Year 1
First year of a two year program
First year of a two year program
As a culminating reflection of your professional growth, you will create a website to reflect on your induction journey. This is your opportunity to share with the professional learning community what you can do!
Your reflection should demonstrate your technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge.
The website you publish should reflect pride in the profession with the real-world purpose to inspire and support other new teachers.
You will be presenting your digital reflection website during Colloquium.
CTI will ask your permission to feature your website on our Center for Teacher Innovation website, future publications, and/or Twitter account.
Select a free website builder as a tool to capture your digital reflection.
Create 3 categories (pages/tabs) on your website and include the following:
1. Introduction
Name
Grade level
Content
Why do I teach? Include multimedia in a way that reflects your passion for and philosophy of teaching. This multimedia response should be embedded or linked on the Introduction page of your website. Tools can include, but are not limited to the following:
Canva online graphic design tool.
Powtoons animated videos and presentations
Animoto photo and video slideshow
Piktochart easy infographics and presentations
Screencast-O-matic fast, free screen recording
Adobe Spark transform your ideas into stunning visual stories
iMovie or iMovie Trailer (for Mac) video presentations
2. CSTP Growth & Development
Revisit your professional growth goal(s) and compare and contrast your Initial CSTP and your Final CSTP Self-Assessment results.
What are your areas of strength?
Where are your opportunities for continuous improvement?
What are you most proud of?
3. Impact on Student Success
Share a specific example of student success or achievement, consider including a quote from a student or student work examples.
Share statement from an educational leader, that highlights your impact on student success.
How to create a website using Google Sites