PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLAN

Devon Donahue-Reid
Nose Creek Elementary School, Grade 4 Team
Goals and Rationale
To incorporate mindfulness strategies into the classroom. My goal is to see
students level out the emotions over the term and to see how the students do
with the strategies.
Strategies
Timeline
Indicators
Evidence of Goal
Achieved
Read 3 books on
1 book per month
Compile list of
Lesson plans
Mindfulness
starting in
mindful exercises
written with
September
and lessons from
reflections
each book.
Take Mindful
October 2nd
Compile list of
Lesson plans
th
School Course
November 12
mindfulness
written with
exercises and
reflections
lessons from
PIP presentation
course
*Focus on
classroom
management
Research multiple
1 per week or
Use of the preStudent feedback
scholarly and peer when needed
assessment and
from mind-up
articles (10-20)
beyond that
post-assessment
package
- Mind Up and
mind-up package
others
Reflections

Goals and Rationale

Produce useful and high quality report cards for students using the new system in
place.
Strategies
Timeline
Indicators
Evidence of Goal

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Attend workshop
on new report
cards and begin
report cards on
first PD session
Ask for support
and feedback from
teacher mentor

October 9 and 11 .

-Engaged during
sessions
-Asking questions
during sessions

October 12November 01

Submit report
cards to office

November 13

Notes collected
from
meetings/discuss
ions with peer
teacher
Report cards are
finished first
draft
Report cards are
finished final
revisions

Achieved
Attendance to
sessions with
notes.

Implementation of
other teachers
ideas into my own
report cards
Report cards in
first draft form
completed
Report cards in
final revision form.

Reflections

Goals and Rationale

Selling Reading to students in class and creating a book club atmosphere
instead of a structured response to at home reading,
Strategies
Timeline
Indicators
Evidence of Goal
Achieved
Consistently check September 18Notes and
Book list created
into Good Reads
December 10
research gathered to add to book
and other book
on Good Reads
toolkit.
reviewing
from other
apps/websites to
teachers
gather intel on
books current to
students
Write a book
September 18Working book tool Book Toolkit well
toolkit with a
December 10
kit posted on
established by
categorized book
Page created by
portfolio weebly
December 10
list according to
September 21,
site

genre of books
and themes
Create
organizational
system of students
based on
classroom
observations and
one on one
conversation to
use for referring
books to individual
students for
assigned reading
Reflections

2015
September 18December 10

Students are
reading at home.
This information
will be gathered
with one-on one
conversations with
students and
anecdotal notes
will be made for
organizational
system.

List well
established by
October 1st and
continues to grow
until end of
practicum
-Students are
reading at home