Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Professionalism
Jeanette Rausch
Wisconsin Teaching Standard #7: 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
Knowledge The teacher understands how factors in the students’ environment outside of
Dispositions The teacher is willing to consult with other adults regarding the education
Danielson Domains
communities.
They are leaders and actively know how to seek and build partnerships with community
They work with other professionals on instructional policy, curriculum development and
staff development.
They can evaluate school progress and the allocation of resources in order to meet state
They know how to work collaboratively with parents to engage them productively in the
Goals
2. I will continue to seek out opportunities that allow me to grow as an educator and
3. I will collaborate with other educators to bring knowledge and innovative ideas to
Introduction
An educator’s job is full and complex. We must wear many hats throughout the
day. As I have been reflecting on Wisconsin Teaching Standard 10, I realize that these
different hats allow me to grow and develop. I have been an advocate for my students, a
district.
This past year has been very influential in my growth in all of these areas. I have
improved greatly in all three of these areas and continue to strive for betterment. I was
presented with a fairly unique opportunity this past year to be on a team to help create an
Individual Education Plan for a student. This was unique because we rarely have students
identified for special education at the high school level. I also worked on my
I have also focused this past year on continuing to learn as an educator. I attended
more trainings and conferences this year than I have in the past. I had the opportunity to
attend a class for formative assessment in the math classroom as well as attend the
Wisconsin Math Council’s annual conference. I was able to gain so many techniques as
Finally, this year I was able to grow more than any year before as a leader and
collaborator. I have worked on my content teams in previous year but this year I was able
to expand the teams and types of teams that I was a part of. I was asked to be a part of my
school’s cultural equity workgroup. This group consisted of teachers and staff from all of
the schools in the district and we worked to educate our district on the history of cultural
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inequity as well as discuss and implement plans to make our school more equitable. I also
had the opportunity this year to present at a technology buffet. This is a district wide
mini-conference where teachers are able to share resources that they have found to be
helpful in their classroom. I was able to collaborate with the high school’s math coach
Peardeck. This is a technology that I have used in my classroom many times and it was
This year I wanted to focus on developing better communication with the families
of my students. I even picked this topic as the focus for my Professional Practice Goal
well as advocate for a student in a new way this year when I had a new student placed in
my class. This student hadn’t been in a public school previously and was going through
at the high school level because most students are identified and get their first IEP before
they get to high school. I was able to learn so much from this experience.
teachers, the school psychologist, and the parents. Together, we discussed our
observations and our thoughts on the student’s needs. We were able to put together a list
of accommodations to start with so that this student’s teachers would know what he
needed to be successful, even before the formal IEP was in place. The student was
allowed to utilize extended time, class notes, and preferential seating to assist his
learning.
In my class, I saw how much this helped him and how much more success he had
with the content when I implemented these few techniques. His scores greatly improved
along with his attitude. It was incredible to me to observe how big of a change a few
Learner
Since I started teaching, I feel that I am always learning new things. I am learning
most of all, I’m learning about myself. Outside of my classroom, I have been given the
opportunity to attend many different trainings and conferences. The conference that I
have attended every year is the Wisconsin Mathematics Council (WMC) annual
conference. This conference offers so many different sessions on almost anything that
This past year, I chose to attend sessions that focused on increasing engagement
way to incorporate these aspects is to implement tasks into lessons. This allows students
to be put in the driver seat and take ownership of their work. They are asked to reason
through the material using information that they already know. Students become more
engaged in the content this way and also are much more likely to remember the material
later on.
some of these tasks into my lessons. Students were hesitant about them at first, but slowly
got the hang of it. The more that the students were able to practice these new skills, the
more comfortable they were with completing the tasks. I find this to be extremely helpful
skills for students to develop. While they may not use the content that I am teaching them
everyday, they will use the problem solving skills that they develop in my class
Leader/Collaborator
The final aspect that I was able to focus on this year was becoming more of a
leader in my building. This past year was my fourth year teaching and my third year at
Baraboo High School. I was starting to feel more comfortable in my role as a teacher and
looking to branch out into more of a leadership role. When the math coach asked me if I
would present at a technology buffet with him I was happy to take on some more
responsibility.
platform that allows the teachers to ask questions and get responses from students. The
teacher is also able to project student’s answers anonymously on the front board. This
technology has increased my students’ participation in class and sparked many great
discussions. I was excited to share what I believe to be a great resource with other
teachers. I believe that other teachers will be able to utilize this program to have positive
During the session that we put on, there were many teachers from all grade levels
attending. We were able to explain how to use the program and also what uses we had
found for it. The teachers were able to make their own presentation with our assistance. It
was great being able to assist my peers and be able to bring something productive to
them. I had heard from other students that some of the teachers who were present for the
presentation were using the program in their classes and also having success. I feel that I
was able to provide a positive resource to my peers and then they were able to
Reflective Summary
my best to seek out the best resources to improve student success. I am reaching
out to parents, other teachers at my school, and finding trainings that I think will
1. I believe that one of the most effective aspects in terms of student learning was
collaborating with parents and teacher to identify student needs. It has amazed me
what a difference can be made when there are a few minor things provided for a
student.
able to implement tasks and interactive slides into my class this past year. Having
these in place allowed my students to take more ownership in the material and to
What future contributions would you like to make if you have the opportunity?
continue to learn and share techniques that will be helpful in the classroom. I also
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want to continue to learn and educator others through the Cultural Equity
Workgroup.
2. I would like to continue to learn and implement discovery based learning and
tasks into my classroom. I have seen students grapple with these techniques and
have seen them overcome their misconceptions. I find these types of activities to
Artifacts
Professional Documents
Teaching License
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Teaching Resume