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Name 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:participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning. Artifact 1: Participated in "Technology Boot Camp" last June sponsored by Cedar Valley Catholic Schools. This was a week long class that taught several computer/web based programs and how to apply them to the classroom. At Fall Inservice I shared different aspects of what I learned with my peers.

Artifact 2: Participating in Trail One of TCL and reporting back to peers new things learned through Tool Box sessions.

=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: 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: As St. Edward School prepares for the one-to-one laptop per student ratio for the 2011-12 school year, I am challenging myself to get as much exposure as possible through TCL, edutopia, and other sources and to apply what I learn in a timely manner before it is forgotten.

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

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