Domain Four: Professional Responsibilities

Students do not learn in a vacuum, but rather in a series of communities. When families are brought into the classroom, students and families alike may feel nervous at being in this collision of communities—but welcoming every part of a student's life into our classroom is a priority for students to feel supported in our class and for families to trust in what we are teaching their students. In creating this presentation, I focused on sharing what students had created and written and explaining to parents what everything in our classroom was. Students who attended led their families around the classroom, showing their work and explaining what each assignment was. In the presentation, I even invite family members to participate in a class activity of writing sticky notes to us at the end of their time with us, so that they can experience a moment in our classroom like their students do.