactions to improve
10/22/23 academic interactions. effectiveness and develop
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learning.
Students are given materials Lesson will have time for
or manipulatives to work on independent work. During
in math to help the kinetic or this time, I have students
more visual learners as seen that I noticed are
in the image below.
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struggling with the
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Evidence small groups to reinforce
the lesson. This year our
school has also split math
into two blocks. The
second is used to
reinforce and supplement
students in what they are
struggling with.
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Element 2.3 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Adheres to policies and Recognizes and addresses Anticipates and reduces Integrates support for Shares responsibility with
laws regarding safety that safety issues regarding risks to physical, students to take risks and the students for the
are required by the site, materials, student intellectual, and offer respectful opinions establishment and
district, and state. interactions, and the emotional safety using about divergent maintenance of a safe
Responds to behaviors organization of the multiple strategies that viewpoints. physical, intellectual, and
that impact student safety learning environments. include examining biases 7/16/23 emotional environment
as they arise. in the learning 10/22/23 focused on high quality
environment and 4/29/24 and rigorous learning.
curriculum.
Establishing and
Explores strategies to Engages in reflection on
maintaining learning
establish intellectual and Models and provides their own language and
environments that
emotional safety in the instruction on skills that behavior that contributes
are physically,
classroom. develop resiliency and to intellectual and
intellectually, and
support intellectual and emotional safety in the
emotionally safe
emotional safety. classroom. Students demonstrate
Students are aware of resiliency in perseverance
required safety Students follow teacher for academic
procedures and the guidance regarding Students take risks, offer Students develop and achievement.
school and classroom potential safety issues for opinions, and share practice resiliency skills Students maintain
rational for maintaining self or others. alternative perspectives and strategies to strive for intellectual and emotional
safety. 7/16/23 academic achievement, safety for themselves and
10/22/23 and establish intellectual others in the classroom.
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the classroom.
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
I use Socratic discussions In Socratic discussions,
to have students talk students know that they
about literature or their can not say someone is
moral perspectives on a wrong, while I do allow
situation as seen in the students to disagree,
Tom Sawyer Socratic telling someone else they
Questions attached. are wrong is not accepted
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Tom Sawyer Socratic
Questions

Element 2.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Focuses the rigor of the Strives for a rigorous Develops a rigorous Integrates rigor Facilitates a rigorous
learning environment on learning environment learning environment throughout the learning learning environment in
accuracy of answers and that includes accuracy, that includes accuracy, environment that values which students take
completion of learning understanding, and the analysis, problem solving, accuracy, analysis, and leadership in learning.
tasks. importance of meeting and appropriate levels of critical reading, writing Fosters extended studies,
Is aware of the targeted learning goals. challenge. and thinking. research, analysis and
importance of Works to maintain high Holds high expectations Integrates strategic purposeful use of
maintaining high expectations for students for students. Has an scaffolds and technologies learning.
Creating a rigorous
expectations for students. while becoming aware of understanding of throughout instruction Supports students to
learning
achievement patterns for achievement patterns, that support the full range utilize an extensive
environment with
individuals and groups of and uses scaffolds to of learners in meeting repertoire of
high expectations
students. 7/16/23 address achievement high expectations for differentiated strategies
and appropriate
gaps. achievement. to meet high expectations.
support for all
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students
Some students ask for Some individuals and 4/29/24 Students actively use Students take
teacher support to groups of students work supports and challenges responsibility to fully
understand or complete with the teacher to Students engage in a to complete critical utilize teacher and peer
learning tasks. support accuracy and variety of differentiated reading, writing, higher support, to achieve
comprehension in their supports and challenges order thinking, and consistently high levels of
learning. in ways that promote problem solving across factual and analytical
their accuracy, analysis, subject matter. learning.
and problem solving in
learning.
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Students are expected to I or my class I.A. help
do that work that is given. students individually or
I have small groups to aid in small groups to
students that are reinforce lessons for
struggling, as well as students that are
one-on-one time to work struggling. Giving them a
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not have to feel like they
are behind in the class.
