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Element Emerging
Is aware of the need to reflect
on teaching practice to support
student learning. Reflects
individually or with colleagues
on immediate student learning
needs.
6.1 Reflecting on
teaching practice in
support of student
learning
Exploring
Begins to engage in reflection
on teaching practice
individually and with
colleagues that is focused on
methods to support the full
range of learners.
Applying
Engages in reflection
individually and with
colleagues on the relationship
between making adjustments in
teaching practice and impact on
the full range of learners.
Every day, I meet with
my mentor teacher after
school, and the both of us
discuss what went
through our day, what
went right, what went
wrong, and what we can
do as educators to make
tomorrow a better day
for all. Each night as
well, I reflect upon my
day personally, and think
of ways that I can
continue to strengthen
my practice.
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Integrating
Reflects individually and with
colleagues on refinements in
teaching practice and
connections among the
elements of the CSTP to
positively impact the full range
of learners.
Innovating
Maintains ongoing reflective
practice and action research in
supporting student learning
and raising the level of
academic achievement.
Engages in and fosters
reflection among colleagues for
school wide impact on student
learning.
I am a naturally internal and
thoughtful person. As this is the
case, I constantly find myself
reflecting upon my day, my
week, and my practice. I
wonder how I can better myself
as an educator. I wonder what I
could have handled better or
backed off on in order to help
students learn how to fix their
own mistakes. Additionally, I
meet with my mentor teacher
everyday to discuss these
reflections with her, and gain
feedback on what I can improve
upon to create the best
environment possible for my
students.
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With each day, with each
lesson, at every prep period,
and with every drive to and
from school, I reflect upon
my teaching practice. I have
always been this way –
introspective and reflective
– and now that teaching is
my career, that quality
comes naturally to me.
However, it at times can be
overwhelming, as it is hard
for me to switch off that
reflection at times in order
to teach in the moment
without second guessing my
abilities. Additionally, I
constantly turn to my
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colleagues for support and
clarification on any
questions or concerns I may
have.
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Reflecting upon my
practice and questioning
both my successes and
failures is something that
comes rather natural to
me. I am inherently an
internal thinker. The
problem with this
sometimes is that then, I
tend to question myself
too much, and forget to
live and enjoy the
moment. This is where I
have learned to rely on
my colleagues’ input to
help put certain anxieties
at ease, and help solve
other anxieties that need
to be addressed.
Through collaborating
and helping one another,
there is this general
feeling of “I am not
alone,” which helps for all
of us, myself included, to
feel as if we are then
more willing to take
risks, try new strategies,
and take chances in order
to help our students
grow and succeed.
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Develops goals connected to the Sets goals connected to the
CSTP through required CSTP that take into account
processes and local protocols. self-assessment of teaching
practice.
Attends required professional
development. Expands knowledge and skills
individually and with
colleagues through available
professional development.
We have not had many
professional development
moments just yet, but those that
have been made available to us
I have made sure to attend. I
6.2 Establishing have much to learn, and I am
professional goals willing to go to just about
anyone who can give me
and engaging in different ideas about how to
continuous and better perfect my craft. From
these professional development
purposeful moments, I like to go through
professional growth my beginning of the year goals,
make changes, add ideas, and
and development work to strengthen those goals
to best ensure success by the
end of the year.
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Applying
Sets goals connected to the
CSTP that are authentic,
challenging, and based on self-
assessment.
Aligns personal goals with
school and district goals, and
focuses on improving student
learning.
Selects and engages in
professional development
based on needs identified in
professional goals.
Integrating
Sets and modifies authentic
goals connected to the CSTP
that are intellectually
challenging and based on self-
assessment and feedback from
a variety of sources.
Engages in and contributes to
professional development
targeted on student
achievement. Pursues a variety
of additional opportunities to
learn professionally.
We are required by the Diocese to create a
list of goals at the beginning of the school
year and intricately explain exactly how
we will achieve these goals, how we will
measure their success, and how long we
expect them to take to complete. We can
also add any professional development
opportunities that we think may be
lucrative to achieving our goals, and must
get approval by our administration before
these goals are sent back to the Diocese.
