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=**Marian University EDT 678 **=

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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: ** Parent Email List


 * Rationale 1: ** For each of the courses that I teach, I have developed an email list that I send out to parents and students. They have the opportunity to sign up to receive emails throughout the year that informs them of upcoming quizzes, tests and projects. I send the email two days prior to the assessment in order to outline the concepts that students will be expected to know. It also details what is being done to provide students with an opportunity to review for the assessment. Along with including the parents and students in the email, I also email any special education teachers that support my class to keep them informed of what is happening in class.

This is important to my development as a teacher as I am attempting to keep parents informed. I have a firm belief that parents need to be informed and involved in their child’s education in order for the child to be successful. This email allows parents to know when assessments are coming up so that they can ensure their child is prepared. It also gives the parents the opportunity to reply to the email to check up on their child if needed. Throughout using this email list for the past 3 years, numerous parents have thanked me for keeping them informed. I have also had more students come in after school to review concepts that they know they are struggling with. Finally, my parent phone calls and emails regarding their child’s progress have gone down as they are continuously informed of what is going on in class. Given the communication that takes place and the information that is shared, students are better prepared for their assessments, and in turn, have higher achievement scores.

// 6.K.4 The teacher recognizes the importance of nonverbal, verbal and media communication techniques. // Informing parents when assessments will take place in my classroom gives them a chance to communicate with their child. Since they know the topics their child is learning in my class they can ask questions about it and be more involved in their child’s education. It also gives the parents the opportunity to follow up on how their child is did on a particular assessment to give them praise or encouragement if needed.
 * KSD: **

// 6.S.1 The teacher models effective communication strategies in conveying ideas and information and in asking questions (e.g. monitoring the effects of messages, restating ideas and drawing connections, using verbal, aural, and kinesthetic cues, being sensitive to nonverbal cues given and received). // When I send out emails to the parents I usually give them enough information to know what topics the students are learning in class. I encourage the parents to ask their child about these topics. Many parents do not remember a lot of their high school math classes and having their son or daughter explain to them or show them what these topics are is another way to reinforce student learning.

// 6.D.2 The teacher values many ways in which people seek to communicate and encourages many modes of communication in the classroom. //

Emailing the parents and students encourages a dialog. I have many parents that reply to the emailing following up on concerns they have with their child. I have even had some of the students in my upper level class communicate with me through email. Either letting me know of an absence, concern about a class, when they will be making up a test or asking if they can come in for extra help. Using email encourages communication between many of the key members of a child’s education.