Foundations of Professional Practice

• Foundation of Professional Practice StandardsCommitment to Students and Student Learning —Respectful and sensitive of student learning and factors that influence them
• —Equity; fairness is not sameness
  • Differentiated Instruction by providing different product outputs
  • Lesson 8 research project
    • Option of products
    • Incorporate different learning styles (lecture vs. Lab)
• — Leadership in Learning Communities —Provide a learning environment that is safe, collaborative and supportive of each learner
• —Being a role model by modeling ethical principals of care, respect, trust, integrity
  • Community building activities, lesson 1: graffiti, lesson 9: jigsaw, determining group members

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Ongoing Professional Learning

• —Learning from self-reflection, peers, and even students
  • Feedback
• —Bringing current topics to the classroom
  • Articles and case studies
  • Lesson 8 field trip – going beyond the textbook and learning about our community

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Professional Knowledge

• —Remain up to date with professional knowledge, learning theory, pedagogy, curriculum, policies
• —Commitment to professional development and staying current with technology
  • Lesson 8 field trip – going beyond the textbook and learning about our community,
  • Technology: SMARTboard, Spongelab, Smartphone apps

Professional Practice

• —Using professional knowledge to plan lessons according to the needs of individual students
• —Providing meaningful assessment and evaluation through reflection of teaching and through feedback of students
  • Exit slips/questions (lessons 1, 3, 6, 11,12)
  • Individual conferencing

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