Burke+Goal+5

Name Juanita Burke Date Completed: April 4, 2010 =**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: 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. Artifact 1: I meet with our technology coordinator and my teaching partner once a week to make decisions on how to best incorporate technology into projects we would like the students to work on.

Artifact 2: I have spent time searching for interactive websites that I can use with the Mimeo in my classroom.

=**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: 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. Goal: I feel that I have learned a lot from Tool Box sessions that I could share with staff in my building. Also, as I see ways to incorporate technology into my classroom, I need to share that with my teaching partner.

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

Reflection: I feel that I have shared ideas with my teaching partner, several of these have been things that I have learned about during Tool Box sessions. I do think that all teachers have ideas that could be shared with other staff members, so that is one thing that I will continue to try to do.