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Standard 11- Professional Conduct and Leadership

The competent teacher understands education as a profession, maintains

standards of professional conduct, and provides leadership to improve students’

learning and well-being

1. Fully state the standard in bold text. Then write a paragraph explaining your

knowledge and understanding of that standard-put the standard into your own words.

I think this standard is meant to set the expectation that a teacher should be a

well-rounded individual. I think the teacher should understand that teaching is a job

with goals that need to be accomplished. Teachers must work in a professional

manner and maintain appropriate relationships with their students as well as parents

and administrators. They should never cross the line in terms of how close they get

with students and they should always dress and act in a professional manner. The

teacher should always serve as the leader in the classroom. A good leader is able to

accurately dispel their knowledge onto others as well as teaching them valuable life

skills. Although teachers are there to convey information to their students, I believe

that it is equally important that they teach them how to be respectable citizens within

our society.

2. Explain how the artifact you chose demonstrates your understanding and

application of the standard.

The artifact I chose for this standard is a paper on NCLB with a particular

focus on the sanctions involved with the legislation. The paper demonstrates my

knowledge of knowledge indicator 11B within the standard, which states,

“understands how school systems are organized and operate”. Through writing this
paper I have come to recognize that school systems base their operations on funding.

Everything that happens in the school revolves around how to get more funding, how

to maintain funding, or how to prevent the chance of losing funding. The primary goal

behind all administrations is to have their students receive passing grades on their

standardized tests and to have them pass to the next grade level. If this goal is not

reached, then they must allocate their funding elsewhere as punishment while also

trying to gain additional funding to improve the conditions at hand. This paper made

me realize the vicious cycle that is involved in the education system in terms of

funding. It also made me understand the utter importance of adequate funding in the

proper operation of education.

3. B If the artifact has not been used in your practice, i.e. class assignment, reflect

upon how your teaching will be impacted by the assignment.

Although I ultimately would strive not to lose any creativity or “fun” within

the classroom, I think my teaching will be greatly impacted by this assignment. I

would never want my students to leave the school and transfer to another simply

because the test scores are not regarded as high enough. I think that I will initially

want to be free with my lesson plans and do what I think is best. However, I think that

I will come to the realization that it is important to teach as close to the standards set

forth by the state as possible because that is what my students will be tested on and it

is vital that they understand the material. I think that this assignment scared me a little

in terms of how successful I will be in practice. I absolutely do not want to be the

cause for the whole school being labeled as “in need of improvement”.

4. Conclude with a paragraph discussing how you are more prepared to Teach and
Learn in a Diverse Society as a result of satisfactorily meeting the standard.

I believe that by meeting this standard I will be prepared to teach in a diverse

society because anyone that acts in a professional manner knows how to deal with

differences. Displaying professional conduct in the classroom will ensure that

everyone is treated equally and that both teacher and student understand a level of

respect. Lastly, a good leader is able to retain knowledge from others just as well as

he or she is able to give it off. Learning from others will make the teacher well-

rounded and better prepared to deal with diversity.

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