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Standard6 / Standard7 / Standard8 / Standard9 / Standard10    **  Standard 10  ****   Teachers are connected with other teachers and the community. **   The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support pupil learning and well being and acts with integrity, fairness and in  an ethical manner.

Evidence 1: [|Combining Cultures Wix website] Rationale 1: The Combining Cultures Wix website was designed for students and the community to introduce one of the many clubs at Badger High School. The purpose of this site was to introduce the members already in the club as well as invite those that may be interested. The site also shows off past performances done by the club as well as an introduction to latin American music and the different styles of dance that will be taught throughout the school year. This club is open to all students from ages 14-18. With this club, I am able to focus on the music and dance of Latin American cultures. I also feel this club offers an identity to many of the Spanish speaking students we have at Badger High School. Because our World Language classes focus so much on reading, writing and speaking the language, we often move certain aspects of the culture to the back burner. With the club, I am able to extend what we briefly cover in the classroom. By having students join the club, I am able to show a different side of a culture that many will never get to experience. This also pushes students to continue with the language because they realize that there is more to learning a language then just reading, writing and speaking it. I have students that are now enrolled in different universities that are now starting their own versions of Combining Cultures. KSD 10.K.2 The teacher understands how factors in the students’ environment outside of school (e.g. family circumstances, community environments, health, and economic conditions) may influence students’ lives and learning. A club like Combining Cultures adds to the students learning of another language through music and dance. They are quickly able to handle themselves in certain cultural setting. 10.S.3 The teacher can identify and use community resources to foster student learning. As an instructor of dance, I am able to bring in other professionals of dance from different parts of Latin American countries as well as different parts of the world that live in the area. Students can then observe another side of the language they are learning. 10.D.1 The teacher values and appreciates all aspects of a child’s experience.  In the state of Wisconsin, we are the only school that offers such a program where students are able to experience another side of the language outside of the classroom.