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// Standard 6 // = Teachers communicate well. = The teacher uses effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques as well as instructional media and technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.

Evidence 1: //Classroom Website (654) Website//

Rationale 1: //Communication between a teacher and her co-workers, students, parents, and the community is critical, especially at a kindergarten level when children are at school all day for the first time in their lives. The classroom website I created is a wonderful tool to help me communicate not with students, but to their families as well. I was able to create and post my website last year, and I have made weekly changes ever since to keep students and their families informed. Creating the website helped me figure out what is importance enough to need communication and what is not. I analyzed the materials and curriculum used in our classroom and determined what is most important to communicate with students and parents, making our communication more concise and purposeful. Because of the conciseness and purposefulness of the communication, it is clear to students and parents what is most important the the education of the students.//

KSD: 6.K.4 The teacher recognizes the importance of nonverbal, verbal and media communication techniques. //All types of communication can be found/soon will be found on the classroom website, from video clips to audio clips to pictures to written text. The website reflects my recognition of the benefit and importance of different types of communication techniques.//

6.S.5 The teacher knows how to use a variety of media communication tools, including audiovisual aids and computers, to enrich learning opportunities. //To enrich the child's learning, the website contains many forms of communication tools, which has the potential to enrich the learning opportunities of students both in the classroom and at home.//

6.D.2 The teacher values many ways in which people seek to communicate and encourages many modes of communication in the classroom. //By including all different forms of media I am able to express the value up I put on various for of communication. I hold those same communication values in the classroom.//