The Professional Responsibility and Growth Page

Ohio Standards for the Teaching Profession, Standard 7:

Professional Responsibilityand Growth

Teachers assume responsibility for professional growth, performance and involvement as an individual and as a member of a learning community.

Standard 7: Element 7.1

Teachers understand, uphold and follow professional ethics, policies and legal codes of professional conduct.

What does that look like?

Standard 7: Element 7.1Proficient Level

•Teachers meet their eithical and professional responsibilities with integrity, honesty, fairness and dignity.•Teachers separate their personal beliefs from their professional interactions with students and families.

Standard 7: Element 7.1Proficient Level

•Teachers understand and follow district policies and state and federal regulations.

Standard 7: Element 7.1Accomplished Level

•Teachers help their colleagues access and interpret laws and policies and understand their implications in the classroom.

Standard 7: Element 7.1Distinguished Level

•Teachers help shape policy at the local or state level.

Standard 7: Element 7.2

Teachers take responsibility for engaging in continuous, purposeful professional development.

What does that look like?

Standard 7: Element 7.2Proficient Level

•Teachers participate in relevant professional development activities and incorporate what they learn into their instruction.•Teachers know and use Ohio Standards for Professional Development.

Standard 7: Element 7.2Proficient Level

•Teachers work collaboratively to determine and design appropriate professional development opportunities for themselves.

Standard 7: Element 7.2Accomplished Level

•Teachers use professional literature, professional dialogue, collaboration with colleagues and other resources to support their development as teachers and leaders.

Standard 7: Element 7.2Accomplished Level

•Teachers analyze their content knowledge and instructional strengths and weaknesses and present and implement targeted ideas for professional growth.

Standard 7: Element 7.2Distinguished Level

•Teachers create and deliver professional development opportunities for others.•Teachers pursue advanced degrees and/or National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification.

Standard 7: Element 7.3

Teachers are agents of change who seek opportunities to positively impact teaching quality, school improvements and student achievement.

What does that look like?

Standard 7: Element 7.3Proficient Level

•Teachers participate in team or departmental decision making.

Standard 7: Element 7.3Accomplished Level

•Teachers are actively involved in professional and community organizations that advance teaching and learning.

Standard 7: Element 7.3Distinguished Level

•Teachers take leadership roles in department, school, district, state and professional organizations’ decision-making activities, such as curriculum development, staff development or policy design.

Standard 7: Element 7.3Distinguished Level

•Teachers facilitate the development of efficacy—the belief that teachers can impact the achievement of all students—among other teachers in their school and district.

Essential Question

Do you assume responsibility for your professional performance and development?

Consider the Following:(use never, rarely, sometimes, frequently or

always)

•I understand, uphold and follow professional ethics, policies and legal codes of professional conduct.•I take responsibility for engaging in continuous, purposeful professional development.

(use never, rarely, sometimes, frequently or always)

•I seek opportunities to impact the quality of my teaching, make school improvements and increase student achievement.

Possible Artifacts for the Professional Portfolio:•Professional memberships and how they influence your teaching•Journal articles, webinars, in-service meetings, conferences attended/reviewed with an action plan of how it influenced you professionally.

For EACH ArtifactRemember the four components necessary for each artifact:– Date– Context– Reflection– Standard

See the video “The Four Components of a reflection” for more information on this requirement.

BibliographyThis information is copied/adapted from: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=1309&ContentID=8561&Content=86686Click on “Standards for OhioEducators” to review the entire100-page document.