Midway through the school year, we meet
with our administration to discuss the
current progress of these goals, as well as
make any necessary changes to strengthen
our goals for the rest of the year. By the
end of the year we meet again, and see if
we did indeed meet our goals. If we did,
we create new ones for the following
school year. If we did not, we reassess
how we can achieve these goals for the
next school year, and create subsequent
goals that support this main goal and
guarantee its success.
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Innovating
Sets and modifies a broad range
of professional goals connected
to the CSTP to improve
instructional practice and
impact student learning within
and beyond the classroom.
Engages in ongoing inquiry into
teacher practice for
professional development.
Contributes to professional
organizations, and development
opportunities to extend own
teaching practice.
While we continue to not have
many professional development
opportunities that are provided
by our employer, I have gained
more insight on how to find and
attend credible professional
development opportunities
through the help of my
experienced coworkers.
Additionally, I have kept track
of my goals through the year,
changed them when need be,
and worked to accomplish my
goals. Those that were not fully
accomplished for one reason or
another will be set in place for
the next school year.
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I strive to incorporate the
CSTP and ISTE standards
into my personal
professional goals at my
work. While we lack in
professional development
opportunities, I strive to
provide personal
professional development
for myself through my
studies and reflections on
my teaching practice. I
continue, however, to
search for those
professional development
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opportunities and attend
them whenever it is feasible
and possible.
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Navigating the world of

finding plausible and helpful
professional development
opportunities has become
easier as my time as a
teacher has become longer.
My colleagues and I share
email invites with one
another, and work together
to figure out which
opportunities are helpful,
and which may be less than
useful. I once thought that I
would be completely alone
in trying to find professional
development opportunities,
and I have learned since
then that this will luckily
never be the case. As long
as I am surrounded by other
professionals who take their
work seriously and wish to
grow in their practice, I will
never fall short of
professional development
opportunities. I have also
learned to use my voice and
request for more
professional development
opportunities at work
instead of just sitting
around waiting for them to
happen. It has been a
process, but I finally feel as
if I am beginning to find my
footing.
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Attends staff, grade level, Consults with colleagues to
department, and other required consider how best to support
meetings and collaborations. teacher and student learning.
Identifies student and teacher Begins to identify how to access
resources at the school and student and teacher resources
district level. in the broader professional
community.
My mentor teacher is
directly assisting me with
6.3 Collaborating this endeavor. We share
our resources with each
with colleagues and other, and she teaches
the broader
me how to use various
professional resources I have never
community to heard of or used before
during my time in school.
support teacher
It is wonderful to have
and student her guidance during this
learning time.
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Applying
Collaborates with colleagues to
improve student learning and
reflect on teaching practice at
the classroom level.
Interacts with members of the
broader professional
community to access resources
that support teacher
effectiveness and student
learning
Integrating
Collaborates with colleagues to
expand impact on teacher and
student learning within grade
or department and school and
district levels.
Engages with members of the
broader professional
community to access resources
and a wide range of supports
for teaching the full range of
learners.
We are required by our
administration to meet in grade
level meeting collaborations
once a week. Every Tuesday
morning, I meet with all the
teachers from Kindergarten
through second grade. Here, we
work together to help one
another find resources,
communicate goals, and learn
through each other various
ways to help our students
succeed. Additionally, we
gather as a school every
Wednesday afternoon for
collaboration time amongst all
grade levels to assist each other,
learn from one another, and
work to make our school
community strong and bonded
by a mutual goal of helping
students succeed.
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Innovating
Facilitates collaboration with
colleagues.
Works to ensure the broadest
positive impact possible on
instructional practice and
student achievement at school
and district levels and for the
profession.
Initiates and develops
professional learning
opportunities with the broader
professional community
focused on student
achievement.
