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Element Emerging
Is aware of the need to
reflect on teaching
practice to support
student learning.
Reflects individually or
with colleagues on
immediate student
learning needs. 9/30/17
Teaching and education is
ever evolving. Due to this,
6.1 Reflecting on I understand it is
teaching practice in important for me to
support of student maintain my teaching
skills and seek out
learning professional development
opportunities. This helps
me stay current in my
teaching. 9/30/17
Exploring Applying
Begins to engage in Engages in reflection
reflection on teaching individually and with
practice individually colleagues on the
and with colleagues relationship between
that is focused on making adjustments in
methods to support teaching practice and
the full range of impact on the full
learners. 9/30/17 range of learners.
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When I started teaching I We use our PLC meetings
read many books given or (once a week after school
recommended to me by for at least 1 hour) to
my colleagues and family reflection on our teaching
members who are also with colleagues. This
teacher. These helped me helps us troubleshoot
better understand my and get ideas from
new job, and provide me colleagues as well as lift
with multiple tools and each other up if we feel
strategies to use to we’re not meeting the
support my different different learning needs. I
learners. 9/30/17 find this extremely
helpful to me personally.
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Integrating Innovating
Reflects individually Maintains ongoing
and with colleagues on reflective practice and
refinements in action research in
teaching practice and supporting student
connections among the learning and raising
elements of the CSTP the level of academic
to positively impact the achievement.
full range of learners.
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reflection among
colleagues for school
wide impact on
student learning.
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Our faculty meets once a I work closely with the
week for at least 1 hour. other third grade
We discuss multiple teachers in my county
topics including how to when we have our 5
best assist our students yearly CIP meetings. All
in their learning. We also the local Catholic school
will meet with out PLC faculties come together
groups at least once a and we sit in our grade
month instead of meeting level groups. We spend
as a full faculty. We have the day networking,
positive conversation reflecting, and engaging
that helps each other be in discussion that inform
better teachers. our teaching and helps us
11/10/183/25/19 improve our individual
vocation to teaching. We
share videos, apps,
worksheets, and ideas to
help each be the best
teacher we can be to help
our students be the best
learners they can be.
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6.2 Establishing Develops goals Sets goals connected to Sets goals connected to Sets and modifies Sets and modifies a
professional goals connected to the CSTP the CSTP that take into the CSTP that are authentic goals broad range of
and engaging in through required account self- authentic, challenging, connected to the CSTP professional goals
continuous and processes and local assessment of teaching and based on self- that are intellectually connected to the CSTP
protocols. 9/30/17 practice. 9/30/17 assessment. challenging and based to improve
purposeful
on self-assessment and instructional practice
professional growth Attends required Expands knowledge Aligns personal goals feedback from a and impact student
and development professional and skills individually with school and variety of sources. learning within and
development. 9/30/17 and with colleagues district goals, and 4/26/18 beyond the classroom.
through available focuses on improving
professional student learning. Engages in and Engages in ongoing
development. 9/30/17 9/30/17 contributes to inquiry into teacher
professional practice for
Selects and engages in development targeted professional
professional on student development.
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needs identified in a variety of additional
professional goals. opportunities to learn Contributes to
9/30/17 professionally. professional
4/26/18 organizations, and
development
opportunities to
extend own teaching
practice.
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Element Emerging
Our school must attend a
certain number of teacher
inservice days each year. I
attend every one along
with all my colleagues.
Through these meetings I
tend to set different goals
based on my current set
of learners. 9/30/17
6.3 Collaborating Attends staff, grade
with colleagues and level, department, and
the broader other required
professional meetings and
collaborations. 9/30/17
community to
support teacher Identifies student and
and student teacher resources at
learning the school and district
level. 9/30/17
Exploring Applying
One goal I’ve set for When I first became a
myself based on these teacher I had trouble
CSTP documents is to teaching religion. I had
work on integrating more always gone to Catholic
of my students’ culture school but no one taught
into our classroom. It is me how to teach religion,
my hope that this will certainly not in my
help students see that we credential class. I noticed
all have something this deficiency in myself
special and important so I began attending the
that will hopefully foster Los Angeles Religious
more respect and less Education Congress. This
teasing/bullying. has reshaped how I teach
9/30/17 religion. 9/30/17
Consults with Collaborates with
colleagues to consider colleagues to improve
how best to support student learning and
teacher and student reflect on teaching
learning. 9/30/17 practice at the
classroom level.
