Highlights

  • - Padlet and Kahoot! digital web tools that captivate and capture student prior knowledge.
  • - Use of MicroSoft Teams/LMS for ongoing parent communication.
  • - Lesson plans that build upon real-life scenarios such as social norms.
  • - Variety of digital nearpod lessons that promote critical and creative thinking skills.
  • - Adobe Illustrator driven lessons which provide interactive visuals aim to ELL and disabled learners.
  • - Lessons in drawing in traditional visual and digital arts.
  • - Concrete lessons which showcase monitoring student learning and adjusting as needed.

Description for CSTP 1: Engaging and Supporting Students in Learning.

Element 1.1 - Using Knowledge of Students to Engage Them in Learning; Element 1.2 - Connecting Learning to Students' Prior Knowledge, backgrounds, life experiences, and interests; Element 1.3 - Connecting Subject Matter to Meaningful, Real-Life Contexts; Element 1.4 - Using a Variety of Instructional Strategies, resources, and Technologies to Meet Students' Diverse Learning Needs; Element 1.5 - Promoting Critical Thinking Through Inquiry, Problem-Solving, and Reflection; Element 1.6 - Monitoring Student Learning and Adjusting Instruction While Teaching.

Element 1.1 Evidence

Data collection (CBM assessments, MAP testing, Lexia/Moby Max, progress monitoring cards, anecdotal records, daily debriefing with instructional aide); Implementation of Data: discussion with general education teacher and students with a KWL chart; Technology: Personalized web page projects for lessons which are tailored to student needs, use of Teams for distance education (Teams channels, remote video classrooms).

Artifacts: Zombie Apocalypse Lessons & Website (Hybrid and Distance), Screens of Teams chat environment & communication.

Artifacts: Lesson on How to Add Decimals and Reflection of Emojis/emotions.

Artifacts: 2nd Grade Lesson #2 - Mango 2021 - Lesson Plan, Reflection, Evaluation and Portion of Lesson Video.


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Artifacts: Snapshots of MAP asessments results.

Element 1.2 Evidence

Use of school resources (Microsoft Teams, Flipfgrid, Nearpod); Daily rapport with teachers and students (1:1 communication, making an effort to research their background knowledge ahead of time. Communicate with gen ed teachers on Teams, phone, e-mail, or in person, and ask questions about students and their feelings during lessons.


Artifacts: Portion of ELA Video Lesson #2 2021 & morning message image.

Artifacts: Teams Admin Meeting, Professional Planning and Parent Consent Form for Returning to School Survey.

Artifacts: 4th Grade Lesson Plan on Theme and Video Portion of Lesson.

Artifacts: Professional Communication with Gen. Ed Teacher, Gen. Ed Teacher Survey on Student Progress, Production of PLOP/Goals and Assessment Results.

Element 1.3 Evidence

Engaged in active experiences; extended learning by obtaining a 2nd master's degree in special education (after assessments and related to real-life experiences); stayed motivated with tangible realias (online lesson projects and producing school assembly videos); Use of online tools such as demonstration tools and custom authoring tools (Adobe Illustrator).

Artifacts: CPR Certificate, Professional Media Arts Website and Presence.

Artifacts: Screens of ULV Lesson on coins & ClassDojo Awards page.

Element 1.4 Evidence

Incorporated UDL strategies for promoting differentiated learning; provided student-choice; related prior-knowledge to lessons and links to formulate new knowledge; built and used interactive spaces for student-choice & activities such as Nearpod.

Artifacts: Portion of George Washington Carver 5th Grade Lesson - Mango 2021.

Artifacts: Flipgrid Reflections, Fossil Fuels Student (Teacher Feedback with Student Revisions) and Reflection on IEP Goals.

Element 1.5 Evidence

Supported students with question strategies & explored multiple perspectives through examples (both visual, motion and realia); technology is used to capture student responses through exit tickets (i.e., raffles, ClassDojo, inquiries); after meaningful prompt/discussion- students are asked to collaborate with technologies such as Team chatbox discussions and surveys.

Artifacts: Portion of Lesson Observation #7 (Growth Mindset), Reflection for Growth Mindset Lesson #7 and One-on-One Conversation with ULV Supervisor.

Artifacts: Zombie Apocalypse Lessons & Website (Hybrid and Distance), Screens of Teams chat environment & communication.

Element 1.6 Evidence

Through teacher-guided lessons, I would pause & scan the room for body language and ask students if 1) they use thumbs up/down/sideways, 2) raise the whiteboard to sure responses and share. I would raise questions to gauge input, such as "how do you know?" and adjust my instruction per their input.


Artifacts: Portion of ELA Video Lesson #2 2021 & morning message image.