Professional Responsibility
Professional Learning and Ethical Practice"The teacher engages in ongoing professional learning and uses evidence to continually evaluate his/her practice, particularly the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (learners, families, other professionals, and the community), and adapts practice to meet the needs of each learner."
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Leadership and Collaboration"The teacher seeks appropriate leadership roles and opportunities to take responsibility for student learning, to collaborate with learners, families, colleagues, other school professionals, and community members to ensure learner growth, and to advance the profession."
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Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
I enjoy attending professional development opportunities, and frequently do so when I am able. I have attended FIRE UP!, Wildly Exciting, several Woodrow Wilson conventions, as well as district professional developments. At FIRE UP!, I attended a workshop on working with rambunctious students. I had recently been struggling with a large class with a lot of energy, and was hopeful for new ideas. I took some tools from this workshop and applied them to my classroom. It was a great feeling to take something I heard about and put it into practice. The best part was that it worked! I love attending events like this in order to make my classroom a more productive learning environment.
Leadership and Collaboration
I am currently developing online laboratory modules for Gull Lake Gateway Academy. My responsibilities include studying the curriculum for the online Biology courses and selecting appropriate inquiry-based lab activities for students to complete in order to supplement their learning. This allows me to work with professionals at Kellogg Biological Station as well as staff at Gull Lake Academy to build my knowledge regarding science curricula, hands-on and inquiry-based learning, and the use of technology in education.
Kellogg Biological Station/Gull Lake Academy Internship
Kellogg Biological Station/Gull Lake Academy Internship