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Demonstrate your understanding of and growth in one (or more) of the 8 Alverno Abilities (https://catalog.alverno.edu/college-information/curriculum/) 

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Demonstrate your understanding of and growth in one (or more) of the 8 Alverno Abilities (https://catalog.alverno.edu/college-information/curriculum/) 

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Demonstrate your understanding of and growth in one (or more) of the TEACHER Wisconsin Educator Standards 

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Demonstrate your understanding of and growth in one (or more) of the TEACHER Wisconsin Educator Standards 

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 Reflect on your goals for the semester. Where did you start? What work did you follow through and do? Where are you at? How do you feel about that goal now? 

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 Reflect on your goals for the semester. Where did you start? What work did you follow through and do? Where are you at? How do you feel about that goal now? 

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Looking through 8 Alverno core abilities, I have got an idea of having some of these abilities, however I would like to have all of them. Nevertheless, I think I have at least Communication and Problem Solving. I truly think I am a kind of a person who likes communication in any form. I have many friends around the world and my career choice is also based on my need of communication. Sometimes, I even have a dilemma, what to choose – to be polite or to be sincere. The modern forms and types of technology give us an unbelievable opportunity to keep in touch with anyone around the world. The contemporary methods of communication let people solve problems and clarify anu kind of misunderstanding without even leaving the house. As an educator, I do believe in the powerful and operating ability of negotiations. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work for every student, but the overwhelming majority of students want to be good in the teacher’s prospective. I always try to negotiate with my students to get the expected outcome, because the mandatory form of communication may cause more disadvantages then benefits in the feature.

My Problem-Solving ability popped up in my life when I started working as a K5 teacher. Previously, I even couldn’t think of such a super-power I have already have, but nowadays I have so many challenges, little issues and daily duties, that it’s even hard to imagine me as a teacher in my classroom sitting calmly for about 10 minutes. Every single minute I am having dozens of small tasks and doing one task I am already thinking of another one. I always have a plan, react super quickly, just only I don’t have so much time to reflect or hesitate. Despite the fact I am  a problem solver, but only in the context of my little Universe – my class.

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In my opinion, during my observations this semester I demonstrated the incredible growth and professionalism in one of Wisconsin Educator Preparation Standards – Learning Environments. I realized that, this category was my weak point last year and I decided to opt this category as the area of my continuous work for this semester. After three moths of lasting and consistent work I reviewed my results and found out that through the Social-Emotional Learning (Second Step Platform), cooperative work with a School Counselor, the mentor from MPS, the school mentor, my Alverno mentor and supervisor, my class became more friendly and full of warm and acceptive atmosphere. Due to the constant conversations, discussions, practices of Mindfulness, breathing techniques, repeated routines, recalling the rules and morning exercises, my students demonstrate the powerful empathy and understanding of distinct needs of their friends. They don’t compare themselves to the rest of the class, even if they see the unpredictable behavior and they always demonstrate a desire to help others. I can surely say that I created the friendly environment that support individual and collaborative learning for all the students. As a facilitator I consider it is my main duty to encourage the positive social interactions between all the learners.

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My main goal for this semester was to focus on the category Culture & Environment for Learning. Last year I faced many obstacles in organizing the positive learning environment for all students including the students with special needs and also, I had some difficulties in the time management. I began this semester with the following wishes for myself to make teaching skills better.

Firstly, I wished my students were more engaged in distinct activities and would be able to work independently, as well as in a team. In my classroom K5 students are daily engaged in doing learning centers after lunch and work independently on their own work in the morning. I wish they could work individually with given instructions and didn’t need any additional support. Thus, as an educator I can support my group of intervention or the students with special needs.

Secondly, I wish I had more understanding parents who truly want to figure out how to support their child. Trying to protect their child, parents should not be in a position of denial, when the district gives a diagnosis to a student and provides a special educational program.

Finally, I wish I knew all the updated and appropriate strategies to be able to successfully implement them and effectively address student behavior.

Besides, to achieve the following goals, I decided to track my results by checking my students’ everyday routine, their ability to follow the directions and do the daily activities. I wanted to be sure they are on the right way if they manage the time and complete the assignments, also if they listen to the teachers’ instructions and react to the strategies and interventions appropriately.

By being in touch with parents, maintaining a constant contact with family, I could better understand parents and their wishes. I created a special group – messenger in ClassDojo, where I text parents about the upcoming events, different projects, announcements and, of course, photos of the students and their individual worksheets. Consequently, I found a better way to express my concerns and be ready to listen to the parents’ questions, thus react immediately when it is needed.

Likewise, my continuous collaboration with my school mentor and the preparations for the observations helped me to deepen my knowledge in strategies. Specifically, I learnt multiple strategies for the students with severe autism and need a very delicate approach and not all the strategies work for these students in a positive manner. Thus, my learning at Alverno and receiving results for my PPG and SLO in MPS and an individual work with a mentor from MPS gave me positive feedback for my professional growth and made me feel more confident about my knowledge and significantly improved my ability to implement distinct strategies in my class. At this point I am feeling very grateful and delighted after completing so many courses and assignments which definitely enriched me not only as an educator, but also as a personality.