Begins to identify how 9/30/17
to access student and
teacher resources in Interacts with
the broader members of the
professional broader professional
community community to access
resources that support
teacher effectiveness
and student learning.
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Integrating Innovating
As a faculty we engaged Every year I participate in
in a 2 year program ongoing teacher inquiry
devoted to CIP, which by finding new and
helped us become return to previously
stronger teachers for our attended conferences,
students and their networking with fellow
achievement. This helped teachers, and reading
us with out objectives, academic journals that
formative assessments, inform my teaching
and methodology to strategy and instruction
name a few topics. especially for students
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disabilities or other
difficulties.
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Collaborates with Facilitates
colleagues to expand collaboration with
impact on teacher and colleagues. 3/25/19
student learning
within grade or Works to ensure the
department and school broadest positive
and district levels. impact possible on
4/26/18 instructional practice
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achievement at school
Engages with members and district levels and
of the broader for the profession.
professional
community to access Initiates and develops
resources and a wide professional learning
range of supports for opportunities with the
teaching the full range broader professional
of learners. 4/26/18 community focused on
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We have weekly staff I enjoy consulting my I collaborate with my My school is a small, My teacher leader project
meetings Wednesdays colleagues whenever I fellow colleagues on a private Catholic school. allowed me facilitate
after school for at least need more support in daily basis to help them We only have one teacher collaboration with my
one hour. Sometimes we teaching or reaching a with their teaching too. per grade level. To help colleagues. I created a
meet as a whole faculty, particular student. My This helps all of us reflect us communicate with our presentation about
but most time we meet in colleagues give great on our teaching as fellow grade level coding and provided
our individual PLC groups advice and strategies. without doing so we teachers all the schools in opportunities for my
(TK-1, 2-5, and 6-8). In 9/30/17 wouldn’t be able to assist our deanery meet 4 times colleagues to play around
these meetings we work the other. We are also a year. We sit with with coding apps, online
together to identify given opportunities teachers from our grade games, and physical toys,
resources needed that are during the year to meet level and engage in all of which I talked about
at our disposal that we with fellow grade level professional in my presentation. They
can use to help our teachers from the development with one all said they enjoyed the
different learners. neighboring Catholic another. 4/26/18 presentation and liked
9/30/17 schools. This helps us 11/10/183/25/19 looking at coding as an
reflect as a general third option for students to
grade teacher community enhance their STEM
and support one another learning and as a way to
with resources to help challenge gifted or high
our students. 9/30/17 achieving students.
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6.4 Working with Is aware of the role of Acknowledges the Supports families to Provides opportunities Structures a wide
families to support the family in student importance of the contribute to the and support for range of opportunities
student learning learning and the need family’s role in student classroom and school. families to actively for families to
for interactions with learning. Seeks Adjusts participate in the contribute to the
families. 9/30/17 information about communication to classroom and school. classroom and school
cultural norms of families based on 11/10/183/25/19 community. Supports a
families represented in awareness of cultural school/district
the school. Welcomes norms and wide range Communicates to environment in which
family involvement at of experiences with families in ways which families take
classroom/ school schools. 4/26/18 show understanding of leadership to improve
events. 9/30/17 and respect for cultural student learning.
norms.
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Element Emerging Exploring
I understand that my The first thing I say to my
students’ home life is new parents at Back to
incredibly important and School Night is thank you
influences either for being their student’s
positively or negatively first teacher. I’m looking
each student during the forward to working
year. 9/30/17 together to help your
student grow and learn
this school year. Parents
are always welcome in
my classroom either to
help or just to observe.
It’s just as much their
classroom as their third
grader’s. I encourage
parents to get active.
