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    Personal Reflection

    Introduction
    My name is Maayan Yitzchaki. I am a kindergarten Hebrew teacher at
    Atlanta Jewish Academy (AJA) in Sandy Spring, Ga. I have been teaching for
    about 25 years. This is my second-year teaching at AJA. I am responsible for
    teaching 15 Kindergarten students, ages 5-6, Hebrew vocabulary, reading
    and writing. I also teach about Israeli culture and Judaic Studies. Prior to
    teaching at AJA I taught 1st grade Hebrew at The Epstein School for 10
    years.
    Atlanta Jewish Academy’s
    professional learning culture:

    The Atlanta Jewish Academy has a unique Professional Development structure. Every
    Wednesday students come in at 8:45, while teachers participate in Professional Development.
    Elementary school teachers participated in The Kennesaw State University Personalized Learning
    Track. Teachers have participated in the following Professional Development trainings: Blogger
    training Legacy Heritage TiTech Program at MIT, Fundations/ Wilsons training, Learning without
    Tears training, Teacher Leadership Program at Brandeis University, supported by Legacy
    Heritage , Responsive Classroom, Civic Spirit’s 2023-24 Educators Cohort, Center For Initiatives
    In Jewish Education (CIJE), and Granite Ivrit. The ECD-8th Grade Hebrew Coordinator and
    Reggio Emilia Coach had the opportunity last year to fly to Reggio-Emilia, Italy, and see firsthand
    the Reggio Emilia approach. She shared with the teachers what she experienced and is coaching
    us in this approach. There are a variety of Professional Learning opportunities that are offered to
    teachers according to their specific teaching needs. Teachers have a voice and can request to
    participate in specific Professional Learning opportunities. Professional learning is aligned to the
    school’s improvement goals and the school budgets for professional learning in addition to
    receiving title 2 funds.
    • Prior to beginning my degree at KSU I didn’t use
    ISTE standards in my instructional practice. As I
    progressed in my classes and learned more, I
    began using the ISTE standards and my
    Changes in instructional practice changed. I am now much more
    goal oriented as I plan my lessons and the use of
    my practice technology in my classroom. The designer standard
    is crucial in guiding my lesson planning to design
    due to authentic, meaningful activities that align with
    content area standards. It is very important to me to
    using the follow the Analyst standard when building
    assessments. I have learned how important it is for
    ISTE students to have a choice of alternative
    assessments to demonstrate competency. Using a
    Standards variety of digital tools to create formative and
    summative assessments to accommodate learner
    needs and inform my teaching practice in real time.
    Artifact that I am proud of:

    • I am particularly proud of Artifact 2 In my portfolio. In this artifact, I created a


    blog for the first time. I created and contributed to discussion posts created
    by others. I discussed with my learning network sites that we can use to support
    our students in their learning. The blog gave me the opportunity to support my
    network in their learning by sharing ideas and resources. In this artifact I
    participated actively in local and global digital networks such as Facebook and
    WhatsApp groups. These groups provided me with many new resources that I
    wasn’t aware of previously. I also learned that I have a lot to contribute and am
    able to provide my peers with support and tools.
    One area of the ISTE Standards that I
    want to explore more and integrate
    deeper into my practice

    • I would like to integrate the Leader standard


    deeper into my practice. I think it is very
    important that I advocate more for equitable
    access to educational technology in order to
    meet the needs of all students. I would also
    like to seek out opportunities to model the
    use of digital tools for my colleagues.

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