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**Standard 10** **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 integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner.

Evidence 1: [|Website/Blog]

Rationale 1: The purpose for creating my classroom website was to develop better communication between my students, parents, community members, peers, and school administration. I learned how to create and design a website in EDT 654 through. The website that I developed contains a vast majority of information for people to access. Anything from my class schedule, course work, bogs, commonly used links, and assessment tools. The website is updated frequently so everyone can check to see what is expected, and what is coming up in the future for classroom projects.

The classroom website is extremely important to me because it allows me to develop meaningful relationships with everyone who is involved in our students education. It is easy for anyone to communicate or get in contact with me from anywhere in the world, as long as they have internet access, and they do not need to have a face to face interaction to get a question answered in a short period of time. Because of this website, there has been more clarity of what is expected of my students, and less homework assignments have been handed in late, and more are handed in on-time. This has been one of the most valuable tools for parents, students, and myself.

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 * 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.**

Since I have created this website, students have been able to check and see what is going on inside of the classroom, and understand what is expected of them. Also, if a student is not able to attend class because of an illness or an extra-curricular activity, the students and parents will still have a good idea of what has gone on in class. As mentioned in my rational, I have noticed that there is less confusion on what is expected, and parents are able to check in and see what is going on.


 * 10.S.4The teacher establishes respectful and productive relationships with parents and guardians from diverse home and community situations and seeks cooperative partnerships in support of student learning and well being.**

By creating my website, parents are able to contact me via e-mail, and get faster results because the can contact me at all different times (not just school hours). With this contact, parents/guardians can get any questions answered that they may have, which will in turn promote student success in my classroom.


 * 10.D.5The teacher is willing to work with other professionals to improve the overall learning environment for students.**

With this website running, teachers from around the district now have an opportunity to look and see what we are working on. This helps cut down on students getting overlapping information throughout the year, and can accommodate a smooth transition from one unit in one class to a new topic in another course. This has caused a more enjoyable and efficient learning experience for the teachers and the students.