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Essential Dispositions

1. The document outlines the essential dispositions that an educator, particularly one teaching students with exceptionalities, should possess. It discusses three main dispositions: commitment to professional practice, caring for the success and well-being of all students, and collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders. 2. For commitment to professional practice, the educator models high standards, uses appropriate language, and continually learns new skills and tools to engage students. 3. For caring for student success, the educator believes all students can learn, understands different paces and abilities, and communicates with students, parents, and teachers to support each child. 4. For collaboration, the educator works with other teachers to enhance lessons

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Essential Dispositions

1. The document outlines the essential dispositions that an educator, particularly one teaching students with exceptionalities, should possess. It discusses three main dispositions: commitment to professional practice, caring for the success and well-being of all students, and collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders. 2. For commitment to professional practice, the educator models high standards, uses appropriate language, and continually learns new skills and tools to engage students. 3. For caring for student success, the educator believes all students can learn, understands different paces and abilities, and communicates with students, parents, and teachers to support each child. 4. For collaboration, the educator works with other teachers to enhance lessons

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Essential Dispositions for Educators


Being an educator comes with a tremendous responsibility and being an educator of
people with exceptionalities intensifies that responsibility. In todays classroom, there are so
many elements and characteristics that a teacher must possess in order to be an effective
educator to all students. Each teacher must be aware of the commitment that is necessary each
and every day when working in a classroom. They must also possess the caring nature that is
required while working with students of all abilities. Finally, all teachers need to be able to
collaborate and communicate with students, parents and colleagues in order to create the most
positive environment for each and every member of the classroom community.
Commitment to Professional Practice
All educators must spend each day modeling high academic standards for all students.
Students take their behavioral, academic and social cues from the people that they trust the most
and in the classroom, this person is the educator. I am constantly aware of the verbal and
physical modeling that has to happen in order for students to learn what is expected of them. In
my technology classroom, I make sure that all the language that is used is appropriate and useful
for them when utilizing technology. Since technology has become such a large part of our lives
in so many aspects, the most appropriate and useful language must be used at all times. I also
expect students to write and speak in proper English while they are in my classroom, so I model
those skills each and every day. Growing my repertoire of pedagogical in technology is an ever
changing challenge in technology. I attend professional practices and am constantly learning and
implementing new tools in the classroom. There are many times when students are aware of a
program or tool before it is introduced in the classroom, but it is my job to show them how that

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tool is best used in school to show case their abilities and skills. This happens through practice
and commitment to professional and personal growth. In addition to learning about new aspects
of technology to share with students, I must always be learning new ways that students with
exceptionalities and the teachers that work with them, can use technology. This requires me to
have open communication with teacher and students to know their needs. Also, being aware of
what is expected of the students when they are not in my classroom can be very helpful and is a
skill that I use daily. Technology provides the perfect platform for students to develop their
critical and independent thinking skills as well as their performance capabilities. With so many
choices available to students and teachers, I must be aware of how those tools can enhance the
thinking skills and performances in all children. Knowing when to use which tools and with
which students is a very large part of my part as a teacher of technology. As a committed
educator, I make myself aware of the ethical and legal principles that guide decision making in
my classroom as well as the Office of Instructional Technology who hands down programming
and standards to the classroom teachers. This information is obtained through the special
educator at my school and open lines of communication and inquiry between myself, school
administration and the department heads at the central office. They are aware that I strive to
make these informed decisions in my classroom and we work together to ensure that all elements
of confidentiality are met.
Caring for the Success and Well-being of All Students
Knowing that all children are capable of learning is also an essential part of working in a
successful classroom. While having the knowledge that all children can learn, understanding that
all learning will happen at a different pace and may look different is a critical piece of that
knowledge. I believe that all children are capable of learning and how that will appear in each

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child is very different. There will be small and large steps but they all need to be acknowledged
and celebrated for students. As a teacher, it is my responsibility to create a learning environment
that is conducive for all students and improve the process for each child. In my classroom, each
child knows that they have a supporter and an advocate in me as their teacher. There are many
times a day that each child will come to me with anxiety or frustration and those are the times
that I work very hard to stay calm and provide them with reassurance and patience to aid in
solving the problem. I strive to create open communication between myself and students so they
will feel comfortable enough to open up, ask questions and express their feelings of trepidation
and excitement when they have them. I give them multiples opportunities at all points in the
year to share information about themselves and their academic and personal lives so that I can
better understand them as people and not just as the students that I get to see once a week. I keep
open lines of communication with parents and teachers that they see at other times during the day
so that we can do our best to know the most that we can about each student. I do this by
reaching out to teachers and parents when I feel that may be an issue in the classroom but also
when there is a success that needs to be celebrated. I make myself available to students, parents
and teachers as much as I possibly can and keep an open door policy before, after and during
school. As a teacher in a very culturally diverse area, I strive to respect students of all racial and
ethnic backgrounds. I create lesson plans and activities that encourage all students to learn more
about different cultures from around the world and share experiences that they have had. I also
give all students an opportunity to share their culture and personal experiences when they are
working together and collaborating. Each student comes to an educational environment with
their own cultural backgrounds and I work hard to create a classroom where they can celebrate
those differences and experience new ones.

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Collaboration with Colleagues and Stakeholders


When educating children, I have found that the best resources for me have been down the
hallway from my classroom. Since I teach all six of the grades that are in elementary school, I
meet with all of them each week to ensure that the lessons that I am going to introduce are
relevant to the objectives that are being covered in the classroom and will be appropriate for the
learners in the class. I use this information to create continuity for the students and enhance the
lessons that the teachers use in their homeroom classes. There are also many times when a
classroom teacher will approach me with a topic that they would like to integrate into the
technology class and I am very open and flexible with creating a joint lesson that incorporates
elements of classroom work as well as technology class time. I offer advice about how to add
technology elements and there are also times where I will co-teach a lesson with a teacher who
does not feel very comfortable with using the technology pieces on their own. These co-teaching
chances allow me to observe other teachers and learn their methods in the classroom, both
positive and negative. As well as working with other classroom teachers, I collaborate with
special educators and related service providers. We all meet to discuss the needs of children and
how they can better be addressed and met in my classroom. As a technology teacher, there are
many times when special educators will request pieces of technology that can enhance lessons
that they teach with students. My class is also the time when occupational and physical therapy
specialists use our class time and material to work with students. I also work alongside
supervisors to help create meaningful and relevant curriculum that is suitable for the chosen
students. I often utilize the professional resources that are provided by the Office of Instructional
Technology through professional learning opportunities and workshops. I attend school
improvement committee meetings and give my input about how technology can positively

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impact the school community. I also meet quarterly with my administration to discuss the
progress that my students are making on my student learning objectives and the development of
skills in the technology classroom. At that time, we also discuss ways that I can better my
teaching methods and pedagogy and implement that new knowledge in the classroom. Myself
and the other technology teacher also give monthly updates in the school newsletter about what
the technology classroom will be working on for the following month and reach out to the
community to keep them informed about our classroom.

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