Schwarz,+Goal+Five

Name Joanne Schwarz Date Completed: 4/14/2010 =**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: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. Artifact 1: Technology infusion throughout the year-long professional development, the Daily 5, for all CVCS kindergarten through second grade teachers led by Nancy Stirm and myself.

Artifact 2: Incorporation of technology into the seventh grade inclusion reading classroom plans of Kim/Kimi, co-taught with Joyce Olson, including DE streaming of World War II events and use of Google Docs for collaboration.

=**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: Goal: To use wikispaces, Skype, and Google Docs to participate in local/ learning communities to explore the best ways to use these tools to improve student learning.
 * a. || participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning. ||

=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 used wikispace to collaborate on presentation I was preparing with Sheila Miller and Cathy Walz for the NCEA convention. This was a high learning-curve experience for me and found it to be a great tool once I got use to the "ins" and "outs" of posting, sharing comments, etc. I plan to set up a wikispace to share strategies for students with special learning needs (on both ends of the spectrum) as a result of this experience. I think it will be a good resource for our IMPACT group, professional staff members, parents and students. I plan to invite all skills teachers in the area to join. This will be a summer project for me. I am still a novice in building and being a part of digital learning networks.