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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!

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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

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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 

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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 

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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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Standard 8

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 7.6

Use of Student Assessment Data to Analyze and Modify Instruction

The teacher understands and uses formative and summative assessment strategies to assess the learner’s progress, uses

assessment data to plan ongoing instruction, monitors the performance of each student, and devises instruction to enable

students to grow and develop.

Quality Indicator 6: Collaborative data analysis process 

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Copies of Data Folder
(I used extra folder to protect student privacy)

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Quality Indicator 7.5

Use of Student Assessment Data to Analyze and Modify Instruction

The teacher understands and uses formative and summative assessment strategies to assess the learner’s progress, uses

assessment data to plan ongoing instruction, monitors the performance of each student, and devises instruction to enable

students to grow and develop.

Quality Indicator 5: Communication of student progress and maintaining records

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Quality Indicator 7.4

Use of Student Assessment Data to Analyze and Modify Instruction

The teacher understands and uses formative and summative assessment strategies to assess the learner’s progress, uses

assessment data to plan ongoing instruction, monitors the performance of each student, and devises instruction to enable

students to grow and develop.

Quality Indicator 4: Effect of instruction on individual/class learning 

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Quality Indicator 7.3

Use of Student Assessment Data to Analyze and Modify Instruction

The teacher understands and uses formative and summative assessment strategies to assess the learner’s progress, uses

assessment data to plan ongoing instruction, monitors the performance of each student, and devises instruction to enable

students to grow and develop.

Quality Indicator 3: Student‐led assessment strategies

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Quality Indicator 7.2

Use of Student Assessment Data to Analyze and Modify Instruction

The teacher understands and uses formative and summative assessment strategies to assess the learner’s progress, uses

assessment data to plan ongoing instruction, monitors the performance of each student, and devises instruction to enable

students to grow and develop.

Quality Indicator 2: Assessment data to improve learning

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Quality Indicator 7.1

Use of Student Assessment Data to Analyze and Modify Instruction

The teacher understands and uses formative and summative assessment strategies to assess the learner’s progress, uses

assessment data to plan ongoing instruction, monitors the performance of each student, and devises instruction to enable

students to grow and develop.

Quality Indicator 1: Effective use of assessments

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Standard 7

Use of Student Assessment Data to Analyze and Modify Instruction

The teacher understands and uses formative and summative assessment strategies to assess the learner’s progress, uses

assessment data to plan ongoing instruction, monitors the performance of each student, and devises instruction to enable

students to grow and develop.

Quality Indicator 6.4

Utilizing Effective Communication

The teacher models effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques with students and parents to foster

active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom

 Quality Indicator 4: Technology and media communication tools

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(click to head to our classroom webpage)

Some of the AWESOME resources we've used in class for various things: 

Coin box- exchanging coins, values, etc...

Ten Frame- Interactive and helps build number sense

Story Starters from Scholastic!  Great and creative way to help come up with stories! Students LOVE IT!

Interactive Mapping for stories- excellent way to help students visualize before they actually sit down and write a story!

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Quality Indicator 6.3

Utilizing Effective Communication

The teacher models effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques with students and parents to foster

active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom

Quality Indicator 3: Learner expression in speaking, writing and other media 

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Ou/ow words

1. went over how the ou/ow can sound
2. brainstormed list of words having this spelling pattern
3. I wore a bandaid on my face and the students had to use our list of words to write an "ouch" story of what happened to me!
4. We shared our stories with the class

Our list of words

Student work 1

student work 2

the bandaid on my face

More student work (pretty hilarious if you ask me)

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Quality Indicator 6.2

Utilizing Effective Communication

The teacher models effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques with students and parents to foster

active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom

Quality Indicator 2: Sensitivity to culture, gender, intellectual and physical differences

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Quality Indicator 6.1

Utilizing Effective Communication

The teacher models effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques with students and parents to foster

active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom

Quality Indicator 1: Verbal and nonverbal communication

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Welcome Letter (Classroom Management class)

Parent contact information about phone call that was made.  

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Standard 6

Utilizing Effective Communication

The teacher models effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques with students and parents to foster

active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom

Quality Indicator 5.3

Creating a positive classroom learning environment  

The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that

encourages active engagement in learning, positive social interaction, and self‐motivation.

Quality Indicator 3: Classroom, school and community culture 

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Quality Indicator 5.2

Creating a positive classroom learning environment  

The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that

encourages active engagement in learning, positive social interaction, and self‐motivation.

Quality Indicator 2: Managing time, space, transitions, and activities

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I chose my list of procedures for this artifact.  Check it out below or click above to see it full screen.
Find out why I chose it by clicking the rationale text below.

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Quality Indicator 5.1

Creating a positive classroom learning environment  

The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that

encourages active engagement in learning, positive social interaction, and self‐motivation.

Quality Indicator 1: Classroom management, motivation, and engagement 

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Standard 5

Creating a positive classroom learning environment  

The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that

encourages active engagement in learning, positive social interaction, and self‐motivation.

Quality Indicator 4.3

Teaching for critical thinking

The teacher uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students’ critical thinking, problem solving, and

performance skills including instructional resources.

Quality Indicator 3: Cooperative learning

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Quality Indicator 4.2

Teaching for critical thinking

The teacher uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students’ critical thinking, problem solving, and

performance skills including instructional resources.

