Below is a summary of the the CARE and ALIVE frameworks, which reflect some of my core beliefs and values.
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Collaborate
All teachers share a responsibility for students and their success. In order to fully support all learners, I must collaborate with teachers, students, and the community.
Advocate
As a teacher, I have a responsibility to advocate for equity using my knowledge of standards, policy, and research-based programs and practices.
Reflect
I must reflect on my own assumptions, beliefs, and practices that impact my teaching and student learning in order to promote and facilitate learning.
Empower
I need to possess self-efficacy and model what it means to be empowered, consciously engaged, and a lifelong learner.
Academic
I am committed to teaching content-rich units that help students develop academically.
Literate
I promote the development of multiple literacies across the curriculum by purposefully integrating languages, texts, technologies, and diverse cultural values.
Inclusive
I promote students' development by creating an inclusive and caring classroom and community that supports positive interdependence.
Vital
I recognize the importance of physical vitality in learning by valuing health and self-expression.
Empowered
I support students to develop self-efficacy and become consciously engaged, self-aware, life long learners.