Individualized Professional Development Plan
Name Penelope Schulman Major and/or Minor: Youth and Community Development with a focus in
Sociology/Social Work, Special Education Minor
WHY: I am pursing this degree because I want to teach/work with children with disabilities in a non-traditional classroom
setting.
What: I want the outcome to be a well-rounded knowledge of education and proper teaching techniques. I want to walk away
from this degree with teaching experience.
How: I am going to pursue and take advantage of teaching opportunities offered to me through my path and actively think about
the professional life I want to have once leaving college.
Try to be as specific as you can.
TIMEFRAME Personal goals: Professional goals:
(e.g. Positional goals, membership to organizations, (e.g. Gaining further skills, advancing knowledge is
exploring opportunities, etc.) specific areas, memberships in professional
associations, internship, voluntary work, etc.)
Spring 2022 I would like to join more clubs on campus and possibly I would like to find opportunities to voluntary near
volunteer with an after program or day care to get more campus working with children or possibly investigate
experience working with children. internships for the future or senior year.
Summer I would like to get a job, most likely in a restaurant, over I would like to grow my LinkedIn page or other social
and/or Fall the summer to save up money for the future. I could also media resources to connect with other educators or future
2022 look at resources such as LinkedIn to find job job opportunities.
opportunities. I would also like to investigate school
programs or centers around my city.
SP 2022 Individual Professional Development Plan Template
Assets and Provocations
Planned Activities Objective of Each Alignment to Vision, How activity impacts your
Activity Mission, Commitments, learning
Major, or Minor
Knowledge/skills (To gain the 1.1 My objective of (Embed hyperlinks to the 1.1 This activity will provide
that I will gain knowledge, I plan to reading a book a vision/vision/commitme me with more knowledge
do…, at least 2 semester is to slowly add nts or any related and allow me to work on my
1: Knowledge on
activities for each) to my knowledge on top information) comprehension skills.
different disabilities
of everything I learn in
1.1 I plan to read one College of Education 1.2 This activity will allow
2: How to best work the classroom.
with children with book per semester Vision, Mission, and me to use my listening
learning challenges about children’s 1.2 My objective is to Shared Commitments. abilities as a student who
disabilities. hear other educators’ learns better from lectures
The College of
experiences and learn to gain knowledge.
1.2 I plan to listen to Education’s vision is to
what works best for
podcasts about how to produce inclusive 2.1 This activity will impact
them.
best work with educators that have been my teaching skills and allow
provided accessible and me to build my professional
2
children with 2.1 My objective is to meaningful preparation identity by hands on
disabilities. gain hands on experience to succeed in a experience.
and narrow down the professional setting. This
2.1 I plan to volunteer 2.2 This will positively
type of environment I parallels my personal
to gain experience impact my learning because
want to work in. statement to teach
working with children. it will provide with different
inclusion and equality for
2.2 My objective is to add perspectives and techniques
2.2 I plan to watch all throughout my career.
knowledge from others on teaching.
informational lessons that I believe will work
online about specific best for me in my
disabilities and educational career.
learning challenges to
expand my knowledge.
Assets/Strengths (To develop the 1.1 My objective of this College of Education 1.1 This will impact my
strengths, I plan to do activity is to gain to Vision, Mission, and learning because it will
My strengths are
XXX, at least 2 for ability to work with all Shared Commitments. allow me to work on my
compassion and
each) types of people. listening skills as a students
organization. The College of Education
and future educator.
I need strengths in: 1.1 I plan to develop 1.2 My objective is to strives to produce
this by listening to value experiences of inclusive collaborators. 1.2 This will impact my
1) patience everyone’s opinions, others that do not always This parallels my vision ability as a learner to draw
not only those who I align with my values. of having patience and on everyone’s experiences.
2) compassion towards
value and trust. compassion for all.
myself 2.1 My objective is to 2.1 This will impact my
1.2 I will try to see accept myself and value learning by making me
everyone’s unique myself as much as I value realize all my work does not
perspective from a others with the same need to be perfect.
positive side. attributes as myself.
2.2 This will impact my
2.1 I will try to not 2.2 My objective is to learning by showing me that
judge my actions reassure myself I do not I am allowed to change my
3
harsher than I would need to know everything mind and my direction in
judge someone else about myself at this point life/education.
for them. in my life.
2.2 I will actively
remind myself that
learning who I am is a
journey.
Professional Growth (3-4 specific actions I 1. My objective is to College of Education 1. This will impact my
will take in SP 2022) work on managing and Vision, Mission, and learning because it will give
saving money for my Shared Commitments. me a taste of real-life
1. I plan to get a job
future. experience earning and
serving food and According to the vision
managing a wage.
working with 2. My objective through statement of the College
customers over this this experience will be to of Education it is 2. This will impact my
summer working at a gain information about important to pursue a learning because it will
restaurant. teaching systems just and equitable allow me to experience
different from ours in the society. I believe many different cultures.
2. I plan to travel to
United States and volunteering and
Europe with my sister 3. This will impact my
experience and learn traveling promoting
for her school learning by providing me a
about different cultures equality and learning
program. structure or reference to
than mine. about different teaching
figure out what I what to do.
3. I plant to volunteer techniques around the
3. My objective is to gain
at a daycare/shelter globe will help me with
personal experience
over the summer. this.
working with children
and people in need.
4
Individual Professional Development Plan Activity Log
(1) (2) (3)
Description of professional development Timeframe Connection to your stated objectives above
activity completed
1. Five field trips to local educational Fall 2021 Visiting the schools has allowed me to gain more
settings (ED 112) Total of >10 hours (ED 112) knowledge about the type of career and work
environment I want to be in.
- Rousseau McClellan School 91
- Butler Lab School 55
- The Children’s Museum
- HRC
- International School of Indian
- Sycamore School
2. Zoom/meet with Fall 2021 Listening to these professionals speak has allowed me to
educators/professionals in various Total of >2.5 hours (ED 112) learn more effective ways to teach and work with
professional fields children. These speakers have also made me aware of
more types of career paths that I did not know were
- Janice Gustaferro, Librarian at Butler options.
- Grace Calabria, President of Council
for Exceptional Children
- Ryan Flessner, Professor in Math
Education
- Angela Mager, Assistant Dean in CoE
- Josh Downing, Director of Recreation
& Wellness
- Curtis Bonk, Professor in Instructional
Systems Technology
3. Individual talk with professionals None Yet None Yet
(List the details here if you have any)
5
4. Professional work that is related to None Yet None Yet
your major/minor
(List the details here if you have any)
5. Others (professional workshop, Fall 2021 These podcasts helped me gain knowledge and skills from
training, podcasts, videos, readings Total of 3 hours experienced professionals.
etc.)
- I have listened to podcasts about working
with children with disabilities
Total PD Hours 15.5 hours
(4) If you already had a plan for
professional development activities in
Spring/Summer 2022, list them below.
- I plan to get a service job in a Summer 2022 This experience will allow me to grow as a professional
restaurant over the summer by being in a learning environment and seeing different
- I also plan to travel to Oxford and educational experiences.
spend time exploring museums and
the school to learn about a different
education system then mine
