Zena Abdelhamid Advocacy Plan

Write a small essay (1-2 paragraphs) on why advocating for yourself/your field is important to you and how creating an advocacy
plan can help you succeed.

Advocating for yourself/your field is important to get the most out of your job. If you’re not able to see change or reach your goals,
you’re probably not in the right profession. It’s important to have the drive and dedication to reach the goals set in this plan because
that shows that you have a passion for the field and want to see it flourish. Making sure that there is transparency and trust with all
three parties: parents, students and co-teachers will allow you to succeed in the job. This is important to me personally because PE
was always the class my parents skipped for parent-teacher conferences because they didn’t appreciate the value of it. Creating a
bridge between parents and teachers can allow them to get a better understanding of what their kids are actually learning in PE, and
they will grow to see it as a class that improves their lifestyle rather than just a class where they play dodgeball.

Population: parents
Goals
1. improve parent
involvement
2. create better
communication with
parents
3. be transparent with
parents
Action steps Timeline Who can help Evaluation plan
- encourage parents to attend - most critical - students - parent-teacher conference turn-
parent-teacher conferences during the time out from beginning to end of the
-encourage parents to attend of year when year
student sporting events or other parent-teacher
events where you can talk to the conferences take
parents to get familiar with them place
-engage in conversation with -from beginning -students -self-reflection
parents at any school events to end of the -amount of parents who contact
-email parents when necessary school year you
-provide parents with teacher
email and phone number and
encourage them to contact you
whenever needed
-send out weekly emails to parents -from beginning -students - provide a form for parents at the
to update them on what their to end of the end of the email and if they
students are doing in class school year actually read the email and fill out

Population: students
Goals
1. strive for student
improvement
2. increase student
engagement and
enjoyment
3. build better relationships
with students
Population: teachers
Goals
1. create better inclusivity
2. build good relationships
with staff
the form that will tell me how
many parents and viewing it.
Action steps Timeline Who can help Evaluation plan
- set mini goals for students -daily -students -providing pre and post tests so
throughout the semester -fellow teachers students can keep track of their
-include drills and activities that progress throughout the
will allow them to improve their semester/school year
skills
-do activities that they enjoy, cut -daily -students -provide exit slips where students
activities they don’t enjoy -fellow teachers rate if they enjoyed the class/
-provide reward and games what they didn’t enjoy about it
-provide office hours and -daily -students - self-reflection
encourage students to go -test your knowledge on how well
-build trust with students you know your students
Action steps Timeline Who can help Evaluation plan
- plan team building - the entire -other teachers -compare how things have
meetings/activities with the school year -fellow pe teachers changed from the beginning of
entirety of the school teachers the year to the end of the year
-ensure that PE teachers are being
included in all academic meetings
so they know what is going on in
their students other classes as well
-sit with different teachers at lunch -The entire -other teachers -self-reflection
every day (different subjects, grade school year -fellow pe teachers -keep track of the new
levels, etc.) connections made with the
-learn other teachers first and last teachers
names
3. gain respect from other -ensure that all teachers know the -from the -other teachers -self-reflection
staff and teachers importance of physical education beginning of -fellow pe teachers -reflect on if teachers treat you
by inviting them to watch a class your first year at any differently
period every so often the job -take note of how many teachers
-offer some sort of after school come to observe class and which
physical education class for the teachers
teachers