Now that I have come to
know more about my
colleagues, I have had more
opportunity to not only
meet in our mandatory
faculty meetings and grade
level meetings, but to
collaborate with my peers
from all grade levels. I have
managed to create working
relationships with all the
fellow teachers at my
school, and know that at any
time I can go to one of them
with a question or concern
and together we will work
to find a solution or idea
that may help.
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As this is my second year at
this school, I feel as if I have
found my stride when it
comes to no longer being
the new teacher in the
building. I have colleagues
that I can rely on, parents
who know and respect my
work, and a true voice in the
community. I always work
to be professional, no
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matter who I may be
working or communicating
with, and just as I work to
model and emulate
positivity with my students,
I work to do so with my
colleagues and parents as
well.
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This semester has helped

for me to branch out
more than I ever thought
I would in regards to
being a collaborative and
active colleague. Instead
of being a receiver of
collaboration, a mere
standby waiting to be
told who to work with
and what to do, I have
transformed into an
initiator of collaboration
instead. I seek out help,
and provide resources in
return. I have led a
professional
development
opportunity, and
managed to make a bit of
a difference. Basically, I
have found my stride,
and am very thankful to
be surrounded by
colleagues who are both
receptive and responsive
to giving and receiving
help.
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Is aware of the role of the family Acknowledges the importance
in student learning and the need of the family’s role in student
for interactions with families. learning. Seeks information
about cultural norms of families
represented in the school.
Welcomes family involvement
at classroom/ school events.
As a school, we welcome
the involvement of all our
families as they have the
ability to do so. In our
individual classrooms,
parents often act as
voluntary aides for our
students, running centers
and providing assistance
to the teacher, which is
6.4 Working with wonderful. Now that I
families to support have had a chance to get
to know my students, I,
student learning too, am going to begin
creating a schedule to
have more parents
involved in the classroom
with students.
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Applying
Supports families to contribute
to the classroom and school.
Adjusts communication to
families based on awareness of
cultural norms and wide range
of experiences with schools.
Integrating
Provides opportunities and
support for families to actively
participate in the classroom and
school.
Communicates to families in
ways which show
understanding of and respect
for cultural norms.
While it took me some time to
be fully comfortable with the
idea of having parent
volunteers in the classroom, I
have come to understand the
significant benefit it can have
for all students. I have about
five regular volunteers, as well
as other parents who volunteer
with library, copying, and other
school activities. It is wonderful
to have parents on campus, as it
provides a real opportunity for
them to see what it is we do in
the classroom from day to day.
I have noticed that since
including parents so much in
our classroom, there are less
misunderstandings between
teacher and parents, and more
opportunities for us to realize
that the best way for the
students to succeed in school is
for us, as advocates for the
students, to work together and
support one another. I feel very
lucky to have such supportive
parents.
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Innovating
Structures a wide range of
opportunities for families to
contribute to the classroom and
school community. Supports a
school/district environment in
which families take leadership
to improve student learning.
Where once I was beyond
uncomfortable having parents in the
classroom, now I welcome them.
Parent volunteers come into the
classroom four times a week to aide
instruction, provide prep work, or
even help with science experiments.
Parents are invited to every event,
and are encouraged to come into the
classroom as community speakers.
As the PTO Teacher Representative,
I am also able to make connections
with parents of students who are
not in my class as well. This has
helped me in my abilities to be an
Academic Decathlon mentor for
junior high students, and to find a
bigger role within our school
community.
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Parents are a vital and
integral aspect to helping the
classroom run smoothly and
secure student success. I
originally thought parents
would judge and critique
everything I do. Sometimes
they do, that is human nature,
but in learning how to be
open to their presence and
accept their help, we have
built a strong and
collaborative community
between parent and teacher.
This way, parents feel
comfortable to seek help from
me, and I feel comfortable in
sharing more of those difficult
discussions in the process of
fostering student success.
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Develops awareness
about local
neighborhoods and
communities
surrounding the school.
Uses available
neighborhood and
community resources
in single lessons.
