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Welcome to Student Teaching Smiles

This blog follow my journey from student teaching to being a certified teacher in my state.

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you will find each standard (for my state) and the Quality Indicators that go with it.  

Click on one to check it out!

Up top- are a few pages I put together

"Home" gets to home

"the Process" talks about my process of the portfolio and reflections

"My education and Future Plans" - self explanatory

"TIPS for Online Portfolios"- for other people who might want to try something like this. 

Including tutorials!

See my contact info at right - if you have questions

Interested in my teaching blog: head over to -------------> and click the button for "Sparkles, Smiles, and Student Teaching" 

Quality Indicator 9.3

Professional Collaboration  

The teacher has effective working relationships with students, parents, school colleagues, and community members

Quality Indicator 3: Cooperative partnerships in support of student learning

Artifact (1)

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Artifact (2) - pictures of  "Opening Worlds Through a Letter Exchange" presentation at ACEI conference!

Talking to some attendees about our research.  (They wanted to recruit me for grad school- :) 

our presentation- we were definitely the most colorful in the room, and people LOVED it!

accepting my Student Scholarship Award at the Award Recognition Luncheon

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Quality Indicator 9.2

Professional Collaboration  

The teacher has effective working relationships with students, parents, school colleagues, and community members

Quality Indicator 2: Collaborating with historical, cultural, political and social context to meet the needs of students 

Artifacts (photographs of PLC weekly meeting notes) 

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Quality Indicator 9.1

Professional Collaboration  

The teacher has effective working relationships with students, parents, school colleagues, and community members

Quality Indicator 1: Roles, responsibilities, and collegial activities


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Quality Indicator 8.3

Professional Practice  

The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually assesses the effects of choices and actions on others.   The teacher

actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally in order to improve learning for all students

Quality Indicator 3: Professional rights, responsibilities and ethical practices 

Artifact (See below)

Pictures of handouts from the first faculty meetings containing responsibilities of the teacher and rules they should adhere to.  There are some district and school handouts.

District program handout 

agenda from faculty meeting

schedule for morning duty at school

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Quality Indicator 8.2

Professional Practice  

The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually assesses the effects of choices and actions on others.   The teacher

actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally in order to improve learning for all students

Quality Indicator 2: Professional learning 

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Quality Indicator 8.1

Professional Practice  

The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually assesses the effects of choices and actions on others.   The teacher

actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally in order to improve learning for all students

Quality Indicator 1: Self‐assessment and improvement

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