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"Teachers demonstrate professionalism through ethical conduct, reflection, and leadership."
Teachers practice their profession by being a leader, being self-reflective, and establishing appropriate relationships.
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Teachers demonstrate high standards for professional conduct.
Teachers demonstrate high standards for professional conduct.
Having a professional presence is incredibly important to me. I am dedicated to maintaining a professional conduct inside and outside of the classroom.
Having a professional presence is incredibly important to me. I am dedicated to maintaining a professional conduct inside and outside of the classroom.
One way I love to tap into the creative AND professional side of myself is by having an instagram that is all about my passion for teaching. On this instagram, I display myself, my classroom, and my educational values in a professional way. It's also a great opportunity to display a more personal side to teaching. Even though social media can be typically unprofessional, I ensure that this account is professional by keeping student names redacted, sharing positive comments about my school, using modest pictures, and referencing my educational background. This shows that maintaining a professional conduct is a skill that I have and care about enough to practice it frequently.
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Teachers link professional growth to their professional goals.
Teachers link professional growth to their professional goals.
Reflection is incredibly important to me. It's something I use in my personal life that I am very happy to integrate into my professional life, too!
Reflection is incredibly important to me. It's something I use in my personal life that I am very happy to integrate into my professional life, too!
Below are reflection pieces that I wrote during the Fall semester in 2023. These reflections look at positive and negative things I did during each of the lessons I taught in my practicum. I grew so much during my practicum. I learned so much about what it means to have a growth mindset and give yourself grace. My biggest moment of growth was when I felt as if I was not made to be a teacher. It was really hard for me to gain confidence in myself after a failed lesson. But, my instructors picked me back up and helped me get back in the game. I learned that teaching does not come easy. I have to work at it every day of my life if I want to achieve what I know I am capable of.
step 363 disposition #1First Disposition Assignment
First Disposition Assignment
Disposition #2Second Disposition Assignment
Second Disposition Assignment
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Teachers are able to respond to a complex, dynamic environment.
Teachers are able to respond to a complex, dynamic environment.
In my Student Teaching experience, I had a 7th grade class that consistently pushed boundaries. After many occurrences of my boundaries being crossed, I had to adjust my rules and expectations to match the environment the students naturally created.
On top of having non-negotiable expectations, I also established a rule where students would get 2 behavior reminders from me and then their 3rd warning would be a write-up.
I established these rules in response to the complex environment established in that 7th grade group. Being able to analyze what is wrong, identifying what needs to change, and implementing new strategies shows my ability to respond to complex, dynamic environments.
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Teachers demonstrate leadership in the school, the community, and the teaching profession.
Teachers demonstrate leadership in the school, the community, and the teaching profession.
During Student Teaching, I had the privilege to sit-in on Frontier Academy's SLT meetings. These meetings were hosted every Thursday morning before school. In these meetings, the admin and a group of teachers discussed various issues among the school. The topics included, but were not limited to: school dress code, finals schedule, teacher concerns, testing buy-in, making the study hall hour meaningful, and SEL incorporation considerations.
Being a leader requires someone to change their roles to a variety of different things at any given time. Teachers that are part of SLT oftentimes have to quickly transition in between teacher, listener, data analyst, presenter, note-taker, critical thinker, care-taker, and speaker.
Because I got to observe these meetings, I learned a lot about the responsibility of leadership. Being a leader in a school means speaking up for others, maintaining professional conduct, being attentive to possible concerns at all times, staying open to feedback, seeking out opinions, and gathering data. This group has prepared me to be a leader in my school by showing me the skills and experience that I need to practice.
I got to practice leadership in the community by participating in Frontier Academy's Wish Week!
I got to practice leadership in the community by participating in Frontier Academy's Wish Week!
Each year, Frontier Academy is assigned a child with a terminal illness from the Make a Wish Foundation. For 1 week, students and staff raise money to donate to Make a Wish so that our assigned child can have their wish come true! This year, we got to raise money for a 4 year old boy named Auggie. He wanted to go to Florida to swim with the dolphins.
As a donating incentive for students, staff and faculty had to participate in an "embarrassing" activity in a school assembly. I was part of the faculty dance off that took place when the students raised $20,000. Me and other members of faculty danced to "Watch me Whip Nae Nae"!
Yes, this dance was embarrassing! Nonetheless, participating in this event gave me an opportunity to show the school and students my willingness to participate in their events and take on some responsibility of caring for their school-wide values.
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