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Applying
I try to give my parents as
many opportunities as I
can to get them active
and involved. Parents
know they are welcome
to work in our classroom
whenever they want. MY
classroom always has an
open door policy. Even if
that means they do
something from home
like collating papers.
When parents take a role
in school this shows their
student that their
education is important. I
also try to communicate
as often as I can with
parents. I prefer to
communicate in person
like when I see them
dropping their student
off. This helps create a
personal relationship.
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Integrating Innovating
I try to work around
parents schedules, which
enables more parents to
volunteer or participate.
I’ll ask parents which
dates work best for
something like a field trip
and which ever date has a
higher response we will
plan our trip for that
date. For parents who
work and cannot
physically come to school
to volunteer, I work with
them to do things at
home such as collating
papers, cutting things out
ahead of time, etc.
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I send home weekly
behavior reports that
help maintain open lines
of communication
between myself and my
parents. They know to
expect this sheet every
Friday and that I need it
back the next Monday
with their signature. If
they have questions or
concerns they can call the
office, email me, or drop
by Monday after school
gets out. I make sure to
be in my room ready for
any parents to drop in
and discuss the behavior
worksheet; however, I
usually don’t have
parents use this
opportunity because the
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Element Emerging
Develops awareness
about local
neighborhoods and
communities surrounding
the school. 9/30/17
Uses available
neighborhood and
community resources in
single lessons. 9/30/17
I was raised in same
community I currently
6.5 Engaging local teach. I feel I understand
this community well. I
communities in encourage students to
support of the utilize the community
instructional public libraries and visit
program local museums. All of our
field trips are local places
(within 20 minutes of
driving) to show the
students that you don’t
need to drive 2 hours to
Los Angeles to visit a
museum. We have great
local places. 9/30/17
Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Seeks available Uses a variety of Uses a broad range of Collaborates with
neighborhood and neighborhood and neighborhood and community members to
community resources. community resources to community resources to increase instructional
9/30/17 support the curriculum. support the instructional and learning
4/26/18 program, students, and opportunities for
Includes references or families. students.
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communities in single communities when Engages students in
lessons or sequence of designing and Draws from leadership and service in
lessons. 9/30/17 implementing understanding of the community.
instruction. 4/26/18 community to improve Incorporates community
and enrich the members into the school
instructional program. learning community.
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When we discuss Since I was raised in this I try to utilize as many of My students complete a
California communities local community I feel our community resources service learning project
in Social Studies I try to that I have an extensive as possible to further called “Change
bring in as much knowledge of it. This student learning. It helps Challenge.” They collect
information I know for comes in quite handy my students understand money, specifically loose
the students. We have a when we learn about what we’re learning change, and donate it the
local house that has been early California better and relate the Children’s Hospital of
converted into a local communities including subject matter to their Orange County. This
museum that showcases Native Americans in every day lives. I plan helps them practice
this community and what Social Studies. 4/26/18 field trips to local leadership and service
it was like when the museums and places that skills for the community.
Spain and Mexico owned relate to what we’re They like taking the lead
this land. It’s a great learning in science and with this project by
resource to use when social studies. These trips making school-wide
discussing local enrich our learning by announcements at our
communities in Social showing the students daily flag salute and
Studies. 9/30/17 that what they’re writing letters to
learning applies to every members of our
day life. community for support.
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6.6 Managing Develops an Maintains professional Anticipates Integrates the full Models
professional understanding of responsibilities in professional range of professional professionalism and
responsibilities to professional timely ways and seeks responsibilities and responsibilities into supports colleagues in
maintain responsibilities. support as needed. manages time and advanced planning and meeting and exceeding
9/30/17 9/30/17 effort required to meet prepares for situations professional
motivation and
expectations. 9/30/17 that may be Responsibilities
commitment to all Seeks to meet required Demonstrates challenging. 4/26/18 effectively.
students commitments to commitment by Pursues ways to 11/10/183/25/19
students. 9/30/17 exploring ways to support students’ Maintains continual
address individual diverse learning needs effort to seek, develop, Supports colleagues to
student needs. 9/30/17 and maintains belief in and refine new and maintain the
students’ capacity for creative methods to motivation, resiliency,
achievement. 9/30/17 ensure individual and energy to ensure
student learning. that all students
4/26/18 achieve.
