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 responsibility with reflection and ongoing
expectations for fair and commitment to fairness respectful student students for resolving improvement of the
respectful behavior to and respect in interactions. Assists conflict and creating and caring community based
support social communications with students to resolve maintaining a caring on respect, fairness, and
development. students about language conflicts. classroom community.   the value of all members.
and behavior. Incorporates cultural Supports students in
Promoting social Seeks to understand awareness to develop a taking leadership in
Development and cultural perceptions of positive classroom developing a caring
responsibility within caring community. climate. community that is Students take leadership
a caring community responsive to the diverse in resolving conflict and
where each student Some students share in Students participate in Students demonstrate cultural norms of creating a fair and
is treated fairly and responsibility for the occasional community efforts to be positive, identities of all students. respectful classroom
respectfully classroom community. building activities, accepting, and respectful community where
designed to promote of differences 7/21/19 Students take student’s home culture is
caring, fairness, and 12/9/2019 responsibility resolving included and valued.
respect. conflicts and maintaining Students communicate
a caring classroom with empathy and
community. Students understanding in
promote respect and interactions with one
appreciation for another.
differences. April 2020
Evidence Teacher models fairness Teacher ensures that
and respect. Teacher all students have the
treats students the way
she would like to be
materials they need
treated. Multiple to be successful in
viewpoints are the learning activities
encouraged and expected
to be respected by the Students share
class. Students ask
questions of teachers and
responsibility for
their classmates when maintaining a
they differ in opinion. positive classroom
7/21/19 climate April 2020
Teacher discussed
classroom behavior and
expectations with
students for the
upcoming semester.
Praised students for what
they did well and
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
provided examples of
how they can improve for
the new school year.
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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
interaction between lessons or sequence of during learning activities diversity within and
Creating physical or students can support lessons to support that ensures a focus on Integrates a variety of beyond the classroom.
virtual learning learning. student learning. and completion of structures for interaction
environments that learning tasks. that engage students Selects from a repertoire
promote student 9/30/2019 constructively and of structures for
learning, reflect productively in learning interaction to ensure
diversity, and Mar-Apr 2020. accelerated learning for
encourage the full range of students.
constructive and Some students use Students use resources Students use a variety of
productive available resources in provided in learning resources in learning Students routinely use a Students participate in
interactions among learning environments environments and environments and range of resources in monitoring and changing
students during instruction. interact with each other interact in ways that learning environments the design of learning
to understand and deepen their that relate to and enhance environments and
complete learning tasks in understanding of the instruction and reflect structures for
single lessons or content and develop their diversity. interactions.
sequence of lessons. constructive social and Students share in
7/21/19 academic interactions. monitoring and
9/30/2019 assessment of
interactions to improve
effectiveness and develop
a positive culture for
learning.
Lesson plans are Visual resources are Teacher explains the
created to integrate provided to students rationale of selecting
virtual learning. to reinforce specific resources
directions and/or that are equitable for
main ideas. Seating all students
Evidence
charts are made to
ensure high, medium, Teacher provides
and at level students strategic activities
interact and engage that develop each
with one another. student’s willingness
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
7/21/19 and ability to work
independently and
After first unit was with others
completed teacher
rearranged
classroom to make it
more conducive for
learning. Seating
chart was also
created to ensure
students were paired
with classmates that
would contribute to
their success.
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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
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 emotional environment
as they arise. in the learning focused on high quality
environment and and rigorous learning.
curriculum. Engages in reflection on
Establishing and
Explores strategies to their own language and
maintaining learning
establish intellectual and Models and provides behavior that contributes
environments that
emotional safety in the instruction on skills that to intellectual and
are physically,
classroom. develop resiliency and emotional safety in the
intellectually, and
support intellectual and classroom 9/30/2019.
emotionally safe
emotional safety. Students demonstrate
Students are aware of resiliency in perseverance
required safety Students follow teacher Students develop and for academic
procedures and the guidance regarding Students take risks, offer practice resiliency skills achievement.
school and classroom potential safety issues for opinions, and share and strategies to strive Students maintain
rational for maintaining self or others. alternative perspectives for academic intellectual and emotional
safety. 7/21/19 achievement, and safety for themselves and
establish intellectual and others in the classroom.
emotional safety in the
classroom April 2020
Evidence Class classroom Teacher began doing
behavior and an end of unit check-
expectations are set in where students
at the beginning of could voice their
each semester and opinions and
reiterated as concerns regarding
necessary to ensure the class structure,
safe learning lesson, and/or
environments. environment.
Students engage in 9/30/2019
conversation with
teacher and peers. Clear expectations
7/21/19 for being a polite
audience are
communicated when
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
setting expectations
for distance/at home
learning March-April
2020

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
Creating a rigorous maintaining high expectations for students for students. Has an scaffolds and learning.
learning expectations for students. while becoming aware of understanding of technologies throughout Supports students to
environment with achievement patterns for achievement patterns, instruction that support utilize an extensive
high expectations individuals and groups of and uses scaffolds to the full range of learners repertoire of
and appropriate students. address achievement in meeting high differentiated strategies
support for all gaps. 7/21/19 expectations for to meet high expectations.
students achievement.
Some students ask for Some individuals and Students engage in a Students take
teacher support to groups of students work variety of differentiated Students actively use responsibility to fully
understand or complete with the teacher to supports and challenges supports and challenges utilize teacher and peer
learning tasks. support accuracy and in ways that promote to complete critical support, to achieve
comprehension in their their accuracy, analysis, reading, writing, higher consistently high levels of
learning 7/21/19. and problem solving in order thinking, and factual and analytical
learning 10/02/2019 problem solving across learning.
subject matter April 2020
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Students are able to Teacher has and sets High learning
address teacher with high expectations for expectations are
questions or students at the maintained for all
concerns in the beginning of each students, but the
classroom without unit. 7/21/19 teacher scaffolds the
prompting for the lesson to ensure that
teacher. Others are Teacher supports all students
Evidence not as forthcoming. students in learning participate fully
7/21/19 to manage their work while they
on long-term participate in
assignments like distance learning
their “Anti-Bullying Spring 2020
Portfolio” for the
month of October.
10/02/2019

