Individualized Professional Development Plan

Name Major:

Teresa Dold Middle / Secondary Ed, concentration: math

Start with your WHY: Why are you pursuing this degree? What do you want the outcome to be? How are you

going to work toward making that outcome possible? **Is the outcome directly related to your WHY?

WHY: I am pursuing this degree to become a middle or high school math teacher. I love seeing ‘lightbulb moments’ and

helping students to feel accomplished. I want to create relationships with my students and make a positive difference in

their lives.

What: I want to not only feel confident in my content area, but to also feel confident with many teaching styles and

methods to help every student that walks through my door. I hope that my students will also go on to make the world a

better place through their actions.

How: To make these outcomes possible, I will apply myself in each education course I take throughout my four years here

at Butler. I will challenge myself to learn and experience everything I can while I am here so that when I become a teacher

I am well prepared for anything that comes my way.

TIMEFRAME Personal goals: Professional goals:

(e.g. Positional goals, membership to organizations, (e.g. Gaining further skills, advancing knowledge is
exploring opportunities, etc) specific areas, Memberships in Professional
Associations etc)

Next ● Be a leader in the BCC ● Continue to foster relationships in the classrooms I

Semester ● Help plan service activities through the BCC am in for my education classes
● Planning for summer camp ● Continue in math concentration and begin physics

Next year ● Climbing Director ● Summer camp staff

● Become Vigil member in OA ● Continuing to learn in math content area
● Successful student teaching experience ● Continue to be a math tutor

Individual Professional Development Plan Template

Assets and Provocations

Planned Activities Objective of Alignment to Vision, How activity impacts

Development Activity Mission, Core Values, student learning
Major, or Minor

Required ● Any and all future ● Gain knowledge ● Fulfill requirements ● I will be well prepared to
knowledge/skills education and math required in content for my two majors teach any subject in my
classes area and for licensure and minor content area
Consider: ● Develop a close ● Give me multiple ● The Challenge of ● I will become a more
● required relationship with my resources if I ever Integrated Practice passionate educator
competencies: like advisor and other need help and Collaboration which will reflect in my
COE Core Value COE faculty ● Get different points of ● Technology work
Proficiencies, members view and help me Proficiencies ● I will know and utilize
Professional ● Talk to educators that develop my image as many different ways of
Standards for your I know and visit my an educator teaching to ensure that
content or licensure high school all students are learning
in my classroom
Assets/Strengths ● Take part in DEI ● Gain knowledge from ● The Appreciation of ● I will know how to
events professionals Diversity and conduct myself in
Consider: ● Learn my strengths ● Understand my Similarity various situations that I
● your views and how to apply strengths so that I ● The Strength of will encounter as a
them as a teacher can focus on areas I Integrity and teacher
● recent assessments
● Acknowledge my need to grow Responsibility ● I can use my strengths to
● other people’s weaknesses / ● Educate myself my advantage in the
views
biases accordingly so my classroom and my
classroom can be an weaknesses to help
inviting and safe students realize that
space to all teachers are not perfect

Provocations/Growth ● The Excitement of ● I can better understand

Teaching, Learning, diversity and students
Consider: ● Work on camp staff ● Learn more about and Mentoring who may come from
as a director diversity different backgrounds
● gaps in
● Do service in the ● Get experience ● I will get experience with
knowledge/skills
community working with kids many different types of
● opportunities on the ● Get involved with
horizon kids and difference ages
things I care about which will help me
● What specific and give back
actions will help you decide what grade level I
to progress in your want to teach
role?

Individual Professional Development Plan Activity Log

(1) (2) (3)

Description of professional development activity Timeframe Connection to your stated objective
completed
1. Summer camp counselor Summer of 2020 I worked with kids in the COPE and climbing area to overcome
challenges. Although each activity is voluntary, some scouts need
extra support to get them through especially on activities such as
 the high ropes course or the zipline. Throughout each week, I talked
to scouts and formed relationships with them during meals or while
they were waiting in line for various activities. I also stayed in
touch with a lot of my fellow staffers who are younger than me and
still in high school. I talk to them about how school is going and
sometimes help them with their homework.
2. Summer Camp COPE/Climbing Summer of 2022 I worked with a different group of 11-17 year olds every week,
instructor working on climbing skills. Everything we do at COPE is
‘challenge by choice,’ meaning that nothing is forced, although
some kids need more support than others to help them overcome
their fears. A lot of this job involves forming relationships with the
scouts and making sure all safety equipment was being used
properly.
3. Summer Camp Climbing Director Summer of 2023 This summer, I will be the Director of the climbing area at the same
camp I worked at last year. Much of the day-to-day job description
will be the same as the above job, however I will be going through
training to be the go-to person for questions. I will also be in charge
of training the other instructors in the climbing area to ensure that
we all know the safety measures to be taken in the area.
4. Math Lab Tutor 2022-present I work as a math tutor for Butler’s Math department. I do my best to
help students who are in a variety of math classes here at Butler that
come in for help. This work helps me to refresh my math skills for
lower level math courses I have not taken for several years as well
as strengthening my teaching skills as I have to explain math topics
to students who did not understand them in class.
5. Scouts 2017-present I work a lot with the younger scouts in my troop when I am home to
get through their requirements and ranks of scouts. As the first
eagle scout in my troop and the oldest, I am a role model to many
of them. It makes me more self aware of what I say and do which I
will have to do as a teacher.
Total PD Hours