Professional Growth

Plan:

INQUIRY BASED
LEARNING/PBL

IB LEARNER PROFILE

1) How will I assess

my
growth/achievement/
success?

I need to learn more

about PBL

Work with the PLC to

create new goals for this
school year.

2) What specific
steps/activities will
you undertake to
work systematically
on your goal?

Once a month
research and read
about PBL.

Teach a new word related

to the attributes.

Mid-year
Assessment

I did not do any

research. I just
have a link
http://ww2.kqed.org

We had our PLC

meetings. We came
up with a mid-year
survey to be

BEST
PRACTICES:
TEACHING AND
LEARNING
BEING A
WRITER
During our
Being Our
Writer
workshops
discuss skills
taught in each
unit.
At the end of
each Trimester,
revise Report
Card
descriptors.
Match Writing
Skills with
these
descriptors.

We have been
able to work
with the
program as it is.

PROFESIONAL
STANDARD:
Learning
Environment *
During EFFM I
will facilitate
information
about
Mindfulness.
Complete
Certification on
Mindfulness
Base Stress
Reduction-Teen
program.
Conduct a
students and
teachers
survey, at the
beginning and
end of the
program.
Survey was
done.
I started a
Mindful Living

End of the Year

Assessment

/mindshift/2015/12/
02/how-to-makesure-that-projectbased-learning-isapplied-well-inschools/

administered to
students and assess
their understanding
of the IB Learner
Profile traits
studied during the
first semester.

The wonderful
job Mrs. Anne is
doing as a coach
has enabled us
to work as a
team in order to
understand and
help each other.

As a grade level we
tried to implement
a PBL approach in
the subject of

The greatest
accomplishment
has dot be the
creation of a

We completed
the following
writing units:
The Writing

sessions for
teachers. We
are meeting
on Mondays
from 2:50 to
2:45. This is
an eight-week
program to
introduce
Mindfulness
to staff. Eight
teachers have
been able to
stay. (Anne
Curran,
Valeria
Urcuyo, Karla
Vega, Lilli
Fernandez,
Cynthia
Echeverria,
Lorena
Villalta, Sylvia
Montero, and
Meghan
Challis
I successfully
concluded an
8-week
program to

Science. During
the Desert Unit
students have
general concepts
and vocabulary
words to master
about deserts. The
end product was of
their own choice.

Survey. We were
able to create two,
one for lower
grades (preschool2nd grade) and
higher grades (3rd
-5th)

Community, The
Writing Process,
Personal
Narrative,
Fiction,
Expository
Writing, Opinion
Writing and
Poetry.

introduce
Mindfulness
to staff. I
continued
Mindfulness
practices in
my class by
doing short
Breathing
Practices, the
Gratitude
folder, check
ins (high and
low of the
day).
Children will
be taking an
end of the
year survey in
order to
gather
information
on how
Mindfulness
impacted
their school
life.

*LEARNING

ENVIRONMENT

I will focus on:

a.
b.
f.
g.

Maintains a physical environment that promotes high-level learning. Being a Writer

program questions, prompts, and charts are posted in the classroom
Maintains a learning environment that promotes fairness, respect, principled, caring
behaviors and responsibility for ones own actions. Mindfulness practices are taught in
the classroom as an effective tool for self-control management, empathy, and balance
Maintains clear standards for appropriate student behavior. a classroom behavior log
is used to keep track of misbehaviors.
Maintains procedures, routines and organizational skills to promote positive student
learning habits. students know what to expect during the day, a schedule of the days
activities is displayed on the board.

Session 3: Developing a Mindful practice and Learning to be Aware of the

Present Moment

Mindfulness is noticing your thoughts, feelings and physical

sensations on the present moment.

1.Mindful Check in
2.Starting a new practice. How have your practice experiences
have being?
3.Present Moment Awareness: Live life with presence and purpose.
4.My purpose: Who am I? How do I see myself? How does my
family view me? How do my friends view me? Complete diagram.
5.Present at all moments: a fundamental of mindfulness is present
moment awareness and being present to all life moment. Bring
mindful awareness to each moment to each day whether good or
bad; positive or negative.
6.Informal practice vs. Formal practices Taking 10 breaths can be
used before a practice, to calm down when anxious or angry
7.Short Breathing Practice
8.Sitting Practice
9.On Your Own: work on a mindful quality, notice opportunities to
practice informally, practice different opportunities to take 10

breaths and the short breathing practice, sitting practice daily

alternate with body scan.