Element 2.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Establishes expectations, Develops expectations Uses multiple strategies Integrates equitable Facilitates a positive
rules, and consequences with some student including culturally expectations, positive environment using
for individual and group involvement. responsive instruction to supports, and systems that ensure
behavior. Communicates, models develop and maintain consequences for students take an active
and explains expectations high standards for individual and group role in monitoring and
for individual and group individual and group behavior within and maintaining high
behavior. behavior. across learning activities. standards for individual
Developing, and group behaviors.
communicating, and Refers to standards for Reviews standards for Utilizes routine Guides and supports
maintaining behavior and applies behavior with students in references to standards students to self-assess,
high standards for consequences as needed. single lessons or for behavior prior and monitor, and set goals for
individual and group sequence of lessons in during individual and individual and group
behavior anticipation of need for group work. behavior and
reinforcement. participation.

Students are aware of Students know Students follow behavior Students respond to Students demonstrate
classroom rules and expectations for behavior expectations, accept individual and group positive behavior,
consequences. and consequences and consequences and behaviors and encourage consistent participation
respond to guidance in increase positive and support each other to and are valued for their
following them. behaviors 7/21/19 make improvements. unique identities.
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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Teacher establish In addition to
clear rules and checking in with
expectations for teacher students set
maintaining effective goals for what they
group work. Teacher want to achieve in
restates behavior the upcoming unit
expectations during and come up with an
debates or group action plan for how
Evidence
conversations. they will achieve
Students check-in their goal
with teacher and 11/04/2019
peers when they are April 2020
confused or
questioning a stance.
7/21/19

Element 2.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Employing classroom Establishes procedures, Develops routines, Maintains regular use of Engages students in Facilitates student
routines, procedures, routines or norms for procedures, and norms in routines and procedures monitoring and reflecting participating in
norms, and supports single lessons to support single lessons or that are culturally on routines, procedures, developing, monitoring,
for positive behavior student learning. sequence of lessons with responsive and engage and norms in ways that and adjusting routines
to ensure a climate in some student students in the are culturally responsive. and procedures focuses
which all students involvement. development and Maintains a quality on maximizing learning.
can learn monitoring of norms. learning climate that Classroom climate
builds on student integrates school
strengths. standards and culturally
Seeks to promote positive Provides positive relevant norms.
Responds to disruptive behaviors and responds behavior supports. Promotes positive
behavior. to disruptive behavior. Responds appropriately behaviors and Promotes positive
to behaviors in ways that consistently prevents or behaviors and establishes
lessen disruptions to the refocuses behaviors preventions and a
learning climate. disruptive to the learning positive classroom
Students participate in climate 7/21/19 climate that eliminate
routines, procedures, and most disruptive behavior.
norms and receive April 2020
reinforcement for
Students are aware of Students receive positive behaviors. Students share
procedures, routines, and correction for behavior Students are involved in responsibility with
classroom norms. that interferes with Students receive timely assessment and teacher for managing and
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
learning, and positive and effective feedback monitoring of routines, maintaining a positive
reinforcement in and consequences for procedures, and norms in classroom climate that
following routines, behaviors that interfere ways that improve the promotes learning April
procedures, and norms. with learning 7/21/19 learning climate. 2020

Students are aware of Students begin each Students

consequences for class with a “Daily demonstrate efficient
actions that interrupt Spark” or reflection use of the
learning and are that prepares them procedures;
expected to reflect for the day’s lesson minimum of class
and act on reflection. or allows them time disruption
7/21/19 to reflect on previous
events. 7/21/19 Teacher models and
teaches expected
When teacher needed procedures and
to take some time norms
away from the
classroom, substitute Visual or auditory
Evidence teacher was provided signals are used to
with classroom rules gain student
and procedures. attention March-April
Substitute teacher 2020
respond with
positive feedback and
minimal concerns.
Students who were
disruptive in my
absences admitted to
wrong doing and
made attempts to
resolve problems.
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Element 2.7 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Using instructional Paces instruction based Paces instruction with Paces instruction with Paces instruction to Paces, adjusts, and fluidly
time to optimize on curriculum guidelines. some consideration of students to provide include ongoing facilitates instruction and
learning 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
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
classroom management work time and transitions understanding, students in the
impact pacing and to optimize learning. completion of learning monitoring of
lessons. activities and closure. instructional time
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Some students complete Students complete Students participate in 10/4/2019-10/31/2019 Students monitor their
learning activities in time learning activities and, as and complete a variety of Spring 2020 own time, are engaged in
allotted. needed, may receive learning activities in the accomplishing learning
some adjustments of time time allotted with options Students use their goals, and participate in
allotted for tasks or for extension and review instructional time to reflection, self-
expectations for 7/21/19 engage in and complete assessment, and goal
completion. learning activities and are setting.
prepared for the next
sequence of instruction
Spring 2020

Evidence Students complete Goal for deadlines

task in a timely are set at the
manner, however, beginning of each
there are those that unit. Teacher plans
will require time that students
extensions to will need to complete
complete tasks. all learning activities
7/21/19 and makes
adjustments for
those that run longer
or shorter than
expected. 7/21/19

Teacher provides
timeline for month
long project and sets
mini goals
throughout the
month for students to
complete learning
task. Students
successfully
completed mini and
major learning goals.
10/4/2019-
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