I am brand new to the
area of Los Alamitos
6.5 Engaging local where I am working. I
communities in have never lived in the
support of the area, and have always
instructional worked and lived in the
areas close to where I
program grew up. It is exciting for
me to be involved in an
entirely new community,
and I am working to
become more familiar
with the area with each
day, as well as working to
be able to use the
community in lessons to
help students to make
connections from their
learning to everyday life.
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Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Seeks available Uses a variety of Uses a broad range of Collaborates with
neighborhood and neighborhood and neighborhood and community members
community resources. community resources community resources to increase
to support the to support the instructional and
Includes references or curriculum. instructional program, learning opportunities
connections to students, and families. for students.
communities in single Includes knowledge of
lessons or sequence of communities when Draws from Engages students in
lessons. designing and understanding of leadership and service
implementing community to improve in the community.
instruction and enrich the Incorporates
instructional program. community members
into the school
learning community.
I have come to be more Now that I have become I have finally, and officially,
comfortable in Los more familiar with the found my way around the
Alamitos now that I area of Los Alamitos and community in which my
spend so much time Long Beach, I have been school is located. I know the
local restaurants, where to
there as a teacher. This able to reach out more to shop, and what
has allowed for me to our surrounding organizations are partnered
gain a better community to bring the with our school. More
understanding of the outside world into our importantly, however, is I
community, and the classroom. Most have found my confidence
opportunities available recently, I reached out to when it comes to reaching
through working and a local karate studio, who out to these organizations to
living there. came into the classroom create learning
5/8/18 to teach a lesson to my opportunities and service
opportunities for my
students about respect students. It has been a
and confidence during challenging, yet enriching
Red Ribbon Week. This year overall, and these
was not only engaging for moments of community
my students, but connection have been some
impactful and memorable of my favorite memories
as well. through it all.
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Develops an understanding of Maintains professional
professional responsibilities. responsibilities in timely ways
and seeks support as needed.
Seeks to meet required
commitments to students. Demonstrates commitment by
exploring ways to address
individual student needs.
I work to maintain
my responsibilities
with every day,
besides just teaching
but also our morning
and after school
duties, as well as my
6.6 Managing
professional recess duty
responsibilities twice
responsibilities to
maintain a week. I work to be
on time,
motivation and
commitment to all professionally
students dressed and
behaved, and to
always put my all
into my work.
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Applying
Anticipates professional
responsibilities and manages
time and effort required to
meet expectations.
Pursues ways to support
students’ diverse learning
needs and maintains belief in
students’ capacity for
achievement.
I believe that every
single student that
walks into the door
of my classroom has
the complete ability
to succeed in
academics as well as
in life. I also believe
that it is my job to
facilitate this success
to the best of my
ability, and to
constantly be
researching to find
more and better
ways to support my
students and help
them succeed.
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Integrating
Integrates the full range of
professional responsibilities
into advanced planning and
prepares for situations that may
be challenging.
Maintains continual effort to
seek, develop, and refine new
and creative methods to ensure
individual student learning.
Innovating
Models professionalism and
supports colleagues in meeting
and exceeding professional
Responsibilities effectively.
Supports colleagues to maintain
the motivation, resiliency, and
energy to ensure that all
students achieve.
Now that I have become more
comfortable as a new teacher
and new member to the
community, I am also more
comfortable in portraying my
professionalism. I support my
colleagues and wish for their
success in their careers and
personal lives. Together, we
work to constantly brainstorm
ways to better our school, and
realize that our school will not
continue to succeed without all
of us working together to make
it so.
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My colleagues, especially my
mentor, are my biggest means
of support when it comes to
teaching. We are all there to
help and support one another
through the good times and
bad. Whether it is school
related, or something
happening in one of our
personal lives, we work to
support and help one another
through anything that may
come our way. As this is the
case, we all strive to share our
strengths with one another in
order to better ourselves and
others, and continue to help our
school to grow and flourish.
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I am so, so lucky to be
surrounded by teachers
who love what they do,
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and love sharing what
they do with others. My
Mentor, especially, is my
biggest means of support.
