Standard 4: An education leader promotes the success of every student by collaborating with faculty and community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.
Artifact 4
Letter about the Run for the Zoo
My Jogging Club: Slideshow
Artifact 4
Letter about the Run for the Zoo
My Jogging Club: Slideshow
Rationale:This selected artifact is a letter I created to inform teachers about the process for signing up students and families for Albuquerque's Run for the Zoo that my Jogging Club was participating in. I selected this artifact because it demonstrates actions made to connect with the school's community. Standard 3 requires educators build and sustain positive relationships with families and caregivers and also build and sustain productive relationships with community partners. This artifact and slideshow represents how I created positive relationships with families and the community through my after school Jogging Club. My involvement with colleagues, parents and community members was taken to the next level through this after school program. I created the Jogging Club to encourage exercise, health awareness and to develop individual confidence and interpersonal skills through running activities. The Jogging Club increased teacher and parent involvement as some teachers and parents joined our Tuesday afternoon running sessions. Additionally, the club increased school-wide and community involvement as our school participated for the first time in Albuquerque’s Run for the Zoo 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run that year and then continued to participate in the Run for the Zoo raising funds for education.
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Reflection:Standard 3 requires that educators promote student success by collaborating with faculty and community members. No other experience has connected students, faculty, parents and community members than my Jogging Club in Albuquerque at Lavaland Elementary School. I thoroughly enjoyed watching children push themselves with their running and see that transform their grit and increase their confidence in their everyday lives and academics. It really helped them establish dedication and perseverance. In our third year, we started "running with intention" and we would declare what we would word hard for such as; "kids with cancer, U.S. soldiers at war, kids or families in poverty, anything that the kids came up with for that day." It was so amazing to see kids apply this and push themselves for the good of others. I am very proud of how this club increased community involvement and brought positive energy to the school. Now that I have moved to Denver, the club is run by my dear friend and the school's P.E. teacher. I still help directly fund the club and assist in their Run for the Zoo involvement from afar. It is my goal to create another after school running club in Denver to increase community involvement at my current school. It's been the best experience of my career. :)
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