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I completely I keep a strict schedule When I know a very I’m constantly looking I strive to always
understand that my during the school year busy week and/or for new professional present myself in a
role as a teacher comes to ensure that I am weekend is on the development professional and
with multiple and completely all of my horizon, I’ll anticipate opportunities to help respectful manner. I do
important responsibilities in a the stress and business me refine my teaching this in my interactions
responsibilities. If I timely way. When by buckling down methods. What I learn with my colleagues,
didn’t adhere to them needed I’ll lean on my earlier. I never want to from these helps me students, and parents
my students and their support system lack in any of my plan and adapt in my both in person and in
learning would suffer (colleagues, husband, responsibilities, as it’s responsibilities. emails. My colleagues
greatly. That is why family, friends) to help. unfair to my 4/26/18 know that I am always
maintain continuous 9/30/17 colleagues, students, available to them if
professional and parents. 9/30/17 they need help with
development is anything. We’re
extremely important to I pursues different constantly assisting
me. 9/30/17 supports for my students one another either
by staying current with with advice or actual
new books and articles
help inside the
on student development
and learning. 9/30/17 classroom.
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Element Emerging Exploring Applying
Follows all state education codes, legal requirements, district and site
policies, contractual agreements, and ethical responsibilities.* 9/30/17
* As follows:
 Take responsibility for student academic learning outcomes.
 Is aware of own personal values and biases and recognizes ways in which
these values and biases affect the teaching and learning of students.
 Adheres to legal and ethical obligations in teaching the full ranges of
learners, including English learners and students with special needs.
 Reports suspected cases of child abuse and/or neglect as outlined in the
California Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act.
 Maintains a non-hostile classroom environment and carries out laws and
district guidelines for reporting cases of sexual harassment.
 Understands and implements school and district policies and state and
federal law in responding to inappropriate or violent student behavior.
6.7 Demonstrating
 Complies with legal and professional obligations to protect the privacy,
professional health, and safety of students, families, and other school professionals.
responsibility,  Models appropriate behavior for students, colleagues, and the profession.
integrity, and  Acts in accordance with ethical considerations for students.
ethical conduct  Maintains professional conduct and integrity in the classroom and school
community.
I maintain a high level or morality both at school and outside the classroom. I make
sure that everything I do is in teaching with Catholic church, follows my school’s,
archdiocesan, and state policies, and remains 100% ethical. I understand that my
actions and words both inside and outside of school can be seen and heard by
anyone especially on social media. I don’t want anyone to see or hear something
from me that does not follow these strict rules. That is why if I am ever on social
media, which has decreased considerably, anything and everything I post follows
these rules. Teaching and helping students learn is so important to me that I
wouldn’t want to disregard even the smallest rule and have it result in me losing
my job and unable to do what I’m most passionate about. I closely monitor
everything I do or say inside the classroom to ensure that there are no
misunderstandings for the student, parents, or administration. For example, many
of my students love to give me hugs. I ensure that I give side hugs and not full on
hugs, and that it doesn’t last too long. This eliminates anyone questioning the
intention. 9/30/17
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Maintains a high standard of personal integrity
and commitment to student learning and the
profession in all circumstances. 4/26/18
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Contributes to building professional community
and holding peers accountable to norms of
respectful treatment and communication.
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Contributes to fostering a school culture with a
high degree of resilience, professional integrity,
and ethical conduct. 4/26/18 11/10/183/25/19
Respect is one of the biggest things I place emphasis
on each year. It’s important to me that I respect my
colleagues, students, and parents. It’s also important
that my students maintain a high level of respect for
their peers and adults. When I see a student being
disrespectful, I will immediately speak with that
student one-on-one. Most of the times they don’t
realize they are being disrespectful. This helps them
see that so they don’t make those same mistakes.
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It is extremely important to me that I maintain a high
level of commitment to my teaching. This includes
staying current on my professional development and
maintain good working relationships with my
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