Standard+5

=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. ||

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====Like many schools, the school I teach at is always looking for ways to keep communication lines between teachers, administrators, and the community open. With a district web page, parents and community members have access to various online informational tools, including schedule of athletic events, information about each of the schools, email addresses for all employees in the district, and online grade viewing. ==== ====One of the ways that our school has achieved open communication lines is through the requirement of teacher web pages. On my web page, I offer a variety of useful information and tools. These tools include our 7th grade vocabulary words, classroom news that explains what students are doing for certain units of study, homework assignments, and digital copies of worksheets from class. ==== ====I have attached my website’s address as my artifact for this standard. With the ability to access important information through my website, I feel that the parents get a better sense of what is going on in class and also a better feel for the kind of instructor I am. I encourage students and parents to check the website often because of its valuable resources. Therefore, I am contributing to the effectiveness of teacher-parent communication, which is one of our school goal’s for this year. ====

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//__Miss Garman's Site__//