A Guide for the Professional Development Plan
My specific Goals
Short term goals (0-12 months)
My immediate goals are…
1. Craft an E-Portfolio, CV, and Cover
letter which I am proud of
2. Find gainful employment which is
sustainable for me
3. Attend Choral Canada’s PODIUM
conference
4. Attend the Wisconsin Music
Educators Association’s
Comprehensive Musicianship
through Performance workshop for
the 2nd year.
Rationale Actions and strategies for achievement
1. A strong hiring portfolio will enable me to 1. Review materials with Caps, peers, mentors
accurately reflect on my teaching experience 2. Talk to mentors in the field and apply to a large
and steps for improvement as well as get a range of schools
job 3. Already registered, next step is to research who
2. Getting my foot in the door is the first step in will be going/which events to attend
developing a meaningful career 4. Speak with mentors about most affordable way
3. This conference will allow me to make to attend
connections with figures in the choral music
and choral music education scene which may
be useful in many ways
4. This workshop is animated by some family
friends and close mentors. Attending will
enable me to continue developing my
relationship and learning from them
Middle term goals (1-3 years)
My intermediate goals are…
1. Develop a diverse support
network and professional
community
2. Develop a continued and
meaningful professional
development practice
3. Research Kodaly and Dalcroze
certifications
Long term goals (4 years and more)
My lasting goals are…
1. Teacher burnout is common, especially
within the first 5 years of teaching. A diverse
support network and professional
community will help support me through this
2. Part of maintaining passion for something is
consistently pursuing new goals. This is true
in teaching as well. Additionally, to reach my
long-term goal of mentoring other teachers, I
need to continue improving my practice and
engaging with a variety of professional
development.
3. Kodaly and Dalcroze training can be very
useful depending on educational context.
Achieving these certifications may be useful
depending on my interests and employment
in the future.
1. My goal in education is to better the lives of
students and myself through continued
1.
- Try to meet numerous educational staff and
be social. Seek out social opportunities as “a
part of work”
- Maintain social relationships with fellow
graduating student-teachers (Hudson, Laura,
Lisa, Raph, Eva)
- Create a “Montreal Music Educators”
Facebook group and potentially organize
meetings/events? In collaboration with the
QMEA?
2.
- Attend QBA workshops and ask about
meaningful PD, specifically for music
teachers?
- Maintain a reading list/join an educator’s
book club
- Curate a music educator’s programming
including podcasts/shows/journals etc?
3.
- Speak with Dalcroze/Kodaly instructors to
assess whether it would be worthwhile
(Randall Swiggum, Helene Boucher, Margaret
Jenks, Taia Goedert)
- Follow Dalcroze/Kodaly instructors online
1. Strategies to achieve this goal are outlined above.
Additionally, becoming working as an Arts
 learning and growth. Mentoring other consultant with a school board, applying for
1. Become an influence on music teachers will enable me to indirectly achieve Department Head of Arts are good steps.
education more broadly by this on an exponential scale
mentoring other teachers/getting
involved in policy/curriculum
development