Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
The teacher understands the role of the community in education and develops
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 believe that this standard aims for the competent teacher to realize the
importance of the connection between the community and the school. The students,
parents, and even employees at the school are products of the community. Therefore,
the community is a part of their identity and needs to be understood by the classroom
with the students comes from a teacher’s strong dedication to get to know their lives
outside of the classroom in order to implement the most appropriate teaching styles
for the students. This understanding will come from building relationships with
parents and other adult figures in the community, being aware and even participating
Finally, I believe the teacher should know about the valuable resources that the
community has to offer such as various professionals who could come speak to the
class or even different venues that would be great field trip opportunities. Overall, I
think this standard aims to help teachers recognize and understand that the school is
2. Explain how the artifact you chose demonstrates your understanding and
application of the standard.
Elementary Social Studies class. The project challenged a small group of student
teachers who were teaching at the same school to come up with a performance based
community surrounding the assigned school. As a group, we went out into the town to
interviewed the Superintendent of the district as well as teachers within the school
that were all members of the community. Finally, we gathered information regarding
within the community, and information regarding parks and other natural resources.
After acquiring all of this information and really getting to know members of the
community through spending time with them and through interview, our group
decided to create a presentation that highlighted the benefits of teaching and living in
a small town community. As a result of going through the process, I truly feel as
order to better understand your students. I gained insight into the small town values
that the students bring into the classroom as well as the interconnectedness of the
community that provides strong support for the schools. I came away from the
experience with a deep appreciation for Monticello, IL and the determination to get to
3B. If the artifact has not been used in your practice, i.e., a class assignment, reflect
importance of getting to know the community in which your students live. I have
come to understand that a community plays a large role in shaping an individual and
therefore has a direct impact on the student and his or her ideas surrounding
education. Although it will not be required of newly hired teachers to go out and
investigate the community of their new school, I intend on repeating a similar process
of the one that I completed for this project. Especially if you are an outsider of the
community, I think it is important to show students and parents that you care enough
about establishing a comfortable learning environment that you are willing to go out
and discover ways in which your students will be able to connect to their learning. I
really feel as though students will be more willing to show the teacher their best effort
once they feel as though the teacher has given his or her best effort towards really
getting to know them and gaining an understanding for who they really are. I really
4. Conclude with a paragraph discussing how you are more prepared to Teach and
student dynamic that I may not be familiar with. If I were to get hired in a community
prepared to use my experience from this project and adapt it to another community in
events truly work towards making a strong connection with your students. I am now
prepared to do whatever it takes to adjust for any differences that may occur between
my students and myself so that we may work together to create a successful learning
environment.