Goal 8: Teachers develop and maintain professional, moral, and ethical attitudes, behaviors, relationships, and habits of mind.

8a Keep current in knowledge of content and teaching practice.

• Refer to my paper on keeping up on content knowledge where I explain how I have pushed myself to keep up with the emerging content in my area throughout my experience in the MAT, working as an English Teacher at Tohatchi High, and my work getting published in national magazines while in the program. In this paper I explain that my content knowledge does not just end with the classroom, but I am using it in many ways outside as well. I continually grow and reevaluate what I am learning.
  
• Refer to my paper on the NCTE where I discuss literacy and explore the new concepts that teachers are getting into. In this paper I explain how the new content area for English teachers is literacy, and how I synthesize literacy with technology by getting my students literate in the web. This is the new media for an English teacher, and the fact that I am keeping up to date with it shows that I am a strong future educator.
  
• Refer to my MAT blog under the sections "3 Awesome sources to be used" and "Socializing Online; joining discussion forums" where I discuss and document my exploration of new technologies and developments in my content area. In these articles I explain how I used online resources to keep current with the emerging content and utilized this knowledge in my lesson plans.
  

8b Participate in and contribute to the teaching profession.

• Refer to my paper on the 40 assets where I discuss how I organized teachers to come up with a support system for each other and students in the school community around Tohatchi New Mexico. I worked with my vice principal collaborating to get the community involved in our school and increase connections between teachers and students. This paper shows evidence of the way that I contributed to the teaching profession beyond expectations.
  
• Refer to my literacy final paper where I explain how I collaborated with 4 other teachers in order to make an integrated unit on the atomic bomb. Working together we were able to create a 'team' atmosphere at the school that was project based and interdisciplinary. This paper shows my ability to contribute across curricular borders in order to promote success.
  

8c Communicate effectively with students, colleagues, and supervisors.

• Refer to my evaluation, where I am ranked above average by my observers. When going through these evaluations I sat down with my host teacher and supervisor and talked about what I could do to make myself a better teacher, as well as what I do that is already good. From these evaluations I was able to grow and reflect on my process.
  
• Refer to my paper on the reflection process for the Japanese Literature. In this paper I explain how I was able to teach a unit twice and get feedback from my mentor teacher in order to make the second time much more powerful. Using resources, like other teachers, shows that I am able to effectively communicate with supervisors in a comfortable productive way.
  

8d Value professional ethics, democratic principles, and collaborative learning communities.

• Refer to my evaluation, where teachers comment on my ethics in the classroom as well as what I contributed to the school environment. In this process of evaluation I was able to sit down with my host teacher and supervisor and reflect on how I contributed to the school community. My high ranking shows that I exceeded their expectations.
  
• Refer to my letter of recommendation from Ian Hoke and Ann Walker from Tohatchi High School. In these letters of recommendations colleges and fellow teachers comment on how I was able to contribute to the school community and worked with them n order to contribute to the positive environment of the school.