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Danielson Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities

​Professional Responsibility is all about connecting with colleagues and the professional community. It is also about reflecting on the teaching and making needed adjustments.  

  • 4a: Reflecting on Teaching

    • Reflect on teaching, should be done as the teacher goes along 

    • Reflect and talk to colleagues about how teaching is going and what changes need to be made 

    • Reach out to a colleague

    • Being ready to show off what the teacher is teaching

    • Showing other things that worked for the teacher

    • Reflect on things that didn't work 

  • 4b: Maintaining Accurate Records

    • Keep grades

    • Read IEPs

    • Keep track of calls with parents

    • Keep track of when students are absent

    • Keep well-organized records.

  • 4c: Communicating with Families

    • The more the parents know the better the class will run

    • Tell parents when kids do well not just when something goes wrong

    • Communicate with families when the teacher sees them at an event

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  • 4d&4e: Participating in a Professional Community & Growing and Developing Professionally

    • Be apart of the community

    • How the teacher is interacting with kids

    • A part of a professional community 

    • What is the teacher doing to grow themselves professionally

    • Are they trying to communicate and strengthen their relationship with families

    • Invest in professional twitters and Instagram's

    • Invest wherever schools ask 

  • 4f: Showing Professionalism

    • Being a good employee

    • Teachers have a contract, be professional

    • Teachers should let people know when they have made a mistake

    • Turn in grades on time

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