JennToffoloni

& Deliver Instruction** || **Assess Student Progress** || **Manage IEP & Admin. Tasks** || **Communicate with Parents** || **Advance Professional Knowledge** || My total score: 9 points
 * **Area of Focus** || **Plan
 * **Current Location** || Developing || Developing || Target || Early || Developing ||
 * **Destination** || Target || Target || Target || Target || Target ||
 * **Priority** || 2 || 3 || 5 || 1 || 4 ||

Target Area 1: After completing the self-assessment, I realize I need to focus more on communicating with parents using technology. My students are young and have multiple needs, so I communicate daily with parents in the form of a communication sheet and notebook. However, I am realizing that many people benefit from information presented in different forms. I think a lot of my parents would appreciate receiving electronic updates, calendars and notes from school that they could check frequently without the fear of losing papers.

Target Area 2: I would also like to improve and increase my use of technology to plan and deliver instruction. Although my students are young and have significant cognitive challenges, I am learning that there are new and different ways that can enable me to provide them access to the curriculum through technology. I already used Classroom Suite, but after the last class and this one I have a much better understanding of how I can incorporate commercial and free software into my classroom.

I have decided to focus on Communicating with Parents. I plan to make a Wikispace with a Welcome to the new School Year glog.

Click here to check out my Welcome Back wiki and glog.