Welch+-+Goal+5

Name: Joyce Welch Date Completed: =**5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership**= ===Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers:===


 * a. || participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning. ||
 * b. || exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others. ||
 * c. || evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning. ||
 * d. || contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community. ||

=**Step 1: For standard five, select the indicator that is your strongest suit for the standard and give two examples (artifacts) of why you selected it as your strongest suit.**= Indicator selected: a. participate in local and global communities to explore relative applications of technology to improve student learning Artifact 1: I participated in the archdiocesan TCL Trail 1 class during the 2009-2010 school year.

Artifact 2: I shared information from the class with my partner teacher.

=**Step 2: For standard five, select the indicator that is your "least strongest" suit for the standard and write a professional goal of how you are going to increase your competency with the goal this year.**= Indicator selected: c. evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning. Goal: I have a better understanding of the need for this and will make more of an effort to look at new and existing digital tools.

=Step 3: On the final TCL day, reflect on each standard and goal you set for yourself. How did you do and why?=

Reflection: It's clear that using digital tools and resources is part of teaching in today's world. It's frustrating to think of __all__ that is out there and available. It's also frustrating to be told that as soon as I learn some new digital tool that it is already outdated. I must keep in mind that I must pick and choose. I can't use it all, but using some is better than none at all.