Quality Indicator 2: Appropriate use of instructional resources to enhance student learning

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Quality Indicator 4.1

Teaching for critical thinking

The teacher uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students’ critical thinking, problem solving, and

performance skills including instructional resources.

Quality Indicator 1: Instructional strategies leading to student engagement in problem‐solving and critical thinking

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Anchor chart from lesson on story elements!

More close ups:

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Standard 4

Teaching for critical thinking

The teacher uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students’ critical thinking, problem solving, and

performance skills including instructional resources.

Quality Indicator 3.3

Implementing the Curriculum

The teacher recognizes the importance of long‐range planning and curriculum development.  The teacher develops,

implements, and evaluates curriculum based upon standards and student needs.

Quality Indicator 3: Analyze instructional goals and differentiated instructional strategies

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Quality Indicator 3.2

Implementing the Curriculum

The teacher recognizes the importance of long‐range planning and curriculum development.  The teacher develops,

implements, and evaluates curriculum based upon standards and student needs.

Quality Indicator 2: Develop lessons for diverse learners

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Quality Indicator 3.1

Implementing the Curriculum

The teacher recognizes the importance of long‐range planning and curriculum development.  The teacher develops,

implements, and evaluates curriculum based upon standards and student needs.

Quality Indicator 1: Implementation of curriculum standards

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Note: This unit was written in accordance with the Missouri GLEs although Common Core will be used shortly, I have not revised the standards aligned with the unit conversion. 

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Standard 3

Implementing the Curriculum

The teacher recognizes the importance of long‐range planning and curriculum development.  The teacher develops,

implements, and evaluates curriculum based upon standards and student needs.

Quality Indicator 2.6

Understanding and Encouraging Student Learning, Growth and Development

The teacher understands how students learn, develop and differ in their approaches to learning.  The teacher provides learning

opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners and support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all

students

Quality Indicator 6: Language, culture, family and knowledge of community  


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Quality Indicator 2.5

Understanding and Encouraging Student Learning, Growth and Development

The teacher understands how students learn, develop and differ in their approaches to learning.  The teacher provides learning

opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners and support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all

students

Quality Indicator 5: Prior experiences, learning styles, multiple intelligences, strengths and needs


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Quality Indicator 2.4

Understanding and Encouraging Student Learning, Growth and Development

The teacher understands how students learn, develop and differ in their approaches to learning.  The teacher provides learning

opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners and support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all

students

Quality Indicator 4: Meeting the needs of every student

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(Pictures of guided reading plans)

(front) with lesson details 

back - observation notes of each student in group reading!

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Quality Indicator 2.3

Understanding and Encouraging Student Learning, Growth and Development

The teacher understands how students learn, develop and differ in their approaches to learning.  The teacher provides learning

opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners and support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all

students

Quality Indicator 3: Theory of learning


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Quality Indicator 2.2

Understanding and Encouraging Student Learning, Growth and Development

The teacher understands how students learn, develop and differ in their approaches to learning.  The teacher provides learning

opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners and support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all

students

Quality Indicator 2: Student Goals

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Quality Indicator 2.1

Understanding and Encouraging Student Learning, Growth and Development

The teacher understands how students learn, develop and differ in their approaches to learning.  The teacher provides learning

opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners and support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all

students

Quality Indicator 1: Cognitive, social, emotional and physical development

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Standard 2

Understanding and Encouraging Student Learning, Growth and Development

The teacher understands how students learn, develop and differ in their approaches to learning.  The teacher provides learning

opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners and support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all

students

Quality Indicator 1.5

Content knowledge and perspectives aligned with appropriate instruction.

The teacher understands the central concepts, structures, and tools of inquiry of the discipline(s) and creates learning

experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful and engaging for all students.

Quality Indicator 5: Diverse social and cultural perspectives 


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Quality Indicator 1.4

Content knowledge and perspectives aligned with appropriate instruction.

The teacher understands the central concepts, structures, and tools of inquiry of the discipline(s) and creates learning

experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful and engaging for all students.

Quality Indicator 4: Interdisciplinary instruction


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Quality Indicator 1.3

Content knowledge and perspectives aligned with appropriate instruction.

The teacher understands the central concepts, structures, and tools of inquiry of the discipline(s) and creates learning

experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful and engaging for all students.

Quality Indicator 3: Disciplinary research and inquiry methodologies 

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steps of scientific method of our gummy bear lab!

our test tubes, we set up and used for the experiment!

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Quality Indicator 1.2

Content knowledge and perspectives aligned with appropriate instruction.

The teacher understands the central concepts, structures, and tools of inquiry of the discipline(s) and creates learning

experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful and engaging for all students.

Quality Indicator 2: Engaging students in subject matter  

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Below is a copy of my first day plan that engages students starting starting the first day of school
(caution: the links do not work-but I have all the documents.  The color scheme uploaded wonky weird so bear with me and I'll try and fix it)

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Quality Indicator 1.1

Content knowledge and perspectives aligned with appropriate instruction.

The teacher understands the central concepts, structures, and tools of inquiry of the discipline(s) and creates learning

experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful and engaging for all students.

Quality Indicator 1: Content knowledge and academic language

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Unofficial Transcript and Praxis Scores (pictures below)

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