Standard10

@Standard1 | @Standard2 | @Standard3 | @Standard4 | @Standard5 | @Standard6 | @Standard7 | @Standard8 | @Standard9 | @Standard10 Home **Standard 10**  ** Teachers are connected with other teachers and the community. ** // The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support pupil learning and well being and acts with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner. //

**Evidence 1: Grant [|ThompsonK_EDT655(AP13)_6.docx]**

**Rationale 1:** The grant that I have proposed is for two sets of iPad 2 tablets with the intentions of paving the way for our high school to provide an iPad 2 for every student throughout their high school years in the future. In our plan (I would be working with a fellow teacher at our school), communication would be imperative to a variety of people. We would allow proper time for researching, planning and teaching other staff members effective ways to use the iPad 2 tablets as a centralized tool for their classes. We would hold in-services as well as communicate through email and become a resource for colleagues. Through this process, we would also be required to keep in constant communication with the grantor to follow through with our extremely large project. Also, we will plan to keep in contact with our community members to show the positive impact on student learning and help us sustain the program in the future. Finally, while working through the application process, we have worked closely with our administration to get this program off the ground. We have communicated well and I have looked to them for advice on this project. A project this big would require every part of the school and community to contribute. Being a leader of the project makes us responsible for keeping in constant communication with those parties. With everyone contributing, we could carry out the program and give our students the tools they need in order to successfully move into the 21st Century and close the technological gap between education and society in our area.

**KSD**

// 10.K.1 The teacher understands schools as organizations within the larger community context and understands the operations of the relevant aspects of the system(s) within which s/he works. //

In order for the future plans of our program to work, we would need the support of our community and our administration. Luckily our community is very supportive of our district as long as we continue to be as student-centered as we have gained a reputation for. They respond well to communication from our schools and provide us with the perfect outlet to do so in the Community Spirit, a local newspaper dedicated to our district’s area. We plan on using this as well as communicating to parents and getting them as involved in this project as possible.

// 10.S.1 The teacher participates in collegial activities designed to make the entire school a productive learning environment. //

We would become a resource for all other teachers to come to and improve their usage of the iPad 2 tablets. We would hold workshops and in-services in addition to being available for individual help and training. Also, additional resources would be researched and provided to them by us as well as our technology administrative team.

// 10.D.5 The teacher is willing to work with other professionals to improve the overall learning environment for students. //

Through this entire project, I have worked with a colleague of mine who teaches in the History department. I have also gone to our superintendent, district bookkeeper, technology coordinator and principal for support on this grant. Not only have they been supportive, but also provided additional advice and information that could help in not only this grant, but also any grant I would pursue in the future. I have always felt comfortable with my communication lines to these individuals, but this grant has allowed me to get to know them, and their visions for our districts future better.