Evarts+Goal+5

Name: Amy Evarts 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: B Artifact 1: I have brought back to our faculty the things I have learned in TCL and given ideas about how technology can be used in all classrooms.

Artifact 2: I have worked to teach new technology programs to peers in my school.

=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: A Goal: I need to join a global learning community to gain more knowledge about the digital tools I can be using with my students.

=**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 have done a lot of research online about online learning or global learning communities. I am still not sure what would be good for me to join. Most things I have found have been blogs, which I have read to find more digital tools that I have used with my students. I hope to continue my search for a global learning community to join.