Standard+10

**Standard 10** 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.
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 * Teachers are connected with other teachers and the community. **


 * Evidence 1: Blog**
 * Rationale 1:**

My blog was created to become a tool for my technology education students are parents to use as a resource. All students from my 6th graders to my 12th graders could find the site useful. I plan to use this more in the future. As it is currently, it has important link and current information of what is happening in classes. This upcoming school year, students will receive this address in their expectations that will go home to parents so they will access to see what we are up to in class.

Our department is trying to find ways of connecting with parents and students to get them involved with our classes. This is and will be a great tool for myself for that purpose. I do not have the ability to connect with parents as much as I could and with this tool parents could connect when they have the time. Students have used my blog as a quick links to important websites. My students have either bookmarked the blog or have it written down and find it much easier to use that one rather than keeping track of many websites.


 * KSD**
 * 10.K.2 The teacher understands how factors **
 * in the students’ environment outside of school **
 * (e.g. family circumstances, community **
 * environments, health, and economic conditions) **
 * may influence students’ lives and learning. **

By using the blog, students that have fallen behind for many different reasons will have a chance to see what they have missed. If I take five minutes a day to report what was accomplished during the day or just post assignments, students and parents can stay up on what is needed for the next day.


 * 10.S.2 The teacher makes links with the **
 * learners’ other environments on behalf of **
 * students, by consulting with parents, counselors, **
 * teachers of other classes and activities within the **
 * schools, and professionals in other community **
 * agencies. **

By talking with other teachers and students, I have found that many students like to have a quick link to resources need for their class. By collecting all available websites in one place allows for students that have left my classroom to connect and explore topics of interest even more.


 * 10.D.1 The teacher values and appreciates all **
 * aspects of a child’s experience. **

I am constantly working to ensure that all students succeed in my classroom. If I take the time to give them as many recourses as possible to complete the work and connect with parents, it becomes up to the student to do the work with no excuses. It is always a hope that they see the amount of work I put into the class, that in turn, I will see the same from them.