Standard #10: 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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Reflections: Spring 2015
The teacher understands a school is an organization based on history, culture, politics, and a social background. Teachers understand that a child is influenced through family, school, and sense of community; this will enhance the educational process. A teacher knows how to collaborate well with other adults in a way that is appropriate for the situation contributing to the support of the student.
I am an advocate for my students; it is as simple as that, which is why I am in the process of becoming a teacher in the first place. That is why I am at Ball State. My dream profession is to become a teacher, I have already taken responsibility for the fact that my job is to educate each new generation. I am a person who is determined to make school a better place for all students. I am a person who tries something new at least once. If it works then it is worth keeping. My personal philosophy is that something hard is always worth doing because it is a challenge. I then think if I take the easier or more predictable path, am I going to be happy?
A teacher is an advocate for the school he or she teaches. My goal is to work for a school that has a shared common goal as I do. I want to make a difference for all of my students, and as an advocate, I will be doing that. To be a good school a school needs to have the best interest for their students and the community. I want to work at a school that is so amazing that everyone wants to attend. I want to work at a school that shapes how my students are as individuals. As a teacher, it is my goal to be up to date on issue and policies that surround the environment I work. If I am not up to date how am I considered an advocate for my students if I do not know what I am advocating for.