NET Standard 5

5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers:

a.	participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning.
b.	exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others.
c.	evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning.
d.	contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community.

Reflection:

Throughout the semester there was one assignment that stood out that will follow along with this standard and that is the website assignment. Although the website was not an easy task, it is very beneficial for the classroom because it allows parents to become involved in their child’s school work.

Related Assignments:

*Website

Future Goals:

I think that the website assignment is a great idea to incorporate into a class. The website would allow parents to be more involved with school work seeing as how they would have schedules for homework due dates and school field trips. Also parents would be able to view frequently updated grades. This would allow the parents to focus on the curriculum and help the kids when they are at home. I do not see any downsides to the site. Names will be changed and parent’s can pick out code names so that every child’s information is kept private.