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Standard 6 / Standard 7 / Standard 8 / Standard 9 / Standard10 **Standard 9 ** **Teachers are able to evaluate themselves. ** The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community and others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.

Evidence 1: EDT 672 Journal Entries Rationale 1: These journal entries were written during the development of an online course. Through the process I reflected on my philosophy of online schooling, my progress in the development of the course and my reflection of professional research. The journal entries were not published or used directly for student learning, but were used for the purpose of my own learning as an educator. I found the journal to be helpful in thinking through my thoughts and opinions and then take what I had reflected to create and construct something meaningful—an online course. I feel self reflection is needed in order for me to grow as an educator because it gives me the opportunity to really look at what I am doing and decide if it has a purpose and is useful to me and my students. With self reflection and evaluation I feel I push myself to be the best educator I can be and am better able to support my students through the development of something great like the hybrid course.

KSD As an educator I commit myself to ask for feedback and criticism through peer observations form colleagues and parents in order to make adjustments to my teaching to best fit the needs of my students in order to attain growth and progress in their learning and mine. Each school year I read and study professional literature with my colleagues to support our personal development as educators and life long learners. Through the course of creating a hybrid course I read and studied literature about online schooling and development a whole new outlook on alternative education. Teachers are life long learners and I feel we need to be in order to stay abreast the newest trends in education. Especially when teaching in the 21st century. Reflection and assessment of my teaching is a daily practice for me through the course of my lesson planning. As shown with the weekly journal entries, I reflect daily on my lessons and note what went right and what I can improve on for the next time I teach a particular lesson. Through reflection I am able to grow as an educator from year to year. I always say my best year, as a teacher, will be my last because I will continue to grow up until that point.
 * 9.K.1 The teacher understands methods of inquiry that provide him/her with a variety of self-assessment and problem-solving strategies for reflecting on his/her practice, its influences on students’ growth and learning, and the complex interactions between them. **
 * 9.S.3 The teacher seeks out professional literature, and other resources to support his/her own development as a learner and a teacher. **
 * 9.D.2 The teacher is committed to reflection, assessment, and learning as an ongoing process. **