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Showcase: Artifact 1

1. Identify at least two elements of TPE Standard 6 (Developing as a Professional Educator) that are relevant to the assignment/artifact that you have chosen. TPE 6:   Developing as a Professional Educator / Element 2.   Recognize their own values and implicit and explicit biases, the ways in which these values and implicit and explicit biases may positively and negatively affect teaching and learning, and work to mitigate any negative impact on the teaching and learning of students.   They exhibit positive dispositions of caring, support, acceptance, and fairness toward all students and families, as well as toward their colleagues. Explicit and implicit biases influence our day to day lives.   An example that comes to mind while teaching last year were two boys who were equally disruptive in class.   Boy 1 most always came to school looking as if he rolled out of bed.   His hair was not fixed, he had holes in his clothes, sometimes dirty ar...

Teacher Noel: A Little About Me...

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Hello, My name is Noel Azevedo and I am 44 years old pursuing a second career as an educator.  I am an online International Foreign English Language teacher working with students TK-6th grade, a Transitional Kindergarten (TK) teacher, and seeking my Master's in Education with a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential.  I enjoy teaching TK/K grade levels and hope to stay in that age range.  I believe all children have a voice and should be heard. My husband and I have four children (18, 17, 15, and 13).  They are involved in college/school and activities.  I love to spend my free-time with my husband, children, family, and friends!  During the summer I like to swim, hike camp, and go on vacations to see our wonderful country.  In the winter, I love finding new museums, skating, volunteering, and working on crafts. What am I doing?  This question holds value in so many aspects of my life these days.  But, for now, I have never posted in a Bl...