Domain+4+Professional+Responsibilities

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 * //"Treat everyday like you can go in and make a difference in each child." Persephoni Moore//**

= = = = = =// **Component 4a: Reflecting on Teaching** //= Accuracy Use in future teaching

Week 3 Journal 02/05/12 "This week was a bit of a challenge, especially on Wednesday! Right when I am leaving the house, I received a text message from my Master Teaching saying that she will be staying at home with her daughter and that I would have a substitute teacher. That meant that I would take over the classroom for the entire day teaching each subject and lesson. The day ended with me having a splitting headache, however, it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I did have a bit of trouble with a few students, two that resulted in RPC’s before we even walked into the classroom. Some students were trying to catch me in a power struggle but I used two techniques that I am very familiar with: the broken record and giving students two options, hoping they would choose the one that would be more of a positive for them! The lessons went by with ease! It almost felt like it was really MY classroom! With math, I even incorporated a game that they could play to teach them how to remember their vocabulary terms for geometry. And they LOVED it! I was even complimented by the substitute that had been teaching at the school for over twelve years! Overall, my first fulltime, off guard, classroom assignment wasn’t bad at all! However, one of my concerns is how my students behave after they come from lunch. In the morning, students behave well and are easily quieted down, but when they come from lunch and for the rest of the day on, they are very chatty and cannot be calmed down easy. How can I or what techniques are out there that I can use to get my students focused back on the task at hand. The domain that best describes my journal this week is Domain 2: Classroom Management."

This was such a great experience and I had a great cooperating teacher. We used reflections in seminar to reflect teaching for the week and would receive helpful feedback from supervisors and our instructor. || I am one who always, and will always, reflect on what I have done. I am constantly wanting to improve and be better than I once was. Reflecting allows me to what to do something again because it really worked, or to modify something so I can do it differently next time. I would rate myself as distinguished in this component. || =// **Component 4b: Maintaining Accurate Records** //= Student completion of assignments Student progress in learning Non instructional records
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Reflection ** ||
 * Here I have a reflection from student teaching.

all subject areas. As well as, if they have turned in assignments that are missing and assignments that still need to be completed. Here I have an Easy Grade Pro Document Demo that is similar to the one I have used to find students who may have missing assignments. //*This document is a demo only! No names have been// //given.// || I have used Easy Garde Pro many times, however, I wish I knew ALL the tricks that you could do with it. I some teachers know all the ends and outs of Easy Grade Pro and others just know the basics. However, monitoring students' progress helps the teacher know that students are on task or students need to make up work or test. I would say that I am proficient in this component. || =// **Component 4c: Communicating with Families** //= Information about the instructional program Information about individual students Engagement of families in the instructional program
 * **Explanation** || **Reflection** ||
 * You need to be aware of where students' are in

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letter that I created in Assessing Reading. In a real situation, if a student in the class is reading below level, the teacher would notify the parents so that they are aware of what is going on. It is important to use positive, parent friendly jargon in these letters and to inform parents about their child's progress in the classroom. || Parent-Teacher communication is the most important traits a teacher MUST have. Parents would love to know how there child or children are doing and if they need extra assistance at home. It is the teacher's job to inform parents and give helpful advice so their child can succeed at home and in the classroom. || =// **Component 4d: Contributing to the School and District** //= Relationships with colleagues Service to the school Participation in school and district projects
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Reflection ** ||
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by attending meetings and discussing important topics about students and school wide details. In these meetings, you can build such a great rapport with other teachers and come to a consensus about concerns that need to be solved. || These meetings really helped me build a great rapport with the other teachers at the school. We would come together and sometimes brainstorm on important topics. Staff Development Days were the best! They would give me such insight into the background of teachers and their thinking. Teachers would have to collaborate with each other and that is one thing I really enjoyed! I believe that I am proficient in this component. ||
 * **Staff Development Day **
 * **Grade level meetings **
 * **R.T.I meetings **
 * **Explanation** || **Reflection** ||
 * During student teaching, I contributed to the school

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supervisor on a lesson that she observed me teaching. Here she gave me great comments and feedback on what I did and what I should do next time I taught a lesson. This what a great way to see what I needed to work on and to monitor what it is I am doing in the classroom. || I find it ironic that I am reflecting about reflecting! :) On a serious note, reflecting really opens my eyes to see what it is that I need to improve on or what it is that I would like to do again. I believe that I am distinguish in this component because I have and will continue to use reflections after I to analyze the lesson that was taught. Then I will keep my lesson the same, or I will modify it to make it even better, || =// **Component 4f: Showing Professionalism** //=
 * **Explanation** || **Reflection** ||
 * Above, I have a reflection from my college

This is a component that I will be DISTINGUISHED in every single day! It is my duty as a professional to always conduct myself in a professional matter at all times!

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