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6.1 Reflecting Is aware of Begins to engage Engages in reflection individually and with colleagues on the Reflects Maintains on teaching the need to in reflection on relationship between making adjustments in teaching practice individually ongoing practice in reflect on teaching practice and impact on the full range of learners. and with reflective support of teaching individually and colleagues on practice and practice to with colleagues refinements in action student support that is focused on teaching research in learning student methods to practice and supporting learning. support the full connections student Reflects range of learners. among the learning and individually or elements of raising the with the CSTP to level of colleagues on positively academic immediate impact the full achievement. student range of learning learners. Engages in needs. and fosters reflection among colleagues for school wide impact on student learning. CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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At the end of I still continue to I have been working collaboratively with my kindergarten team on a Domain 1; the day I like to reflect on my weekly basis. We discuss lesson planning, data results, and any other Proposition 4: reflect to see teaching practice issues/concerns that we have going on in our class. I feel that this This year I have what worked in daily. I find that year I have had a better support team. We are also very close with continued to do my teaching writing helps me our 1st grade teachers. I like to hear about how my previous students active research and what didn’t clear my mind and are doing and we discuss what can be done in Kinder to better with work. “How also keep track of prepare our students. 10/10/18 implementing could I have what went wrong flexible seating made this and what worked in the lesson better?’ out great. classroom to My kinder Whenever I have see how it colleagues and I an issue I meet would affect my share our ideas with my kinder students when we really team and discuss behaviorally like how a the issue to better and lesson went myself for the next academically. I once students day. 5/3/18 have found so are out of many benefits school. to 9/19/17 implementing flexible seating. 4.12.19 CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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6.2 Develops Sets goals Sets goals connected to the CSTP that are authentic, Sets and Sets and Establishing goals connected to the challenging, and based on self- assessment. modifies modifies a professional connected to CSTP that take authentic broad range of goals and the CSTP into account self- Aligns personal goals with school and district goals, and goals professional through assessment of focuses on improving student learning. connected to goals engaging in required teaching practice. the CSTP that connected to continuous processes and Selects and engages in professional development based on are the CSTP to and local Expands needs identified in professional goals. intellectually improve purposeful protocols. knowledge and challenging instructional professional Attends skills individually and based on practice and growth and required and with self- impact development professional colleagues assessment student development. through available and feedback learning professional from a variety within and development. of sources. beyond the classroom. Engages in and Engages in contributes to ongoing professional inquiry into development teacher targeted on practice for student professional achievement. development. Pursues a variety of Contributes to additional professional opportunities organizations, to learn and professionally. development opportunities to extend own teaching practice. CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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Set 2 goals for Attends At the beginning of the year our school provides us with a week long Domain 2; the school year: professional of PD’s as well as 3 more times throughout the year. There are a Proposition 2: I create a safe developments variety of sessions that we can attend that are in accordance to our know that all learning monthly with grade level and or interest. 5/3/18 my students environment grade level team. learn where all My grade level At the beginning of this school year lower elementary created goals differently. I students feel team loves to to better prepare our students for the SBAC. One of the goals we constantly try safe to collaborate with created was to begin after school intervention immediately. The and find new participate and one another and I previous year we waited until a certain time to begin intervention ways to diversify my think its great. We and then some students weren’t able to attend because they were implement my lesson plans as are able to respect picked up immediately. This year, kinder has started to pull out some teaching need to reach each other’s ideas. students during our free planning time. 10/10/18 practice so that individual. 9/19/17 all students are 9/19/17 engaged. What My ILP and POP works for one cycle included student might goals that connect not work for to my CSTP. I found another that when looking student. I have at the CSTP and to do research connecting a goal (domain 2) to my before on the teaching/assessme subject mater nt I had better and the way I results within my implement that teaching . 5/3/18 lesson in order to see if it will be effective. For example when implementing flexible seating I found that not all my student could use a yoga ball and also stay engaged in the lesson. 