Professional Growth Plan Template

Directions: Complete this guide for your Professional Growth Plan. You will first establish an instructional goal that forms the basis for an 8-week
professional growth plan. Submit this completed plan in Unit 2 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Course Project in ED5501. You are
expected to monitor and adjust this plan as you continue through the course. A revised plan, if appropriate, is submitted in Unit 10.
If you have developed a Professional Development Plan (or similar document) for your school district or organization for the current school year,
consider how your eight-week goal for instructional improvement might fit into your overall yearly plan. Likewise, consider how your goal might
relate to any grade level or department goals that you may have established.
Note for administrators:
Be sure to inform your instructor if you need to develop a modified alternative course project. Your instructor will work with you to develop a project
commensurate with that of the teaching members of the course. General guidelines for current administrators: To meet your professional growth
needs, develop and implement the professional growth plan from a perspective of instructional leader. You will focus on improving your observation
and feedback skills to help instructors improve instruction. Modifications should include working with instructors on planning and improving
instruction in lieu of planning and teaching a lesson. (See assignments in Unit 4, Unit 7, and Unit 8.) Plan to conduct multiple observations of
instructors and coaching conversations. Address all of the categories in the this template. Similar to the instructor professional growth plan above,
use the Framework for Teaching and the 2+2 model as you develop your strategies for working with instructors.
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Name: Sandra Todman
Date: 04/18/13
Position (provide grade level and subject, if instructor)

Teacher/Pre-K

Goal Statement and Rationale

When considering a goal statement, refer to Domains 1, 2 and 3 in the Framework for Teaching to identify aspects of your instructional
practice you might like to strengthen.
Use the language of the framework as you develop your goal.
o In determining your goal, you are encouraged to take into consideration your own local or district initiatives.
If your district requires a Professional Growth Plan, reference your yearlong plan as you build this 8-week plan.
If you have department- or grade-level planning goals, explore how the goal for your Professional Growth Plan might
become a sub-goal within that larger context.
Once you have determined your goal statement(s) and a brief rationale (a few sentences), record them on the
Professional Growth Plan template provided.

Instructional Goal(s): To provide

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a learning environment with a focus on creating an environment of respect and rapport and

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management of classroom behavior.

Describe how this goal will affect learner performance: The expected outcome of this goal will be to establish a learning environment that
displays students eagerness for learning, interest in subject matter , and the importance of students existence, resulting in students attaining
school readiness goals.
If applicable, describe how the goal(s) fits within your school-required Professional Development Plan:
The goal is aligned with the school readiness goals in promoting students social, emotional, and cognitive skills attending school readiness.

If applicable, describe how this goal fits your department, grade, or school goals:
The focus in the Head Start program is school readiness , which consist of teacher readiness in promoting teaching techniques and
implementation align with the curriculum and state standard that will enhance students learning and increase school readiness

Component(s) of the Framework for Teaching addressed by the goal(s):

Domain-3.2: Components 2a, Creating an environment of respect and rapport, 2d, managing students behavior. Will establish an
atmosphere for learning.
Describe how the goal is related to this component.
It will provide an atmosphere that engage in learning , while providing a sense of equality, comfort, expectations, and support that will
encourage students interaction.

Evidence of Progress

o Examples of evidence should include:

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Self-assessment using the Framework for Teaching and 2+2 technique.

o Other evidence may include optional weekly reflective journals or other journal documentation of your progress, learner work,
documented calls with parents, feedback from colleagues, or other measures you determine.

How will I know I have accomplished my goal(s)?

On going progress observation will be conducted by means of self-assessment with the use of the 2+2 technique, classroom observation
by peer, colleague feedback, and weekly reflective journals.

What will serve as evidence or documentation?

Evidence of accomplishment will be documented on a template designed to address expected performance and strategies towards the
cultivation of the classroom for learning and what ways or degree it was attained. For example, basic, proficient, and distinguished.

Strategies

o Some support activities required for the project include:

Lesson planning.
Observations by peers.
Feedback from peers.
Pre- or post- conferencing and coaching conversations.
Video analysis of a lesson.
Other support strategies as well.

List activities or strategies that you will incorporate to accomplish your goal.
Attending training that will enable me engage in higher lever conversation with students.
Provide opportunities through activities that will increase independence and problem solving.

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Incorporate Positive Behavior Support (PBS).

Model expected behavior
Parent evolvement agreement
Classroom expectation created by teacher/students, discussed and posted in classroom
Provide support when needed
Achievement acknowledgement through verbal and visual implementation
Demonstrate equality among students
Provide opportunity for students to become decision makers
Create lesson plan that will gain students interest and on going participation
Observation by peers

Materials and Resources

Be aware of the materials and resources you will need to implement your plan. These will vary by site, but will most certainly include arrangements
for a video camera, for instance.

List the materials and resources you need, or think that you will need.
Parent / teacher involvement agreement
PBS Kit

Timeline

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Create a schedule on which you can map the completion of all components of the project. This may be a tentative schedule and may be adjusted as
you work through the components.

Week 1: 4/22-26
Conference and Completion of
parents involvement agreement

Week 2:4/29-3
Discussion and creation of
classroom expectation.

Week 3:5/6-10
Begin implementation of
activities

Week 4:5/13-17
Continue implementation of
activities

Week 5:5/20-24
Week 6:5/27-31
Peer evaluation and 2+2 feedback Continue implementation of
activities with incorporation of
peers feedback

Week 7:6/3-7
Week 8:6/10-14
Continue implementation of
Coach conference
activities with incorporation of
peers feedback

Week 9:6/17-21

Week 11

Week 10

Completion and evaluation of

performance

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2,
3.

4.
5.

Project Components
Professional Growth Plan
Lesson Plan
Teach Lesson
a. Videotaping
b. Peer Feedback
c. Self-Assessment
Analyze, Reflect, and Revise Lesson
a. Analyze and Reflect
b. Revise Lesson
Peer Observations of Learner
1. (name)
2. (name)
3. optional (name)

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Start work
on:
Unit
Due
4/18/13 U2
4
7

Date Due
Complete?

Notes:

4/21/13

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8

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6.

7.
8.

10.

Observations of Other Instructors

1. (name)
2. (name)
3. optional (name)
Coaching Conference and Feedback
Artifact Collection Summary
1. list artifact
2. list artifact
3. list artifact
Course Project Synthesis

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