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 ==    My name is Kiesha LaVonne Tate. I am a fourth grade teacher at Tayac Academy Elementary School in Fort Washington, Maryland. I have been teaching at Tayac for three years. I have been teaching in the fourth grade for two years. I am extremely hard working, determined, a self-starter and flexible.  I love technology.  I integrate technology as much as possible into my everyday instruction.  I try to ensure that I am preparing 21st century leaders with a firm grasp on their goals.  I participated in the STEP program last year with great success.  I could see the growth of my students with the enhancements that I learned through the program. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); line-height: 150%; font-family: arial; mso-spacerun: yes; msobidifontsize: 13.0pt; msospacerun: yes;"> // "As an educator I believe it is my responsibility to be trustworthy, courteous, kind, and helpful to all of my students. I firmly believe that students need to be heard, cared for, and respected during the duration of the school day. These qualities are contagious. The more respect, help, and care that I give my students; the more the gesture will be returned to me in the form of on-task behavior, increased effort in all assigned work, and an overall desire for the students to aspire to higher heights, both inside and outside the classroom. I believe that active communication between parents and the educator is essential at all times in order to ensure success of the student. I believe that is my obligation to create an environment of respect and cooperation where both the students and the parents feel comfortable being actively involved with open communication in order to ensure successful educational accomplishments and development of life-long learning skills."

This year I want to explore even further the application of technology in the classroom. I would like to add additonal technological advances to the instruction. I would like to explore how to change current technology to use it more efficiently. I would like to develop further my technology skills in order to help to train the 21st century learners within my classroom. //