Brittany Beaumont Professionalism

Teacher KeysPerformance Standard 9

Brittany seeks to expand her professional knowledge by taking advantage of learning opportunities. She is currently part of an APS cohort working to earn a reading endorsement. She has also completed multiple online courses over the past year through APS’s collaboration with ASCD.

Ongoing professional learning

Ongoing professional learningContinued

LifelongLearner

In preparation for the current school year, Brittany traveled to Chicago in July 2013 to attend the Conference for Extraordinary Educators, presented by SDE (Staff Development for Educators). During the 4 day conference, Brittany attended sessions that were specifically selected to meet her instructional needs and the learning needs of students at SPARK.

Leading Professional DevelopmentIt is the goal of Atlanta Public Schools to offer high-quality professional development opportunities to its teachers. Brittany has supported APS with this goal by helping to develop and lead district-wide training sessions. Most recently, she led a session in August 2013 for kindergarten teachers about planning for the integration of Common Core literacy instruction with Georgia Performance Standards for Social Studies, centered around using data and real world resources.

MentoringBrittany has served as a mentor to new and developing teachers in APS. She models best practices, answers questions about instructional planning, classroom management, teaching and assessment strategies, learning interventions, and parent engagement.

GratefulMentees

Brittany believes that professional collaboration among teachers is vital to student success. She creates instructional materials that are shared with other teachers across the world. She maintains a blog (http://www.peachy-teaching.com) that she uses as a platform to share ideas and resources with other teachers, and many of the materials that she creates are available for free on her Teachers Pay Teachers website (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Brittany-Beaumont)

Professional Collaboration