She is amazing. All of us,
as teachers, band
together at this school
through the good times
and the bad. We laugh
when we feel as if we are
about to cry, and lift each
other up to see our true
potentials when we need
it the most. In this
environment of
camaraderie, we feel safe
to take risks, make
mistakes, and keep going
even when it feels as if
everything is falling
apart. We are all at that
school because we love
learning, and love
sharing that with our
students.
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Follows all state education codes, legal requirements, district and site policies, contractual agreements, Maintains a high standard of personal integrity
and ethical responsibilities.*
and commitment to student learning and the
* As follows: profession in all circumstances.
• Take responsibility for student academic learning outcomes.
• Is aware of own personal values and biases and recognizes ways in which these values and biases
affect the teaching and learning of students. Contributes to building professional community
• Adheres to legal and ethical obligations in teaching the full ranges of learners, including English and holding peers accountable to norms of
learners and students with special needs. respectful treatment and communication.
• Reports suspected cases of child abuse and/or neglect as outlined in the California Abuse and Neglect
Reporting Act.
• Maintains a non-hostile classroom environment and carries out laws and district guidelines for Contributes to fostering a school culture with a
reporting cases of sexual harassment.
high degree of resilience, professional integrity,
• Understands and implements school and district policies and state and federal law in responding to
inappropriate or violent student behavior. and ethical conduct.
• Complies with legal and professional obligations to protect the privacy, health, and safety of
students, families, and other school professionals.
• Models appropriate behavior for students, colleagues, and the profession.
• Acts in accordance with ethical considerations for students.
• Maintains professional conduct and integrity in the classroom and school community.
I work with every day to follow and enforce all of these categories, both for myself I take my opportunity to be an educator very seriously. I
6.7 Demonstrating and for my colleagues and students. School is often a safe place for students have worked hard to get to this point in my life, and do not
professional depending on their home life, and I never want that to change for them. I plan on taking anything easily now. I continue to work hard
responsibility, personally feel as if I am beyond blessed to have ended up at the wonderful school to better my craft, learn from others, and strive to be the
best teacher I can be for my students.
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ethical conduct feel safe, cared for, and successful.
9/26/17 I have worked for many years to become an educator,
and I take my profession very seriously, with an
understanding that becoming a teacher means that I
am never through with learning and growing
personally. As this is the case, I work to find
professional development opportunities at all times,
rely on my colleagues and mentor for support and
guidance, and take critique with stride – even when it
is difficult to do so. Just as I strive to be a resilient
lifelong learner, I work to instill this integrity in my
students as well. I share with them my stories of
being in “online school” and share with them my
triumphs and struggles with learning as well. When
they see that I can continue to grow and learn even as
an adult, my hope is that they, too, will never stop
learning and growing within themselves.
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I love being an educator. Absolutely love it. Don’t get
me wrong – there are days when I go home crying
because I don’t know what else to do to fix a problem,
and there are days where I leave the house when it’s
dark outside, only to be gone for so long that I don’t
get back home until it’s dark again that night. I have
missed family events, at times been a bad girlfriend,
and pay for an apartment I barely live in, but I love
being an educator. We as educators do something
that not all people do every day; we see the future in
its beginnings. We get asked what our favorite color
is, learn the origins of lizard eggs, and have every
Pokemon memorized. It is a beautiful, wonderful
future that lays ahead of us. As is the case, I take my
work seriously, and work to better myself with every
day and every success and failure I experience. I
surround myself with other teachers who can set me
straight when I need it the most, and encourage me to
take chances when I need it the most. And just as
they support me, I work to support them in return
through honest and constructive feedback. Now, my
school needs me, all of us, to help save it. I plan, then,
to do my all to help save it, because in teaching I
believe in something greater than myself. I believe in
the mystical, ever-changing world of education. I
believe in helping children to be kind and succeed. I
believe that being a teacher is a secret superpower,
and I believe that just maybe I can contribute to the
betterment of society in some small way.
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