5-Year Plan_Dana Omer 1

5 Year Plan
Timeline Professional Goals
2019-2020  Complete an induction program to
clear my teaching credential.
 Reach out and become more familiar
with staff members not directly in my
second-grade team.
 Be more organized with materials and
resources in my classroom.
 Develop classroom activities that
require less teacher-prep time.
 Seek advice and feedback from peers
about my teaching.
2020-2021  Have a full year’s worth of resources
and materials for a whole school year
filed and organized so they are readily
available to me.
 Continue to seek advice and feedback
from peers about my teaching.
 Volunteer for school events and
become more involved in the school
community.
 Become a Google-Certified Educator
2021-2022  Attend ELPAC seminars and other
trainings or workshops about students
with learning disabilities to gain more
knowledge and strategies for
effectively teaching them in an
inclusive classroom.
 Improve my lessons, activities, and
classroom management styles based
on the previous school years.
 Improve my communication with
parents.
2022-2023  Join a team or committee at my school
that serves outside the duties in my
teaching contract.
 Continue to meet with peers to seek
advice and feedback about my
teaching.
 Continue to volunteer for school
events.
 Continue to attend seminar and
trainings for my professional
development.
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2023-2024  Gain an Autism Spectrum Disorder

Added Authorization.
 Continue attending seminars and
trainings and documenting them in my
PDQP.
 Get my student loans forgiven.

Rational:
During my first year of teaching, my main goal is going to be to complete an induction

program. This is so important because I only have five years to clear my credential! I plan to

use many of the artifacts and the observations taken from my induction coach to add to my

PDQP portfolio. I also want to reach out to other staff members who are not directly in my

second-grade team to familiarize myself with the school and to show that I am a team player.

There is also a lot to learn from other teachers and administrators even if they are not teaching

the same grade-level as me. For example, it would be in my best interest to get familiar with the

first-grade teachers and the third-grade teachers seeing as the students from first grade will be

coming to me next year and my students will be going to third grade the next year. The first-

grade teachers can tell me what the students have learned and any students that have special

learning styles. I can also see from the third-grade teachers what the students will be expected to

know when they enter so I know what to spend most of my time on teaching. In my first year I

also wish to develop more classroom activities that take less teacher-prep time to save myself

from time spent in my classroom outside of my work day! Currently, I am working about 11-

hour days because I have so much prep to do and not any prep periods to do so. Next year, I

should be slightly more familiar with second grade so I will have an easier time finding activities

that do not take so much prep time.

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During my second year of teaching, I want to continue to be more organized with

materials and resources to make my days a little shorter and my life a little easier, but I also

would like to focus my attention on becoming more involved in the school and the school

community. I would like to volunteer for jobs like pick-up and drop-off monitor in the morning

and after-school. This way I can spend more time with the students in a relaxed and causal

environment, and I can get a little bit of face-time with the parents and other staff members. This

will help build my rapport with students, their parents, and staff members. I would also like to

become a Google-Certified Educator to expand my horizons and add to my credentials and

teaching possibilities.

During my third year, I wish to expand my horizons as an educator beyond general

education. I think it is important to educate myself about the best practices of teaching English

Language Learners and students with special needs because every classroom I teach will bound

to have at least one of each. In order for all my students to feel included, welcomed, and

supported, I must be familiar and trained in how to teach these students the way that they learn.

My third year of teaching will also be an appropriate time for self-reflection. I plan to develop

better and more practical means of communication with parents and other staff members as well

as reflect on my teaching style and how I can improve in areas where I am weakest.

During my fourth year of teaching, I plan to continue along my path of self-improvement.

I also plan to join a committee or team on campus that deals with more than just the classroom.

For example, I may decide to become a team leader, or maybe the technology ambassador so that

I can help support others and spread my knowledge among the team. I think this would help me

grow as an educator and would create a stronger bond between myself and the people I work

with. I could also volunteer to coach a team sport for the school, like soccer.
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In my fifth year of teaching, I plan to seek loan forgiveness! With the TEACH grant, if I

work in a low-income district for 5 consecutive years, I can apply for partial loan forgiveness.

My current school is in a verified, low-income district so if I stay here for 5 years I will be able

to do this! I also want to go back to school eventually for an authorization in teaching students

with Autism. I need to see where my life brings me before I commit to this decision, but it is

definitely in my 5-year plan right now.

I chose to include a copy of a PowerPoint presentation I created on differentiated

instruction for English Language learners, students with disabilities, and gifted and talented

students. The presentation was intended for a professional audience and could be used for a

professional development meeting. The presentation discusses theories for best practices and

practical ways to implement new strategies in the classroom. I feel that this presentation really

highlights who I am as a professional and demonstrates how dedicated I am to further developing

myself as an effective educator.