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: Goal #2: Goal #3:

To learn and be able to use more To become more efficient with To learn more about different
engagement strategies in the writing lesson plans and cultures and backgrounds of my
classroom. objectives. students. I want to be more
culturally diverse.
Rationale: Why did I chose this goal because, I want to I chose this goal because, lesson plans I chose this goal because, the district
you choose this goal? learn more engagement strategies to and objectives are a very important that I live in mainly has African
How do you expect it work with my future students. I want part of planning your day in the American students and Caucasian
to improve the to be able to engage the students in classroom. I feel that to plan your students. I never know when I will
outcomes of your the lessons and assignments. I expect day effectively it is important to have have the opportunity to work with
to improve the outcomes of my future the lesson plans and objectives well students of different cultures. I want
future students?
students, because it will help them to written. I want to be able to share my to be more knowledgeable of
focus and participate in the lessons. input when it comes to writing lesson different cultures and their beliefs and
Engagement is a major part of the plans and objectives. This will help values. I feel it is important to know
classroom, and by the students being me to improve the student’s outcome, about all cultures so that I can make a
engaged it can help me to focus on so I can plan to meet their needs and positive connection with the views of
what they know and do not know write effective and measurable all students. I also feel this will help
during the lessons so that I can better objectives. The better the objectives me to make a strong home school
reach the goals for my students to be are written, and focus driven it can connection with the student’s
proficient on their assessments. help to improve the outcome of my families. This will help me to
future students, so I can write, and improve the student’s outcome,
plan based on their needs and levels. because I will be able to tie in lessons
based on their culture and meet their
needs based on their background.
End Date: By when I expect to accomplish this goal by I expect to accomplish this goal by
do you expect to the middle of my first year of October of 2020. I will observe I feel this will be a goal that I will
accomplish this goal? teaching. I will set a date of January veteran teachers and attend a always learn new things about. This
2020 for this goal. will be an ongoing learning

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 professional development in August experience and throughout the years I
of 2020. will accomplish new things as a
learning experience. I plan to
accomplish this goal in two years, but
still learn as time goes by.
Action Timeline: I will attend a professional The steps I will take to complete this The steps I will take to reach this goal
What steps will you development at the beginning of 2019 goal will be to attend a professional by doing research on the internet and
take to complete this and participate in a webinar on development on 8/13/2020. I will being more active in the school
goal, and by when engagement strategies. I will also do research different strategies and community. I will collaborate with
will you take them? research about different types of techniques for writing lessons and the school’s LEP coordinator to learn
engagement strategies that can be objectives. I also will look for more about ELL students and ways to
Example: used in the classroom. opportunities to attend more develop opportunities to work with
1/31/18: Join AACTE professional developments as they students of different cultures. I will
become available. set up a meeting with her on
12/05/2019.
Resources: What The resources that are available to The resources that are available to The resources I will use is the
resources are assist me in accomplishing my goal assist me and I will use are https://www.colorincolorado.org
available to assist you will be webinars, professional https://www.thoughtco.com and I will use this website to read
in accomplishing your developments, and veteran teachers. I https://www.teachervision.com. I different articles. I will also utilize
goal? will use websites such as will use these websites as resources my schools LEP coordinator to teach
https://www.readinghorizons.com for writing my lesson plans and me things about working with ELL
And https://www.edutopia.com objectives. These websites have students. I will also use
valuable articles and information to https://www.tolerance.org
help me in my future classroom. These websites will provide me
useful information and provide me
with different curriculum and
resources.

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