4.12.19 CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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6.3 Attends staff, Consults with Collaborates with colleagues to improve student learning and Collaborates Facilitates Collaborating grade level, colleagues to reflect on teaching practice at the classroom level. with collaboration with department, consider how colleagues to with colleagues and other best to support Interacts with members of the broader professional expand colleagues. required teacher and community to access resources that support teacher impact on and the meetings and student learning. effectiveness and student learning teacher and Works to broader collaborations student ensure the professional . Begins to identify learning broadest community to how to access within grade positive support Identifies student and or department impact teacher and student and teacher and school possible on student teacher resources in the and district instructional learning resources at broader levels. practice and the school and professional student district level. community. Engages with achievement members of at school and the broader district levels professional and for the community to profession. access resources and Initiates and a wide range develops of supports professional for teaching learning the full range opportunities of learners. with the broader professional community focused on student achievement. CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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Speak with El Besides receiving When students are dismissed the kinder team reflects on what was Domain 3; coordinator resources from the completed successfully as well as how will improve on the lesson Proposition 5: daily to share EL coordinator I that didn’t work. We collaborate daily since student dismissal is As a teacher I ideas and also have reached early. 9/19/17 know that I gather out to other grade have to attend information level teachers, and Speaking to my kinder team to collaborate is usually on the daily. We Professional since she is able the Special found that sharing or venting about our day helps prepare for the developments to provide me Education team. next. On Monday’s I am able to meet with K-2 teachers and to better my wonderful They are able to collaborate. We discuss school wide events and reflect on our teaching and resources. provide me with learning. Hearing their suggestions has been very helpful. 5/3/18 myself. I have 9/19/17 information that is attended very beneficial to This year I signed myself up to be part of the school committee. I professional me. 5/3/18 decided to be part of the reflective school committee and we meet developments once a month to discuss issues/concern occurring amongst our on flexible school. This has allowed to me to learn more about the school seating prior to culture and other teacher’s experiences outside of elementary. This implementing relates to ISTE Standard 4c. Use collaborative tools to expand into my own students’ authentic, real-world learning experiences by engaging classroom. I virtually with experts, teams and students, locally and globally. also began to 10/10/18 connect with a kindergarten teacher from another state the fully implements flexible seating into their classroom. 4.12.19 CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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6.4 Working Is aware of Acknowledges Supports families to contribute to the classroom and school. Adjusts Provides Structures a with families the role of the the importance communication to families based on awareness of cultural norms opportunities wide range of family in of the family’s and wide range of experiences with schools. and support opportunities to support student student role in student for families to for families to learning and learning. Seeks actively contribute to learning the need for information participate in the classroom interactions about cultural the classroom and school with families. norms of families and school. community. represented in Supports a the school. Communicate school/distric Welcomes family s to families in t environment involvement at ways which in which classroom/ show families take school events. understanding leadership to of and respect improve for cultural student norms. learning. CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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I know that I use Class Dojo daily to communicate to parents what is going on in Domain 7, families play an our classroom. I constantly upload pictures as well. This year I Proposition important role in learned to use signupgenius.com for sign up with either an event or the students for conferences. It was a simple tool and parents were happy to sign 5: I found learning. Through up for the items that were necessary. Next year, I plan to use blooms that domain my parent survey I because it allows for sign-ups to be created within the same app. 7 and seek information. I This relates to ISTE Standard 4d. demonstrates cultural competency proposition 5 like to send weekly when communicating with students, parents and colleagues and best fit this letters to inform interact with them as co-collaborators in student learning. 10/10/18 parents on events element that are occurring because they along with what interconnect. students are For example. learning. 9/19/17 I use I still continue to classdojo to work very closely communicate with parents to my through the classroom application of class parents. dojo. Recently, I posted a survey Through that about how application I connected did the inform parents feel to the parents of classroom and classroom many of them felt really close and events, happy to be using school wide the class dojo events. By application. I will doing this it work on making the connection is improving within the my community as well classroom or find resources community for them. 5/3/18 and and the connection the parents will have with the CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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6.5 Engaging Develops Seeks available Uses a variety of neighborhood and community resources to Uses a broad Collaborates local awareness neighborhood support the curriculum. range of with communities about local and community neighborhood community in support of neighborhood resources. Includes knowledge of communities when designing and and members to s and implementing instruction community increase the communities Includes resources to instructional instructional surrounding references or support the and learning program the school. connections to instructional opportunities communities in program, for students. Uses available single lessons or students, and neighborhood sequence of families. Engages and lessons. students in community Draws from leadership resources in understanding and service in single lessons. of community the to improve community. and enrich the Incorporates instructional community program. members into the school learning community. CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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Discuss with I looked into local Domain 6; Proposition 1: I feel that as a teacher I continue to be students about libraries near the committed to my students and their learning (proposition 1). I have their school and posted use different strategies, and reflected on my teaching practice. I have community and on class dojo the found that just by attending school wide events, parents feel more what are places website to the connected. They like seeing teachers outside the classroom setting they go to near library. I also sent and engaging with their child. In attending a their homes. home library 9/19/17 application cards. With that, I suggested to parents that they I will try to attend monthly to implement find books that are more within their child’s community reading to support resources into them at home. The my lessons. library also has 9/19/17 special events that set up that can also be beneficial to parents. 5/3/18
