Individualized Professional Development Plan for New Teachers

Name : Camille Means

Elementary or Secondary: Elementary
Major: Elementary Education
Minor: Learning Disabilities

Semester Student Teaching Completed: Spring 2019

School Building: North Oak Elementary/ Innovation Central High School
District: Northview Public Schools/ Grand Rapids Public Schools
Grade/Subject: Kindergarten/ Resource Room

List any memberships to professional organizations for teachers :

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List any workshops or conferences that you have attended in the past 2 years:
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List any articles published, presentations given, awards received, committee assignments,
or research conducted within the past 2 years:
 Saint Thomas Aquinas Scholarship
 Aquinas Deans List Honors

What are your areas of strength?

 Initial Preparation Standard 4: Assessment
o Key Elements 4.3: Beginning special education professions, in
collaboration with colleagues and families, use multiple types of
assessment information in making decisions about individuals with
exceptionalities.
 Rationale: TBD
 Evidence: TBD
What are your areas in need of growth?
 Initial Preparation Standard 2: Learning Environments
o Key Elements 2.3: Beginning special education professional know how to
intervene safely and appropriately with individuals with exceptionalities in
crisis.
 Rationale: I need to complete training to have my CPI certification, in order to be
able to safely restrain students.
 Evidence: TBD
What are your immediate plans for professional development (within the next 1-2 years)?
 I will attend all the professional development workshops that the schools I
student teach at provide
 Student teaching professional Development workshop at Grand Valley State
University
 I will attend professional development workshops at the future school I teach at

What are your future plans for professional development (3-5 years)?