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The competent teacher builds and maintains collaborative relationships to foster cognitive, linguistic, physical, and social and emotional development. This teacher works as a team member with professional colleagues, students, parents or guardians, and community members.
This artifact is a lesson that I planned collaboratively with a partner during my Middle Grades Literacy class. The lesson was part of a series we planned on Rosa Parks. We worked together during the entirety of the class on several lessons.
This artifact aligns with Indicator 8N, which states that the effective teacher "uses effective co-planning and co-teaching techniques to deliver instruction to each student." I engaged in co-planning for several weeks, and was able to see the benefits of the process. Sharing ideas with a colleague and working towards a common goal can be very rewarding. Additionally, I think we were able to combine our strengths to create effective, engaging lessons together.
I had a great experience co-planning and collaborating with a fellow classmate. I learned that having another person to bounce ideas off of and share the workload can be very beneficial, for the students as well as the teachers. The lessons that are created may be better from having two different perspectives involved.
Faculty Meeting Agenda
Faculty Meeting Agenda
This artifact is the agenda from a faculty meeting. The first half of the meeting was a professional development presentation. However, the second half followed this agenda. Specific students who were having academic issues were listed, and their teachers all met in separate sessions, along with a counselor or admin, to discuss how to motivate them or what could be done to ensure that they get back on the right track.
This standard meets Indicator 8K, which states that the competent teacher "participates in collaborative decision-making and problem-solving with colleagues and other professionals to achieve success for all students." I think this schedule is the perfect example of this indicator. The decisions that were made in these sessions were agreed upon by all faculty and administrators involved, and their teacher from every subject, including any electives, was represented. The goal was clearly to find the best way to make sure that each student could be successful.
I learned something very valuable at this meeting. I realized that the school's climate and culture is an extremely positive one, and that this high school was taking steps to ensure that they are doing what is best for each student. This meeting structure was new to me. I have worked in several school districts previously, and have never seen a meeting set up this way - the closest thing would be conversations in the lounge at lunch. However, if more schools collaborate in this way, I think that it could make a positive difference.
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