Professional Documents
Culture Documents
aggregate information about individual students such as portfolios, graphs, and work samples
displayed.
I use specific engagement strategies such as small group work, partner work, individual
writing, whole group discussion, visual imagery, listening to text, reading text aloud, and
mnemonic devices to encourage participation by students and to help ensure that each student is
able to have access and buy-in to the learning. In my classroom, technology aids in student buyin through the use of individual laptops, headphones, a Smartboard, a document camera and a
CD player that are used frequently and accessible as resources in the physical environment to
support learning. However, I think that the most important piece of ensuring a high-quality
education is the climate that is created in my classroom. It is the relationships that are formed
with each one of my students that enables me to understand each of their learning styles and the
reciprocity of respect that fosters a nurturing, safe environment in which students feel motivated
to tackle complex ideas or challenging concepts.
Finally, when I am not in the classroom, I am a full-time wife and mom. My little boy is
eighteen-months old, and he is the absolute love of my life. We are expecting his brother in
August. I am an avid runner and hiker, and as a family we enjoy doing outdoor activities. My
husband and I have enjoyed vacationing in Vermont and Florida during school vacations for the
past 10 years, and are now enjoying being new homeowners and semi-professional home
renovators.
Self-assessment results
For the self-assessment survey, I made two copies. I filled in the first copy and gave the
second blank copy to my mentor to fill in. While I was deciding on areas upon which I wanted
to focus my internship, I was immediately interested in developing my skills and increasing my
district's mission statement and goals by modeling best practices in and out of the classroom to
ensure that high expectations for student achievement are consistently being met. I will fulfill
my responsibility to act in a professional manner employing the core values of honesty, integrity,
empathy and impartiality. I will foster and facilitate a culture of respect, collaboration, open
communication, and caring between and among students, staff and the community, in order to
support positive relationships and cultural sensitivity.
For this internship and project, my goal is to shadow my mentor and develop a better
insight into the daily decision making of an administrator. I would like to create a bridge
between the community and the school by expanding our school newspaper into the local
Windsor Journal. Our school has not been presented in the local paper, so I would like to
highlight our school accomplishments and activities in the paper by working with the students in
the newspaper club and the editor of the local paper collaboratively.
Data collection
For this leadership project, there will be collaboration between the Windsor Journal and
the schools Academy Times. I will serve as the liaison between the Windsor papers editor and
the students in the newspaper club to promote our schools accomplishments and upcoming
events in the local paper.
Schedule of activities
March
April
For the April edition of the schools monthly paper, select articles with the
students in the newspaper club that they would like highlighted in the
community.
May
Bring the students in the newspaper club to the local paper to see the editing
process, layout and distribution of a local paper first hand.
June
Collaborate again with the local paper to have our students articles
displayed in the paper.
July
Plan to have the collaboration between the local paper and the schools
paper maintained throughout the next school year to keep the community
apprised of what is happening in the school.