Erika Mendozas Professional Growth Plan

First Year Goals:

Improve Assessments
Organize Effectively
Engage my students
Personalize/ Organize my lessons

Five Year Goals:

Obtain a Masters Degree in High School Counseling

Continue working for Agua Fria Union High School District
MECHA Club Organizer

Professional Organizations:

MLA Modern Language Association

ACTFL American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language
ADFL Associated Department of Foreign Language

My first year goals include improving my assessments and personalizing,

organizing my lessons. This is important to me because as a first year teacher I will
be assessing how well my lessons are and refelcting on how I can improve or
delete them from my curriculum. I want to also focus on organizing my classroom
and materials to benefit both my students and myself. During this first year I will
see the flow of my classroom and see what works as well. I want to create a perfect
space and I believe after the first year I will know what works. Lastly, I want to
continue focusing on how to engage my students. The first year of teachig will give
me a clear vision of what I need to focus on. Attending a conference on student
engangement will be beneficial to attend to receive more strategies to use.
My five years plan include receiving a Masters degree in High School
Counseling. I want to be a classroom teacher for a couple of years and then
transition into a counselor to help students, parents, and community on a one on
one basis. I would love to continue working for the same district as I belong to the
community. As a teacher I would like to become the organizer of the MECHA club.
I was part of this club myself as a high schools student and it taught me a lot about
my culture. A five year goal I have is becoming department chair of my Spanish

department. I want to include more vibrant, technology infused content into our
program.
Some professional organizations I would like to be part of are: MLA Modern
Language Association, ACTFL American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language,
and ADFL Associated Department of Foreign Language