Professional+Responsibilities

= Professional Responsibilities =

My role as a teacher includes my responsibilities in the classroom as well as extending to life outside the classroom. As a teacher, I feel it is my duty to stay up to date on current educational ideas and show my students that all people should be lifelong learners. It is also important for educators to take an active part in their schools. I am currently a member of our school's [|Middle States] Mathematics Team to help improve student achievement in mathematics at our school. I am a past member of our Building Level Support Team which aids students in areas they may need help in. (Similar to IST in public schools.)

The past two years I have had additional responsibilities added to my position. I am the coordinator for our school's St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Math-a-Thon and our Scholastic Book Fair. I am proud to say that in the last two years we have raised over $3,500 for St. Jude's and had Book Fairs with over $1,500 in sales each year. That is good for a school with about 100 students. I also take responsibility for updating the St. Leo School website each month. I run the Accelerated Reader program at our school which provides incentives for students to read. Aside from organizations, I try to attend all Home and School Meetings, which is our parent teacher organization. I also try to promote good communication between school and home by use of a class wiki to inform families what is happening in school. I use twitter and subscribe to several educational blogs to try to stay up to date on trends in education as a part of my Professional Learning Network. Below I have included what I consider to be evidence of my professionalism.

-This is the business card I use make families aware of my contact information. I print them out and apply a magnet to the back at the beginning of the year.

- This is a copy of our school's yearly Middle States Review for the Technology Goal. I am responsible for the report.

- Each year I would send a welcome letter to my second grade families. This is my example for the 2009-2010 school year.

//The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. - A.B. Alcott//