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Professional Development Five Year Plan

Kimberlie Ramirez

National University
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Abstract

This five-year plan is designed to showcase the professional developments I would like to attend

in the next five years to better advance my professional career. The professional developments

were chosen in specific areas such as language development, writing, reading, and cultural

advancement for students. The professional developments were retrieved from San Diego offices

or national organization for teaching world languages.

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Five Year Professional Development Plan

Year Course Description

1 AAPPL Familiarization The AAPPL Familiarization

Workshop – American Workshop is a one-day

Council on the Teaching of workshop intended for all

Foreign Languages language professionals. This

workshop is designed to

discuss the proficiency and

performance used to measure

growth in the three modes of

communication. Educators

evaluate the traits of Novice,

Intermediate and Advanced

“students along the

proficiency continuum.”

After completing this course

participants receive

Professional Development

credit.

2 Writing Guidelines “This workshop introduces

Familiarization Workshop – participants to the major and

American Council on the minor level descriptions and

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Teaching of Foreign the criteria for assigning a

Language global writing proficiency

rating” The educators involve

look at different levels of

writing to evaluate and design

appropriate writing activates

and assessments for the four

levels of language

acquisition. After completing

this course participants

receive Professional

Development credit.

3 Developing Interpretive This workshop focuses in the

Reading and Listening guidelines to “develop

Proficiency – American proficiency in the interpretive

Council on the Teaching of modes of listening and

Foreign Language reading in the target

language.” The workshop

focuses on evaluating the

effectiveness of existing

reading and listening

materials and designing

appropriate proficiency-based
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activities. After completing

this course participants

receive Professional

Development credit.

4 Spanish Teachers Seminar – This seminar is offered on a

Stanford University: Center one-day basis and it is

for Latin American Studies intended to last all day. The

professional development is

“tailored to the pedagogical

needs of the Heritage Spanish

classroom!” The professional

development is five days in

total and guest organizations

will be present to help

teachers improve their

pedagogy. The participants

will also develop lesson plans

that serve Heritage Spanish

classrooms. The participants

will also be able to

collaborate with coaches to

help them develop their

lessons. The professional

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development is designed to

help teachers to reach

culturally responsible

pedagogy while also

maintaining student

motivation. All the content

developed is designed to

match CCSS and ACTFL

World Readiness Standards

for Learning Languages.

Teachers receive professional

development credit. Students

receive university credit if

they attend this seminar.

5 Latinx Education Summit – The Latinx Education

San Diego County Office of Summit was created with the

Education intended to reduce the

achievement gap for Latino

students and enhance

educational opportunities for

the youth. The Summit is

designed to “raise community

leadership and social

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consciousness in working to

provide equity in education.”

This summit is designed for

the advancement of Latinx

students, but also Latinx

classrooms and cultural

knowledge. After completing

this course participants

receive Professional

Development credit.