Participates in a Professional Community |
The teacher’s relationships with colleagues are characterized by mutual support and cooperation, with the teacher taking initiative in assuming leadership among the faculty. The teacher takes a leadership role in promoting a culture of professional inquiry. The teacher volunteers to participate in school events and district projects, making a substantial contribution and assuming a leadership role in at least one aspect of school or district life.
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2019 - 2020
Fifth year as Harbor Light’s Math Department Chair
- Shared responsibility for hosting department meetings with Macatawa Bay Middle School
- Member of School Improvement Team
- Conduct department work to increase communication among teachers and ensure quality instruction.
- Coordinated virtual planning meetings for online instruction
- Spearheaded curriculum organization under sudden stay at home order
- Contributor to the Career Line Tech Center’s Teacher Academy Advisory meetings.
- Meetings twice each school year to share new trends in local public schools.
Presenter for trauma informed team
- Meetings twice each school year to share new trends in local public schools.
Portfolio items below are from years prior to the 2016-2017 academic year.
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Sixth Grade Orientation
When working with the other Harbor Lights marketing team members, I suggested we try a 6th grade orientation, modeled after the 9th grade orientation at the high school. Unfortunately, I could not fully participate in it's implementation due to my split schedule between the high school and middle school. However, it was a huge success and will hopefully, continue in the years ahead to help our newest and youngest students transition to middle school.
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I love the collaboration and satisfaction of creating new learning experiences for students that comes with curriculum work. Several 6th grade - 10 grade math teachers met in August 2014 for a couple of days to define the viable curriculum. Through this, as well as on-going curriculum development days during the school year, the Pre-Algebra teachers have been implementing and refining inquiry based lessons based on the Common Core Math Standards. Specifically, we have implemented the Common Core units developed and shared by the state of Georgia, recipients of a $51 million dollar Race to the Top grant. It's been a pivotal year in my career and look forward to where it will lead our students.
