I will develop my commitment to students and their learning.
GOAL: Understand more how students develop
have demostrate reading and writing developmental readiness for struggling students. OBJECTIVE: Develop understanding and implement research on reading readiness for intervention students (short term). RATIONALE: Understanding of developmental stages of reading and appropriate teaching strategies for those stages will help intervention students within those stages. Reading Rockets describes what should be emphasized at each stage in reading development. NBPTS: Proposition 2: Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students. TLMD: Domain 2. Accesses and Uses Research to Improve Practice and Student Learning TEACHER INQUIRY: I will develop my skills in using research to teach strategies that support reading development stages.
I will develop my leadership in Professional Development (All Content Areas)
GOAL: Facilitates professional learning among colleagues. OBJECTIVE: Facilitate discussion and understanding of new teaching strategies among my PLC level group (short-term). RATIONALE: It’s helpful to all teachers to share research and new strategies and developments. Edutopia describes how PLC’s are an “ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively to achieve better results for the students they serve.” NBPTS: Proposition 5: Teachers are members of learning communities. TLMD: Domain 3. Promoting Professional Learning for Continuous Improvement. I will develop my knowledge in assessment tools and share those with colleagues.
GOAL: Increases the capacity of colleagues to
identify and use multiple assessment tools aligned to state and local standards. OBJECTIVE: Serve as a Professional Development leader, to continuously share and promote PD with colleagues (long term). RATIONALE: According to ASCD publications, “few teachers receive much formal training in assessment design or analysis,” when proper assessment tools are crucial for helping students learn. NBPTS: Proposition 2: Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students. TLMD: Domain 4. Teachers think systematically about their practices and learn from experience.