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made it a point to participate more in our school events. For example, Mc Teacher night and Chuckie E Cheese. Our first Chuckie E Cheese event was a success and it was nice to see my students interacting with their parents and family. I am trying to attend events that are outside of school so that I can event I saw an improvement in collaboration with families (domain be part of the 6). I enjoyed seeing my students with their parents in a different community. CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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6.6 Managing Develops an Maintains Anticipates professional responsibilities and manages time and Integrates the Models professional understandin professional effort required to meet expectations. full range of professionalis responsibiliti g of responsibilities professional m and professional in timely ways Pursues ways to support students’ diverse learning needs and responsibilitie supports es to maintain maintains belief in students’ capacity for achievement. responsibilitie and seeks s into colleagues in motivation s. support as advanced meeting and and needed. planning and exceeding commitment Seeks to meet prepares for professional to all students required Demonstrates situations that Responsibiliti commitments commitment by may be es effectively. to students. exploring ways to challenging. address Supports individual Maintains colleagues to student needs. continual maintain the effort to seek, motivation, develop, and resiliency, and refine new energy to and creative ensure that all methods to students ensure achieve. individual student learning. CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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Self-assessment, Mid-way through the year I was asked to be an “acting” grade level Domain 4; goal setting, grades member for Kindergarten. That meant that I would be the Proposition weekly, and representative person during meetings and making decisions for my positive/negative team. 5/3/18 3: In order to behavioral notes continue on students are For being my second year of teaching, I feel that I have a lot going on. being completed in a I was chosen to be grade level representative and I decided to part of motivated timely manner. I a committee. With school and teaching sometimes I tend to stress and turn to my grade myself out. To cope with that, I like to go to the gym with my level team for boyfriend daily and spend time with family and friends over the committed, I support as well as weekend. 10/10/18 set goals and other grade level improve my teachers. 9/19/17 instruction as necessary I created letter (Domain 4). recognition games Lessons that for my students I have taught that need extra last year are support. 9/19/17 not taught the same this year because of my students. I am responsible for my student’s learning (proposition 3) and if I don’t monitor or change my ways to ensure my student’s are understandi CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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6.7 Follows all state education codes, legal requirements, district and site policies, contractual Maintains a high standard of Demonstratin agreements, and ethical responsibilities.* personal integrity and g professional commitment to student responsibility, * As follows: learning and the profession in Take responsibility for student academic learning outcomes.9/19/17 all circumstances. integrity, and Is aware of own personal values and biases and recognizes ways in which these values and biases ethical Contributes to building affect the teaching and learning of students. conduct professional community and Adheres to legal and ethical obligations in teaching the full ranges of learners, including English learners and students with special needs. holding peers accountable to Reports suspected cases of child abuse and/or neglect as outlined in the California Abuse and norms of respectful treatment Neglect Reporting Act. and communication. Maintains a non-hostile classroom environment and carries out laws and district guidelines for reporting cases of sexual harassment. Contributes to fostering a Understands and implements school and district policies and state and federal law in responding school culture with a high to inappropriate or violent student behavior. degree of resilience, Complies with legal and professional obligations to protect the privacy, health, and safety of professional integrity, and students, families, and other school professionals. ethical conduct. Models appropriate behavior for students, colleagues, and the profession. Acts in accordance with ethical considerations for students. Maintains professional conduct and integrity in the classroom and school community. CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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I have signed legal documentation and am very aware of education codes and legal requirements. 9/19/17 In my first year of teaching, I have realized that this job isn’t for everyone. I am truly in a happy place and I know this is the right career for me. I maintain high standards for myself to do best not only for me but for the students that I am teaching. They are the future. I will continue to work on bettering my practice year after year. 5/3/18
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legal requirements, district and site policies, along with my contract agreements and ethical responsibilities. I have worked very hard to have the job I have and I don’t plan on breaking any codes/requirements. I love what I do. 10/10/18
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