Professional Development Plan
Complete the chart below to plan your professional development over the next 2-3 years. Be sure your goals are specific and
measureable.
Goal #1: Become more Goal #2: Be more prepared for Goal #3: I want to build a large
comfortable and better at lessons so I do not stumble on reading library in my room full
parent/teacher communication words or try to find the answer of book for different levels. I
to something quickly. want to have all different genres
and interests in my library.
Rationale: Why did I had very limited communication I have a tendency to stumble on I think it is important for students to
you choose this goal? with the parents of this class so I was words if I do not rehears a lesson I am read and to have access to a lot of
How do you expect it not able to practice becoming planning on teaching. I think by books appropriate for their reading
to improve the comfortable with parent involvement. reading over the lesson the night prior level. By having many books in each
outcomes of your When I had my own preschool or a few nights prior to teaching it, I reading level students will be able to
classroom I was very intimidated by will be more prepared. If there is read throughout the day if they finish
future students?
parent communication. If I have something I do not know in the their work early or if they just need a
better parent communication, families lesson, this will allow me to have break. This could benefit students in
may be able to better support their time to look it up and find the answer. many different ways.
children for academic reasons and This will make it so students can
behavioral reasons. better understand the lesson I am
teaching without confusion.
End Date: By when I hope to have accomplished this goal I want to accomplish this goal each I want to build up my library each
do you expect to at the end of my first year of teaching. week prior to lessons. I think after the year when I get extra money. I think
accomplish this goal? This will allow me to find different first six months of teaching I should by the end of the second year of
methods of communication to test and have a system down to where I am teaching I should have a classroom
figure out which form is the most able to practice my lessons library that is large enough for all
effective for me and the families in effectively. different interests. I will also continue
my classroom. to add more books throughout the
following years to be able to add to
the books in the classroom.
Action Timeline: Prior to the beginning of my first During the first six months of I will encourage families to build
What steps will you year, I will research different portals teaching, I will find which days work through scholastic and other book
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take to complete this the school may allow for me to better for me to practice and how clubs that get me points to spend on
goal, and by when communicate with families. By the much I should practice each lesson my own classroom library. This will
will you take them? first day of school I will have 3 before I teach it smoothly. It will be a help gain more books even if I do not
Example: different methods of communication lot of trial and error for the first bit necessarily have the money to spend
for parents. I will send out a but if I practice routinely I think it on books. By using book clubs I can
1/31/18: Join AACTE questionnaire to families to see which will become second nature to be able gain points to put towards books for
method they would prefer. to make time to practice the lesson. the classroom so families are helping
their own child and the classroom
when they buy through book clubs.
Resources: What I could ask the other grade teachers The resources I would use would be I will try to obtain a scholastic
resources are what method they use with their to ask peers to observe me membership and set up a classroom
available to assist you families. I could also find methods occasionally to see if my lessons are book wish list on amazon for parents
in accomplishing your such as Class Dojo to try out. becoming more smooth. I can also to donate as well. I will also ask
goal? record myself teaching to watch and fellow teachers if they have any
evaluate if I am becoming a more books they do not use to donate. I can
smooth teacher. also host a book drive at the local
library to have people donate books
to my classroom.
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