Palmer+Goal+5

Name: Ruth Palmer Date Completed: April 12, 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: Artifact 1: Participation in TCL along with two of our teachers
 * 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. ||
 * 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. ||

Artifact 2: Encouraging our Tech Coordinator, Michelle Eichinger, to offer for our faculty training in the use of Google Docs for faculty and classroom 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: Use of PD 360 as an online learning community
 * a. || participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology 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 started out strong with PD 360 and watched and reflected and shared those reflections in the fall, and did an inservice with our faculty and made sure that all of them established an account and were able to access the PD 360 sessions and courses and video training. Our science teachers have used it the most. Where I still need to improve is in monitoring the use of the strategies in their classrooms. With the winter schedule disruptions I was not as regular or faithful in watching or participating in the weekly strategies.