Professional Development Plan

Danielle Purcell
SPE-448NB
Professor Dyer
April 14, 2019

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: Prepare Unit plans for Goal #2: Time management in Goal #3: Be involved with the
parts of the year early. the classroom whole school and community

Rationale: Why did To feel prepared for the school year
you choose this goal? and have different units planned and
How do you expect it ready to go before it would be that
to improve the part of the school year. I like to feel
outcomes of your prepared and have all my things
ready. This will hell help me in the
future students?
classroom feel prepared and feel that I
am putting all my effort into my
students’ lessons.
End Date: By when By my second- or third-year teaching.
do you expect to
accomplish this goal?
Action Timeline: Summer before first year teaching:
What steps will you plan a month or two in advance.
take to complete this Have binders made for all units.
This goal will be to help me make
sure I am able to give lessons is the
allotted time that I have planned for
them. I want to make sure I plan to
give myself enough time for
explanations as well as think time and
work time for my students. With
doing this, my students and I will not
feel rushed through lessons.
After my first or second year of
teaching.
Have timers and clocks in the
classroom.
I want to be apart of more than just a
classroom, I want to know what is
going on in the whole school and in
the community around it. I hope to be
aware of what my students’ interests
are so that way I can encourage
certain activities in the community for
them and their families. I think that
having students get involved in their
community early, will encourage that
into later years, and them becoming
great citizen of the
city/town/community they are in.
During my first year or second year
of teaching.
Build relationships with my
teammates and administration to help
get more involved on campus.

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 goal, and by when Each month, plan to create another Plan my lessons to make sure that I
will you take them? new unit. give enough time for everything.
Example: After each unit take things out that Discuss with experience teachers how
1/31/18: Join AACTE did not work for the next school year they manage their time in the
classroom.
Make sure to ask students if I am ever
going too fast or if they need more
time, then reflect on that for later
lessons.
Talk to local business or community
centers to know what is going on to
be aware.
Create resources for parents so they
know what is going on as well and
get their children involved.
Communicate with parents for what
kind of information they want.

Resources: What School team Timers and clocks Local community centers
resources are Online resources for lesson planning Lesson plans that are scheduled Parents
available to assist you (teachers’ pay teachers) appropriately Administration
in accomplishing your Possibly online resources or School team
goal? information from other, experienced Online resources for events and
teachers. activities going on in the community
School team, for any advice.

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