Relationships

R1   Demonstrates sensitivity for diversity with students, colleagues, parents, college faculty, and/or community agencies. 

        INTASC 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10   NBPTS 5

• This Diversity Paper is a reflection over a Celebrating Diversity Workshop that I attended to demonstrate my sensitivity towards diversity.

• This reflection on a workshop I attended with Patricia Polacco shows how I value diversity among my students.

R2   Demonstrates with full awareness of ethical and legal responsibilities of teachers.

        INTASC 7, 8, 9   NBPTS 4, 5

• My NEA (National Education Association) card proves that I have full awareness of my ethical and legal responsibilities as a teacher (*Only the card is provided. Receipts have not been put on here due to the personal information on them.)

• This copy of a recommendation letter written by my 3rd grade cooperating teacher shows that I have full awareness of my ethical and legal responsibilities.

R3   Values life-long learning, personal/professional development, and/or service orientation.

        INTASC 9           NBPTS 4, 5

• This certificate is from a workshop that I attended that shows I value life-long learning, personal/professional development, and/or service orientation.

• This certificate shows my participation in Read Across America which demonstrates that I value professional development.

• This certificate shows my participation as a judge in a Social Studies Fair at an elementary school. This demonstrates how I value personal/professional development.

R4   Models appropriate oral communication skills.

        INTASC 6           NBPTS 1, 2

• This rubric show my ability to use appropriate oral communication skills while giving a book talk.

• This powerpoint and rubric shows my ability to use appropriate oral communication skills when presenting a topic on Causes of Mild Retardation.

R5   Models appropriate written communication skills.

        INTASC 6           NBPTS 1, 2

• This paper models appropriate written communication skills while I discuss the importance of a liberal arts education.

• My written communication skills are modeled in this paper about the growing changes of dating and courtship in the United States.

R6   Motivates students to learn individually, collaboratively, and cooperatively.

        INTASC 2, 3, 4, 5, 6    NBPTS 1, 2, 3

• This lesson shows how I motivated students to learn by allowing them to experience the weather first-hand before beginning a unit on weather.

• This lesson on the water cycle motivated the students to learn individually and cooperatively by conducting an experiment.

R7   Plans lessons in collaborative teams.

        INTASC 6, 10      NBPTS 5

• This lesson shows that I am able to plan a social studies lesson on community with a partner.

• My cooperating teacher and I developed these substitute plans before attending a professional workshop. We developed these plans together to insure the substitute could carry out the correct lessons.