Palmer+Goal+1

Name: Ruth Palmer Date Completed: September 15, 2009

=**Standard 1: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity**= = = === Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. ===


 * a. || promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. ||
 * b. || engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. ||
 * c. || promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. ||
 * d. || model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments. ||

=**Step 1: For standard one, 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-engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. Artifact 1: St. Benedict School Instructional Frameworks Planning Guide completed collaboratively with our faculty. Artifact 2: Use of the DVD of “Doubt” with Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman to generate discussion of: 1) faith; 2) protection of children from sexual abuse; 3) mandatory reporting of child abuse; 4) intuition, gut reaction, gossip, and tolerance.

=**Step 2: For standard one, 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: c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. Goal: My goal is to use the monthly pacing meetings with teachers to help teachers reflect on their instructional planning process, especially the WHY? –By September 4th to have the pacing schedule to teachers. =Step 3: On the final TCL day, reflect on each standard and goal you set for yourself. How did you do and why?=

Reflection: With most teachers I have had discussions with teachers on their instructional planning process, and how they utilize the template that we created together. However, pacing meetings have not been as regular as I had in mind with my goal. Keeping to that regular monthly schedule seems always to have a number of interruptions, and so this area continues to be a goal I need to work on.