Professional Development Plan
School Year:
2012-2012
Year:
Lateral Entry:
Name:
Rose Carter
Position/Subject Area:
Mentor:
1
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2
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3
Career Status X
3
7th Grade Language Arts
Position/Subject Area:
4
School:
Sunny Skies Middle School
School:
(Required in the first three years for all beginning teachers)
A.
NC Professional Teaching Standards
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5.
Standard(s) to be addressed:
Teachers Demonstrate Leadership
Teachers Establish a Respectful Environment for a Diverse
Population of Students
Teachers Know the Content They Teach
Teachers Facilitate Learning for Their Students
Teachers Reflect on Their Practice
4. Teachers Facilitate Learning for Their Students
5. Teachers Reflect on Their Practice
Elements(s) to be addressed:
4e. Teachers help students develop critical thinking and
problem-solving skills.
5a. Teachers analyze student learning.
B.
Teacher’s Strategies
Expected Outcomes and
Goals for Elements
Activities/Actions
Resources Needed
Evidence of Completion
Timeline
Goal 1: To plan and facilitate Problem
Based Learning lessons that engage
students in critical thinking and
problem solving skills as measured by
lesson plans and culminating projects.
Goal 2: To compile and use individual
student data on a bi-monthly basis to
make informed instructional and
assessment decisions as measured by
documented lessons and assessments,
flexible groupings, and data to inform
instructional practice.
Initial Thoughts/Notes:
1.
2.
Attend a PBL workshop
offered at the Professional
Development Center.
Work collaboratively with
team to build integrated units
that can be problem based.
3.
Build Rubrics for Projects
1.
Attend a data retreat offered
by LEA.
2.
Use information from NC
Falcon to create formative
and summative assessments
to guide lesson planning.
Students increased ability to
frame, analyze and solve
problems.
Culminating project of Learning
that evidences critical thinking and
problem solving.
PD Days
May 2013
PBL format for lesson
development
LEA approved rubric
School and student data
Improved lessons that are aligned
and differentiated.
Growth on the EOG tests.
May 2013