California Standards for the Teaching Profession

Elisa Brenes

Employee #599472

95th Street ES- LD8

Engaging and Supporting

All Students in Learning

• 1.2 Using a variety of

instructional strategies

and resources to respond

to students’ diverse needs

• For most writing lessons,

I have the students create

and read sentences using

the communication guide

strategy. The students

really like this new

learning tool.

Picture of students writing sentences

using the communication guide

Assessments of students learning

• Establishing and

communicating learning goals

for all students 5.1

• Every day during ELD time I

review and communicate the

lesson goals as well as the lesson

objectives with visual posters.

Teacher teaching learning goals

• Creating a physical environment

that engages all students.2.1

• Students work independently at

their desk writing sentences

about plants.

Creating and Maintaining Effective

Environment for Students Learning.

Understanding & Organizing

Subject Matter for Student Learning

• 3.5 Using materials,

resources, and technologies

to make subject-matter

accessible to students.

• My students use the white

board to learn their letter

sounds as well as to go

educational websites to

access other “fun” activities

to help them reinforce

content standards they have

learned in class.

• Students interacting on whiteboard

Engaging and supporting all student in

learning

• Facilitating learning

experiences that promote

autonomy 1.3

• During ELD students are

asked to sing song and chant

poems by using total physical

body responses. All students

participate.

Creating and Maintaining Effective

Environments for Student Learning

• 2.5 Planning and implementing classroom procedures and routines that support student learning.

• My daily schedule is posted for my class to peruse. In turn, it helps transitioning from one lesson to the next smoothly. Having a smooth transition allows more effective instructional time.

• Picture of daily schedule

Planning Instruction and Designing

Learning Experiences for All Students

• 4.1 Drawing on and valuing

students’ backgrounds,

interests, and developmental

learning needs.

• During every ELD lessons,

students are encouraged to draw

a picture of what they learn from

the unit theme. The students

often express themselves better

through drawings to unknown

things than by writing about it.

• Close up picture of student’s artwork

– In this picture, one student drew what they believed to be courage, while a different student put the caption.

Planning Instruction and Designing

Learning Experiences for All Students • 4.1 Drawing on and valuing students’ backgrounds, interests, and developmental learning needs.

• During every Open Court Reading unit opener, students are encouraged to draw a picture of what the believe the unit will be about. The students often express themselves better through drawings to unknown things than by writing about it.

In this picture, one student drew what they believed to be courage, while a different student put the caption.

Assessing Student Learning

• 5.5 Communicating with

students, families, and other

audiences about student

progress

• I use a variety of assessments to

assess my students. From

multiple choice tests to open

ended questions. I will inform

the students of their progress

with through a comment on

their work or a student

conference.

• This picture shows an open ended assessment, where the students worked as pairs to solve the math problem.

• This picture shows an open ended assessment, where the students worked as pairs to solve the math problem. They were assessed by what strategy they used to solve the problem.

Assessing Student Learning

• 5.5 Communicating with students, families, and other audiences about student progress

• I use a variety of assessments to assess my students. From multiple choice tests to open ended

questions. I will inform the students of their progress with through a comment on their work or a

student conference.