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Individual Professional Development Planning for Teachers. School District of Lee County. What is an Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP)?. A personal plan which represents explicit learning goals Focuses on improving student learning as the overall goal
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Individual Professional Development Planningfor Teachers School District of Lee County www.schoolofeducators.com
What is an Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP)? • A personal plan which represents explicit learning goals • Focuses on improving student learning as the overall goal • Balances with the needs of the students, school, and district • Provides structure for professional growth www.schoolofeducators.com
State Criteria for the IPDP • Goal(s) • Specific to the students to whom the teacher is assigned • Measurable improvements in student performance • Method of evaluation • Strategies • Clearly defined training objectives www.schoolofeducators.com
Evaluate Training Impact Identify Needs and Develop Plan Evaluate Student Learning Take and Implement Training Planned Improvements through Professional Development www.schoolofeducators.com
The School District of Lee County PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN Form is located on Personnel Services website: http://learn/dept/personnel/Forms/printableforms.htm ORIGINAL: Personnel CANARY: Assessor PINK: Teacher MIS 777 S(8/99)A www.schoolofeducators.com
Developing Your Goal(s) Write a SMART Goal S – Student-Focused M – Measurable A – Attainable R – Results-Oriented T – Timebound www.schoolofeducators.com
Writing Goal Statement(s) _____% or ______# of ______students will __________ as measured on _______ by _________. www.schoolofeducators.com
Writing Goal Statement(s) 95% of my 9th grade students will score a 3.5 or higher as measured on the School Mock Writing Assessment in March. • Relates to my • students’ learning • Measurable • Evaluation Method www.schoolofeducators.com
My students will increase their scores in math. I will implement a Cooperative Discipline program in my class. 100% of my students will return their textbooks at the end of the year. What’s WrongWith These Goals? Criteria for Goal Statements • Specific to my students’ learning needs • Measurable improvements in student performance • Includes a method of evaluation www.schoolofeducators.com
Reading: Our District Priority • Reading improvement is a priority for everyone • Reading can be addressed in the IPDP • A Reading Goal • To improve student performance in reading • Reading Strategies • To improve student learning in another area or discipline www.schoolofeducators.com
Developing Strategies • Consider reading or Marzano strategies • Focus on SSS, subject content, instructional practices, technology, assessment and data analysis, classroom management, school safety • Include specific outcomes from training that you will implement www.schoolofeducators.com
Writing Your Strategies • Attend Six Traits Writing Training • Implement Training Outcomes: • Six Traits of Writing; Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions • Six-Trait analytic rubric to assess writing • Strategies of modeling and revision to improve student writing • Monitor progress through monthly classroom assessments www.schoolofeducators.com
Identifying Documentation Methods & Dates • Inservice Record (to document training attendance) • Lesson Plans (to document implementation of training strategies) • Pinnacle Classroom Grades/ Records Summer, 2004 Ongoing Pinnacle Report www.schoolofeducators.com
Plan, Deliver, Follow Up, Evaluate This is the planning part of the IPDP – do these sections now. Then implement your plan and track student progress throughout the year! End of Year Outcomes are completed at the end of the year! ORIGINAL: Personnel CANARY: Assessor PINK: Teacher MIS 777 S(8/99)A www.schoolofeducators.com
End of Year Evaluation To be completed at end of year prior to annual assessment www.schoolofeducators.com
Reflecting on Results • Once your IPDP is completed, it is important to: • Reflect on the results of the evaluation (end of year outcomes) • Use the results as part of the needs assessment process for next year’s IPDP development • Modify or discontinue the use of the professional development strategies if they did not demonstrate improvements in student performance. www.schoolofeducators.com
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Why focus on Teacher Professional Development? Research shows that each dollar spent on recruiting high-quality teachers and deepening their knowledge and skills netsgreater gains in student learning than any other use of an education dollar. (Ferguson, Greenwald, Hedges, & Laine as cited in Darling-Hammond, 1997, p.1) www.schoolofeducators.com