Professional Growth

Plan
Goal 1: Authentic Formative Assessment
By April 26, 2015, I hope to have utilized different formative
assessment strategies that address assessment for, as, and of
learning, and also which allows me to have an authentic
assessment of students.
Related KSA(s)
KSA #9: The teacher utilizes many different approaches to
teaching and learning.
KSA #10: The teacher will utilize traditional and electronic
teaching/learning technologies.
KSA #11: The teacher uses a wide variety of assessments.
Indicator(s) of Success
Lesson plans that demonstrate a wide variety of authentic
formative assessments.
Inventory of successful formative assessments used.
Student achievement throughout each unit.
Action
Resource(s)
Timeline
Integrate formative
Teacher Mentor Incorporate at least
assessment into
1 new formative
Online
daily lesson plans.
assessment
resources
strategy per week.
University
Library
Keep an inventory
Update list weekly.
Online
of formative
resources
assessments used,
and indicate
whether they were
successful or not.
xRead at least 2
2 Articles per month
University
scholarly articles on
Library
formative
assessment
practices per month
to help inform my

practice.
Reflections
Goal 2: Inquiry Based Learning
By April 26, 2015, I hope to have successfully and effectively
integrated inquiry based learning into the science curriculum
that I am instructing.
Related KSA(s)
KSA #4: The teacher understands the subject disciplines
that they teach.
KSA #6: The teacher understands the purpose and
importance of short, medium, and long range planning.
KSA #9: The teacher utilizes many different approaches to
teaching and learning.
Indicator(s) of Success
Unit plans that are inquiry based.
Student achievement throughout the duration of the units
that will be taught.
Assessment of students inquiry based projects.
Action
Resource(s)
Timeline
Develop an inquiry
Teacher Mentor
January 30
based unit plan for
Grade 3 Team
Building Things unit.
Create an
Teacher Mentor
April 26
Professional Inquiry
University
Project based on
Consultant
Inquiry Based
Grade 3 Team
Learning
Scholarly
Articles
University
Library
Read at least 2
2 Articles per month
University
scholarly articles on
Library
formative
assessment
practices per month
to help inform my
practice.

Reflections