ADEPT+10

=Fulfilling professional responsibilities=

“An effective teacher is an ethical, responsible, contributing, and ever-learning member of the profession.”
A good teacher realizes that they are not just a teacher, and is open to learning new things while simultaneously sharing the information they know. I think this relates a lot to ADEPT standard 6 in the sense that teachers have to be willing to accept that they don’t know everything, and have to be willing to keep an open mind and learn new things.

Email from Lillian Reeves to me Email from Lillian Reeves to 461
 * Evidence:**

At the end of the semester, I wrote a letter to my English 461 teacher, thanking her for everything she did to bring our class together and make it both an enlightening, and enjoyable course. I don’t do this often, but it was her first time teaching a class, and there were many times when I worried about her confidence as a teacher, and I wanted to make sure she knew what an impact she had made on me. She replied to me with this email and I think it represents being able to learn as you teach quite well. She says “I've learned the most from you about patience and trust, even if it doesn't come until the very last moment.” However, I think the email as a whole expresses everything she learned from our class, and shows that she was open minded to everything the students offer. The second letter was to our entire class and an end of the semester thank you and goodbye, and I think it embodies her open mindedness as well. I feel like she took away just as much as we did from the class, and I hope that she continues to teach and learn with her students for a very long time.
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