ELM – 490 November 26, 2018 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 become more knowledgeable in To better understand the IEP/504 and To use the most up to date and different cultures; To become more how to meet each of my student’s relevant technology in my culturally diverse. needs. curriculum. Rationale: Why did The area where I live and around So many students have an IEP or 504. Technology is one of the keys to you choose this goal? where I live is becoming very I want to be able to understand the keeping students engaged in lessons. How do you expect it diverse. I want to be knowledgeable language of the IEP or 504 and how to Using technology is one way to to improve the in different cultures so I am aware of implement the strategies that best meet involve the students in the learning outcomes of your their values and how they value my student’s needs. This will help process and keeps them interested in future students? education. I feel it is very important improve the outcomes of my future the topic. I want to keep myself up to to understand cultural views of students when I can better understand date with the most up to date education and the roles of the parents, the IEP or 504 and meet their needs. technology available to my students. educators, and students. I expect this This will improve the outcomes of goal to improve the outcomes of my my future students because not all future students because I will students have access to technology in understand the different cultures and their home. Our society is becoming create a strong relationship with my very technology depended, so as students and their families. much exposure to technology will help the students be better prepared for their future. End Date: By when do I do feel this will be an ongoing This goal will be on going, but I want This goal will be an ongoing learning you expect to learning experience and I may never to have a better grasp of this by the processes, however attending as accomplish this goal? accomplish this goal fully as new end of my first year of teaching. many professional development cultures move into our growing area. workshops as possible will have me However, I do feel I can closely achieving this goal with in 3 years.
accomplish this goal within three years. Action Timeline: What The steps I will take to achieve this I will look for opportunities for To achieve this goal, I will volunteer steps will you take to goal are to become more involved in professional development in diversity.to attend workshops. I will then complete this goal, and my community. I will also join I will recommend the school district to report back to my fellow coworkers by when will you take AACTE once I am an employee of a find a workshop for one of our about the technology that was taught them? Example: school district to utilize their professional development days. I will during this workshop. My current 1/31/18: Join AACTE professional development also join ACCTE once I am an placement allows for these brief opportunities. employee of a school district. lessons during morning prep before the students arrive. I have learned so much during my student teaching by attending these sessions that are not mandatory, but they are extremely beneficial. Resources: What Websites such as : Websites such as: Websites such as: resources are available https://www.teachaway.com/blog/5- https://www.understood.org/en/school- http://www.teachhub.com/keep- to assist you in steps-becoming-culturally- learning/special- latest-tech-trends accomplishing your responsive-teacher services/ieps/understanding- I will also work closely with the goal? And http://www.colorincolorado.org/ individualized-education-programs school districts technology staff and I will also utilize my school guidance I will also work closely with the research on my own time for new counselor. Special Education teacher and the educational apps and websites. student’s support system.