St. 6 - Relationship to Community

Responsibilities and Relationships to the Greater Community

Participation in professional, local, state, national, and global learning communities, including the ability to:

6.1

Understand the structure, function, purpose, and value of education and schools in a free, democratic, and pluralistic society;

6.2

Synthesize a teacher’s role in a changing society with the evolution of educational foundations and policy perspectives;

6.3

Demonstrate an understanding of and participate in related organizations and activities in the communities in which the teacher works;

6.4

Use community and home resources to enhance school programs and instruction;

6.5

Design learning activities for students that involve volunteer groups, civic and social organizations, and relevant public service agencies;

6.6

Participate with professional educators, school personnel, and other stakeholders in collaborative and cooperative planning, decision-making, and implementation, to improve educational systems at all levels.

6.3

I am involved in a community organization called Jobs Daughters.  Jobs Daughters is an organization for young girls aged 10-20 years old.  It fosters youth girls and teaches them love for themselves, how to run a business meeting, as well as public speaking skills.  I have been involved with this organization in the Mt. Pleasant area before student teaching, and after moving to the Munising area I became involved with the organization here.  I feel that these girls are the future leaders of our free world, and I love working with them.  Working with these young girls illustrates standard 6.3.

6.5

I enjoy working within the communities in which I live as much as I can.  One of the organizations I am involved in works diligently to raise funds for a foundation called, HIKE.  The HIKE organization provides assistance to families with hearing impaired children.  An activity I organized was making purple ribbon pins to sell for the HIKE fund.  Ribbon was cut a specific length, folded, and a small safety pin added.  The color purple is correlated with HIKE.  The pins were then sold and all funds given to HIKE.  This illustrates standard 6.5.