Domain 4 Components

4a - Reflecting on Teaching










4b - Maintaining Accurate Records













4c - Communication with Families














4d - Participating in a Professional Community / Contributions and Service to the School and District









































4e - Professional Growth and Development / Workshops or Classes Attended
























4f - Showing Professionalism / Advocacy, Decision-Making, Leadership

Evidence

Professional Reflection - I maintain several blogs with information about what we are learning in class or what I am learning as a teacher:

• My Professional ePortfolio
• My Scrapbook (articles/videos that mention my name)
  
• Web 2.0 Tools We Use in Our Class (not up & running yet)
• Finland
• Topics in 21st Century Education
• I have my own "Student" e-Portfolio that I use to give directions. I create an exemplar and the students refer to it for guidance.
  

Keeping Track of Student Work and Grades:

• Use Easy Grade Pro to keep track of assignments and test grades
• My students have ePortfolios to "turn in" assignments and reflect on their learning
• Several blogs are in service in the classroom where students add comments to show understanding (Example)
  
• Students submit worksheets and completed tests to a basket
• We recap our homework every day at 3:25 to ensure it is written in Assignment Notebooks
• All homework is posted online for students and parents
• This page explains how I teach and assess 21st Century Skills
  

Our Classroom Website is Up-To-Date with Information for Parents:

• Newsletter with Notes from Mr. Badynee
• Daily Photo Journal so parents can see what we learned each day
• Parent-Teacher Conference Schedule
• Typical Weekly Schedule
• WEX - How we do it in our classroom
• How Parents Can Support 21st Century Education in our Room
• A Calendar with Homework Assignments that is update daily
• Printables - If a student forgets a worksheet at school, they can print one off from here
• Volunteer Coordination for parents and students to help out at the soup kitchen
  

Roles & Responsibilities in the Education World:

• Co-Organizer of #EdCampChicago Fall, 2013 in Wood Dale
• "Choose2Matter" Leadership Team Member with Angela Maiers & Mark Moran on Genius Hour (Passion Time) concepts
  
• LightSail app Pilot Teacher & Advisor
• Mystery Skype Advisor to Skype in the Classroom
• Teach Like a Pirate Moderator of #TLAP Chat, Summer 2013
• Downers Grove Grade School District #58 "PlayDate" Presenter, Summer 2013
• GoAnimate! Guest Blogger
• ThingLink Mobile beta tester
• EduCanon Advisor
• STAR Discovery Educator
• EdCanvas Ambassador
  

District Committees & Responsibilities:

• Member of the Professional Development Committee (and several Sub-Committees)
• Member of the Science Companion Committee
• Member of the Social Studies Committee
  
• TechSpert
• WIRED Cohort
• Assisted Chris Fahnoe with a video on TPACK and information on Power School
• Inspector Padget Member

School Committees & Responsibilities:

• Mentor to Corinne Duffy
• Tech Team
• Westgate WIRED Vertical Cohort
• Future-Focused Committee
• Book Clubs (2012: "Enriched Learning Projects;" 2013: "Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement")
• Applied for and received several grants from ABC/25 Foundation
• Applied for, but did not receive several grants, including a $30,000 grant for computers
• CPI Certified
  

Workshops/Classes Attended:

• Attended Tech Academy 2012
• Attended ASCD Conference in Chicago: "Understanding by Design: Advanced Institute in Curriculum Design"
• Attended EdCampChicago in Hoffman Estates
  
• Attending Partnership for Global Learning Annual Conference - Asia Society in New York: "Develop Globally Competent Students through Project-Based Learning"
• Extremely active learning with my Twitter PLN
• ICE 2012
• NICE 2012 and 2013
  

Travel related to Professional Learning:

• Participated in a trip to Finland to study the pedagogy and systems being used in the highest-ranking school system in the world.
• Ongoing discussions, learning opportunities, and sharing sessions related to the trip.
• Spent just over a week in China, learning about the culture and seeing classrooms in Beijing and Chongqing.
• Plans to visit Surrey, British Columbia and Wood Dale, Illinois to have discussions with forward-thinking educators and observe their classrooms.
  

Workshops or Classes that I've Led in the Past 2 years:

• Creating Your 21st Century Classroom
• Twitter for Educators
• Becoming a Global Classroom Through Mystery Skypes
• Leading Children to Pursue their Passions
• Enriched Learning Projects
• Developing Units with 21st Century Skills in Mind
• Who Owns the Learning? Examples of 5th Graders Running the Show
• A Brief Introduction to China for 2nd Graders

Classroom Management Photos