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Teaching Portfolio Rationales

Part I: Describe a teaching artifact that represents the overall HTSB Standard
HTSB Overall Standard
Standard #10: Leadership

and Collaboration
The teacher seeks appropriate leadership
roles and opportunities to take
responsibility for student learning,
to collaborate with learners, families,
colleagues, other school professionals,
and community members to ensure
learner growth, and to advance the
profession.
Teaching Artifact
Data Team Meetings

Course
Teaching Artifact Description

295A

Each of the teachers is assigned to a subject

specific data team. In the data team, we
work on strategies to improve student
success.
Teaching Artifact Results
One of the strategies we agreed on was to use short videos
to help students retain information better. Each of the
teachers on the team implements the ideas. We then share
out the results.
Part II: Connect the teaching artifact to sub-standard and assess your proficiency
Sub Standard
Candidate Collaborates with
Colleagues - Does Candidate participate on
the instructional team(s) and use advice and
support from colleagues to meet the needs

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of all learners? (10.1)

Connection to Artifact

It is helpful to work with and collaborate with other

teachers. It is especially important as a new teacher to
work with more seasoned teachers. They can really help
shorten the learning curve.

Self-Assessment
4-Candidate ALWAYS does this as a teacher.
3-Candidate MOSTLY does this as a teacher
2-Candidate SOMETIMES does this as a teacher
1-Candidate RARELY/NEVER does this as a teacher
NA-Candidate did not have the opportunity to do this
Evidence of Self-Assessment

I have seen the benefits of using collaboration. It helps me

bounce ideas off of others. It also helps work with other
science teachers who are more experienced than I am.
Part III: Improve your proficiency for the HTSB Standard
Sub Standard to Improve
Candidate Collaborates with Families and
Community - Does Candidate elicit information
about learners and their experiences from
families and communities and use this
ongoing communication to support learner
development and growth? (10.3)
What to Improve?
Research at least 2 resources on how
to improve proficiency.

As I gain more experience in teaching, I will have more

time to work with the other departments and community
members to get more involvement.
The goal of the data teams are to work on formative
assessments to improve student learning outcomes. We
look at what the students know and what they need to
know. The data teams are a part of the requirements for
Hawaii DOE schools.
Hawaiipublicschools.org
This article stated there are better student outcomes when
teachers collaborate. Several reasons for this include the

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Implementation of Findings

teachers building better relationships with each other and

shared responsibilities. Without collaboration, teaching can
be a very isolating experience.
https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/07/18/
power-of-teacher-collaboration-nea/
Being involved with other departments and the community
will help strengthen my teaching.