PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
The teacher is committed to collaboration in schools and other learning communities and models professional and leadership behaviors in all interactions with schools, families, and communities.
I did this by establishing strong relationships with all of the teachers that I met in my school, all of my peers in my cohort for graduate school and with all of those involved in the school in any way.
In addition, as a teacher, you're a constant representation of the school and students you're associated with. For this reason, you have to be a leader no matter where you are. This led me to build strong connections with the families of my students, both inside the classroom (through parent teacher conferences) and when I bumped into them outside of the classroom.
Along with that, it's important to recognize the value of the people who may not necessarily be teachers or staff within the school but who play a crucial part in the school's success. For example, there's a wonderful woman named Leticia who handles the crosswalk for our school. Every single day she's friendly to the children and their families and it's really apparent she loves her job. I felt as though she was often unnoticed or not appreciated, so we designed a card as a class for her and a few small gifts. All of the children drew pictures of her and wrote little notes inside the card and we gave it to her together! It made her day! Although she's not officially PS19's staff, she has a huge impact and we all love her.
In the photo above, there is a collection of cans from a food drive that MY third grade class independantly organized!!! With teachers acting as role models, students are often driven to give back to their communities. As an outcome, they were proud of their achievement and felt really strong and empowered to help those around them!
The card for Miss Leticia
I did this by establishing strong relationships with all of the teachers that I met in my school, all of my peers in my cohort for graduate school and with all of those involved in the school in any way.
In addition, as a teacher, you're a constant representation of the school and students you're associated with. For this reason, you have to be a leader no matter where you are. This led me to build strong connections with the families of my students, both inside the classroom (through parent teacher conferences) and when I bumped into them outside of the classroom.
Along with that, it's important to recognize the value of the people who may not necessarily be teachers or staff within the school but who play a crucial part in the school's success. For example, there's a wonderful woman named Leticia who handles the crosswalk for our school. Every single day she's friendly to the children and their families and it's really apparent she loves her job. I felt as though she was often unnoticed or not appreciated, so we designed a card as a class for her and a few small gifts. All of the children drew pictures of her and wrote little notes inside the card and we gave it to her together! It made her day! Although she's not officially PS19's staff, she has a huge impact and we all love her.
In the photo above, there is a collection of cans from a food drive that MY third grade class independantly organized!!! With teachers acting as role models, students are often driven to give back to their communities. As an outcome, they were proud of their achievement and felt really strong and empowered to help those around them!
The card for Miss Leticia