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Element 2.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Establishes expectations, rules, and consequences Develops expectations Uses multiple Integrates equitable Facilitates a positive
for individual and group behavior. with some student strategies including expectations, positive environment using
involvement. culturally responsive supports, and systems that ensure
Communicates, models instruction to develop consequences for students take an
and explains and maintain high individual and group active role in
expectations for standards for behavior within and monitoring and
individual and group individual and group across learning maintaining high
Refers to standards for behavior and applies behavior. behavior. activities. standards for
consequences as needed. 10/22/23 individual and group
Developing, 7/16/23 Reviews standards for 4/29/24 Guides and supports behaviors.
behavior with students students to self-assess,
communicating,
in single lessons or Utilizes routine monitor, and set goals
and maintaining sequence of lessons in references to standards for individual and
high standards for anticipation of need for behavior prior and group behavior and
individual and Students are aware of classroom rules and
for reinforcement. during individual and participation.
group behavior consequences. group work.
Students know Students respond to
expectations for individual and group Students demonstrate
behavior and Students follow behaviors and positive behavior,
consequences and behavior expectations, encourage and support consistent
respond to guidance in accept consequences each other to make participation and are
following them. and increase positive improvements. valued for their
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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
I have the class rules and expectations posted on I have the class rules During Morning
the wall. Students are aware of the consequences and expectations Work I will have the
that they will receive for breaking the rules as seen posted on the wall. students write on
in the image below. Students are aware different questions
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that they will receive school virtues within
for breaking the a given situation or
rules as seen in the how we can cultivate
image below. respect and courtesy
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Morning Work
Sample

Element 2.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Establishes procedures, Develops routines, Maintains regular use of Engages students in Facilitates student
routines or norms for procedures, and norms in routines and procedures monitoring and reflecting participating in developing,
single lessons to support single lessons or sequence that are culturally on routines, procedures, monitoring, and adjusting
student learning. of lessons with some responsive and engage and norms in ways that are routines and procedures
student involvement. students in the culturally responsive. focuses on maximizing
development and Maintains a quality learning.
monitoring of norms. learning climate that builds Classroom climate
Employing classroom on student strengths. integrates school standards
Seeks to promote positive and culturally relevant
routines, procedures,
behaviors and responds to Provides positive behavior Promotes positive norms.
norms, and supports
disruptive behavior. supports. behaviors and consistently
for positive behavior Responds to disruptive 7/16/23 Responds appropriately to prevents or refocuses Promotes positive
to ensure a climate in behavior. 10/22/23 behaviors in ways that behaviors disruptive to the behaviors and establishes
which all students 4/29/24 lessen disruptions to the learning climate. preventions and a positive
can learn learning climate. classroom climate that
Students participate in eliminate most disruptive
routines, procedures, and behavior.
norms and receive
Students receive correction reinforcement for positive Students are involved in
for behavior that interferes behaviors. assessment and monitoring
Students are aware of with learning, and positive of routines, procedures, Students share
procedures, routines, and reinforcement in following Students receive timely and and norms in ways that responsibility with teacher
classroom norms. routines, procedures, and effective feedback and improve the learning for managing and
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norms. consequences for climate. maintaining a positive
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For the first week of
school, I have the
students go over the
expectations in the class
and how we line up and
sit in our seats and ask
questions and have the
Evidence class perform these tasks
until they are done right.
If they don’t do it right we
start from the beginning.
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Element 2.7 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Paces instruction based Paces instruction with Paces instruction with Paces instruction to Paces, adjusts, and fluidly
on curriculum guidelines. some consideration of students to provide include ongoing facilitates instruction and
Develops awareness of lesson type, adjustments adequate time for assessment of student daily activities.
how transitions and for sufficient student instruction, checking for learning. Supports
classroom management work time and transitions understanding, students in the
impact pacing and to optimize learning. completion of learning monitoring of
lessons. 7/16/23 activities and closure. instructional time.
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time to optimize Some students complete 4/29/24 Students participate in Students use their Students monitor their
learning learning activities in time and complete a variety of instructional time to own time, are engaged in
allotted. Students complete learning activities in the engage in and complete accomplishing learning
7/16/23 learning activities and, as time allotted with options learning activities and are goals, and participate in
10/22/23 needed, may receive some for extension and review. prepared for the next reflection,
4/29/24 adjustments of time sequence of instruction. self-assessment, and goal
allotted for tasks or setting.
expectations for
completion.
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Lesson will have time for Lesson will have time for
independent work. independent work.
During this time, I have During this time, I have
students that I noticed are students that I noticed are
struggling with the struggling with the
material come to the back material come to the back
table to work with me in table to work with me in
small groups to reinforce small groups to reinforce
the lesson. the lesson.
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