Pd basics and goal writing

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

BASICS AND

GOAL WRITING

West Side Montessori

LPDC

September 24, 2013

PD BASICS AND GOAL WRITING

1. Basic facts about Professional Development

2. How to write a “green goal sheet”

And access the online goal form

3. Goal writing practice

PROF DEV 101

WHAT IS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? Continuing Education for Teachers

Involves new learning or growth as an education professional

Not routine work (teaching or committee)

Mostly determined by your own goals

Some not goal-driven (in-service, unexpected)

WHAT SHOULD MY PD FOCUS ON?

You decide! – within guidelines

Your LPDC handbook explains these guidelines

It should always relate to an ODE standard

THE 7 ODE STANDARDS

1. Students

2. Content

3. Assessment

4. Instruction

5. Learning Environment

6. Collaboration and Communication

7. Professional responsibility and growth

1-4 FOCUS ON TEACHINGAND LEARNING

1. Students

2.

Content

3. Assessment

4. Instruction




5 – THE CONDITIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

1. Students

2.

Content

3. Assessment

4. Instruction




6-7 TEACHING AS A PROFESSION

1. Students

2.

Content

3. Assessment

4. Instruction




THE ODE ENCOURAGES BALANCE

1. Students

2. Content

3. Assessment

4. Instruction




ALSO CONSIDER…

Your own professional interests and goalsas an educator

School mission and priorities

Feedback

Addressing new challenges & trends

A BALANCED PICTURE?

School committee

School committee

Professional committee

A school task force

School committee

In-services

School committee

A BALANCED PICTURE?

School committee

School committee

Mentoring

A school task force

Lead teacher for college methods student

In-services

Accreditation team

18 CEUS

1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1

1. Students

2. Content

3. Assessment

4. Instruction




School mission and priorities

Your professional interests and goals

Trends affecting

education & your students

MORE FACTS

Amount of time spent on PD over 5 years is determined byYour salary band

Whether you are a licensed teacher

5-8-10-18-18 CEUs – in 5 years

Most of your PD should support your own goals. You can also include all In-Services and 20

hours of other PD that fall outside your goals

GOAL WRITIN

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Specific goal


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I will successfully mentor new WSM teacher Sally Forth following West Side’s mentoring program.

I / my team / my students will… *learn* something new implement something make a change overcome a challenge explore something achieve something accomplish something Do something successfully

I / my team / my students will be able to…

SPECIFIC GOAL

Montessori TrainingI will complete my Montessori Training in Lower El.

Attend a major conferenceI will explore best practices in Montessori learning (in the

areas of…..)

MentoringI will successfully mentor *name*, a new teacher in Lower

Elementary following the WSM mentoring program.

Implement new curriculumI will successfully learn and use the new AIM curriculum for

teaching levels 5-8 French

SPECIFIC GOAL

Improve your teachingI will learn about the diverse learning styles of my students

and design lessons to better engage them in learning.

Meet a new challengeI will learn about students on the autistic spectrum and

develop a toolbox of strategies to meet their needs in the Montessori environment.

Accreditation TeamI will serve on an AMS Accreditation Team.

A team goalOur team will successfully revise our assessment strategies

in language arts

SPECIFIC GOAL

Implement something new for the studentsI will research and develop a classroom library with corresponding

lessons.

Build content knowledgeI will update my content knowledge in the area of biology,

chemistry and environmental science for MS age.

Leadership role in school committeeI will learn about opportunities to use school land educationally and

help shape future use by participating as a leader on the Land Use Committee.

Goal for your students (my students will…)My students will demonstrate thorough understanding of Ohio

history through a new series of field experiences and related lessons that I will research and develop.

SPECIFIC GOAL

Take charge of your professional growthI will develop my understanding of Professional

Development standards, use the WSM PD system effectively, and start enjoying and taking charge of my PD.

Communicate with parentsI will learn to write parent newsletters using the WordPress

blog and communicate bi-weekly with students’ families, using pictures.

SPECIFIC GOAL


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I will successfully mentor new teacher Sally Forth following West Side’s mentoring program.

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Why? What ODE standard(s) does it support? Why is this a priority?


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ODE Standards 6 & 7. Collaboration & Communication and Professional Growth. Priority to have a strong teaching team for the students.


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WSM Mentoring Program:

Meetings

Observations + pre & post meetings

Communications & filling out related paperwork


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Meetings (2 hrs x 9 months)

Observations + pre & post meetings



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Observations + pre & post obs. meetings


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a) What will the happy outcome of your goal be, and

b) What evidence will you put in our basket?


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Happy outcome: Sally will be successfully mentored according to the program. She will be confident and ready to be a full member of our WSM teaching team. (Great – now think about what specific evidence you have of this that you can show LPDC.)


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Sally will be successfully mentored according to the program. She will be confident and ready to be a full member of our WSM teaching team. Evidence will be our observation & meeting notes from mentoring program and her written feedback. (Great – now decide what forms will you need to document.)


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18 hrs6 hrs

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Sally will be successfully mentored according to the program. She will be confident and ready to be a full member of our WSM teaching team. Evidence will be our observation & meeting notes from mentoring program and her written feedback. (Activity Summary + Time log)


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18 hrs6 hrs

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30

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Sally will be successfully mentored according to the program. She will be confident and ready to be a full member of our WSM teaching team. Evidence will be our observation & meeting notes from mentoring program and her written feedback. (Activity Summary + Time log)

Sign your name!!