Professional Growth Plan / Professional Development Guide

Professional Growth Plan*Project EXCELL! participants will complete the EXCELL Professional Development Plan

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1. Goal for your own professional growth

My goal for this school year….(big picture) To improve… To increase… To provide…A suggestion is to use your School Improvement Plan (SIP) or review

The Continuum Guide for Teacher Development (azk12.org)

Examples: Improve data analysis skills to increase student achievement To learn and experiment with project based learning and implement

one project this year Study research based instructional strategies and implement them in

my classroom

2. My objectives…

What knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors do you expect to learn to accomplish your goal?

Limit to two or three objectives and be specific

Examples: Increase knowledge of Data Analysis to include

Summative Assessments, i.e. DIBELS, MAP, etc. and Formative Assessments, i.e. journals and writing samples, running records, student reflections, etc.

Increase knowledge about Project Based Learning Gain knowledge in new instructional strategies

3. Activities

Activities are events, strategies or processes you will participate in to accomplish your goal.

One or two activities per objective

Examples: Participate in a Relevant Training Session for Data Analysis Participate in a Relevant Training for Project Based Learning

and/or use websites, access the Pay for Performance Library Read new material and participate in a Collaborative Group to

learn more about… (your goal)

4. Timeline for Activities

Examples:

Dates for Collaborative Group Meetings, Relevant Training Sessions (i.e. Spring 2013), Staff Development, CL Trainings

Window for Implementation and/or year long timeline

5. Evidence of impact on student

learning Complete after the activityOne to two sentences on the impact of

student learning

Examples:AssessmentsAnalysis of student work samples

6. My Reflection

The reflection needs to include real examples of application of the learning in classroom practice, connections to student achievement, examples of what the teacher may do in the future, and any of the very significant “aha” learning moments that occurred while progressing through the Professional Growth Plan

This is an ongoing reflection as you progress through the year

A quality reflection shows deep thinking that demonstrates significant growth/learning on the part of the teacher

RESOURCE

Professional Growth Plan Guide

http://www.amphi.com/media/1311571/2012-13%20professional%20growth%20plan%20guide.doc

The G.R.E.A.T. Manual (your school administrator has a copy)