Individualized Professional Development Plan

Name: Major:
Hannah Jones Elementary Education

Start with your WHY: Why are you pursuing this degree? What do you want the outcome to be? How are you
going to work toward making that outcome possible? **Is the outcome directly related to your WHY?
WHY:_​For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to be a teacher. I loved explaining concepts to people as well

as the feeling of accomplishment I got when those concepts were understood. I've also always dreamt of being

an elementary school teacher. This came from the admiration I felt for several of my elementary teachers, as well

as a desire I have to teach students before they are firmly set in their ways of thinking. I believe I will have more

of an impact on the lives of my students if I teach them while they're young. Moreover, I want the chance to love

and appreciate my students as human beings, instead of just students. I want them to feel loved no matter what

abilities they have or what concepts they don’t understand.​_

What:_​I want to be an influence in the lives of my students. Not only do I want to develop in them a lifelong love

of learning, but I also want to teach them how to be good human beings.​ I want them to know that they are

worthy of being loved unconditionally._

How:_​First of all, I'm going to do everything I can so that I am the best possible teacher that I can be. My first

step is to get an education at Butler. I want to make sure I am trained to be the best resource for all of my
students, so that they can understand what I am teaching and also so they feel comfortable coming to me

regarding anything that may be going on in their lives. Once I am trained, I'm going to love these children with

everything I have inside of me. I will be as patient as I possibly can and make sure my students know that they

are wanted and that they are amazing and that they have so much potential.​_

TIMEFRAME Personal goals: Professional goals:

(e.g. Positional goals, membership to organizations,
exploring opportunities, etc)
Next ● Take ED 204 and 206
Semester ● Work at the International School of Indiana
● Join College Mentors for Kids
● Join the Elementary Education Club
Next year ● Attend a conference concerning teaching or children
● Take education classes
(e.g. Gaining further skills, advancing knowledge is
specific areas, Memberships in Professional
Associations etc)
● Learn more about children and how to be the best
teacher I can be
● Acquire more skills and experience while working and
volunteering
● Begin to network with my peers, as well as learn from
them
● Learn at any opportunity that I can and on my own
● Apply for a Fulbright scholarship

Individual Professional Development Plan Template

Assets and Provocations

Planned Activities Objective of Alignment to Vision, How activity impacts

Development Activity Mission, Core Values, student learning
Major, or Minor
Required ● Read books ● Develop a better ● Aligns with ● I’ll better understand
knowledge/skills from the understanding of Appreciation of more types of people,
Consider: perspectives of people who have Diversity and which in turn will help
● required people that are different Similarity; and me connect better
competencies​: like different than perspectives than Excitement of with students in my
COE Core Value me and go to I have, such as Teaching, classroom.
Proficiencies, events people from Learning, and ● I’ll be able to meet the
Professional ● Study Spanish different cultures Mentoring; and my needs of Spanish
Standards for your ● Go to available or different ability diverse learners speaking students,
content or licensure, courses/confer levels minor possibly in another
ences ● Become fluent in ● Aligns with my country.
● Work at the Spanish Spanish minor ● I’ll learn new methods
International ● Gain more ● Gives me more and sharpen my skills
School of knowledge and skills to help with to help me be a better
Indiana and skills my elementary teacher.
join College ● Gain more education major
Mentors for experience and
Kids put into practice
what I’ve learned

Assets/Strengths ● Continue to ● Master my ● Aligns with ● A good teacher never

Consider: learn about existing skills Excitement of stops learning. It’s
● your views subjects that ● Develop more Teaching, important to me that I
interest me passion for Learning, and learn as much as I
● recent assessments
● Work with students and Mentoring can so that I can
● other people’s views children remind myself why ● Aligns with educate to the best of
● Spend time I am here Strength of my ability.
learning on my ● Gain as many Integrity and ● I can see which
own skills as possible Responsibility techniques work with
● Determine my ● Create my own ● Aligns with different students and
own views on code that I will live Challenge of let my time with the
teaching by Integrated children fuel my
Practice and passion for teaching.
Collaboration ● I’ll be able to better
● Aligns with the address different
vision of the situations to take
College of control of the learning
Education

Provocations/Growth
Consider:
● gaps in
knowledge/skills
● opportunities on the
horizon
● what specific actions
will help you to
progress in your role?
Individual Professional Development Plan Activity Log
(1)
Description of professional development
activity completed
environment in my
classroom.
● I will be able to
evaluate myself and
watch myself grow
and achieve the goals
I have set, which will
help me be a better
teacher for my
students
● Spend time ● Truly understand ● Aligns with the ● I will be able to better
studying the each core value vision of the COE assess myself as well
COE Core and be prepared ● Aligns with as assess others who
Values to demonstrate Excitement of I might consider a
● Study subjects each one Teaching, teaching role model
I’m not as ● Become a more Learning, and ● I will continue
strong in rounded teacher Mentoring learning so that I stay
● Spend time ● Become more ● Aligns with up to date on my
with people of familiar with Appreciation of information and can
different people who have Diversity and provide my students
cultures and different lives and Similarity and my with up to date
abilities backgrounds than diverse learners information
I do minor ● I will be able to better
understand and
address the needs of
all of my students no
matter where or who I
teach
(2) (3)
Timeframe Connection to your stated objective
1. School visits January to April 2019 Gives me experience with students of all different ages

2. Special Olympics ALPS April 26-27, 2019 Aligns with my diverse learners minor. This was an extremely
powerful experience that taught me so much about people with
special needs and the influence that we can have in each others’
lives.
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Total PD Hours 21 hours