Bondurant-Farrar Community Schools Artifact

Artifact Title: Mentor Time Sheet

Portfolio Author: Dohmen

Date: 2014- 2015

Iowa Teaching Standard #8 Fulfills professional responsibilities established by the school district.
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Adheres to Board policies, district procedures, and contractual obligations.

Demonstrates professional and ethical conduct as defined by state and law individual district policy.
Contributes to efforts to achieve district and building goals.
Demonstrates an understanding of and respect for all learners and staff.
Collaborates with students, families, colleagues, and communities to enhance student learning.

I chose this artifact to show:

__x__ growth in this standard
_____ strength and competency in this standard
Evidence to support attainment of this standard:
Description of artifact and how the artifact meets the standard:
It is very important to collaborate with students, families, colleagues, and communities to enhance student learning. One
example of my collaboration with a colleague involves my mentor teacher. My mentor teacher and I meet once every
eight days to discuss teaching strategies, classroom management, district tests, and reflection. This artifact is the log of
our time and topic when we meet for our meetings.
Reflection on artifact (what went right, what went wrong, how to make better)
It has been a wonderful experience to work and reflect with my mentor. During the past two years, my mentor provided
me with insight about our district, applying for a teaching license, valuable resources for all types of learners, and much
more. I was able to grow as a new teacher to learn more strategies including a Brain Break chart, math manipulatives
for multiplication and division, comments to include on progress reports, verbal cues for attention grabbers, and how to
deal with behaviors from students. It has been such a great bond that we have created, and I hope to continue to it
throughout the next school year.