Swainston Middle School

Teacher Professional Development Plan & Instructional/Professional Self Analysis

2014-2015
Teacher: Maylin Lara

Grade/Subject(s): Pre-Algebra
Professional Development Plan Goals

Teacher Development Goal(s):

Create a SMART Goal that is grounded in the standards of Instructional Practice within the Nevada Educators Performance Framework. Goals should be focused on the development of
the teachers instructional practice; these are not student outcome goals.

1. Directions: At least one related to improving student learning.

During 2014/15 school year, I will implement a differentiated instruction with my students.
2. Directions: At least one related to improving your own professional practice regarding student learning.
During 2014/15 school year, I will connect students prior knowledge with new standards.

Plan to Meet Development Goals

Action Steps for Teachers
Goals

Follow-Up Summary (Include STPT, Professional Development, and any other Independent
Resources Employed to Address Goals

Goal 1:
G1:
I will use a differentiated
instruction by providing my
students with options through
the use of menus.

Date:
10/27/14 to 10/30/14

Also I will use cooperative

learning. My students will be
grouped heterogeneously in
small teams according to ability,
interest, background, etc.
I will use stations to challenge
advance students and to also
provide
interventions
for

Students will be working

on different warm- up
questions. The questions
are designed to meet their
needs. After reviewing
students data and getting
to know them better I
identified who were my
low,
medium
and
advanced students. I used
this information to design
warm-up questions or
daily reviews that were at

Date:

Date:

Date:

1/5/15

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Students had the option

of selecting the questions
they would like to
complete. They were
given the following
prompt.
1. Create a game
using functions,
like the game we
played during
class or different.
2. Create
additional

an
real-

struggling students.

their level. The main goal

of these questions is to
I will incorporate technology as serve as an intervention
an aide to differentiate the and help fill in the gaps
lesson.
many students have. Also,
to challenge my advance
I will present the topic using students and make sure
different techniques.
they are learning new
standards.
I will have students group
present different topics to the
entire class using different
methods.

Goal 2:
G2:
To connect prior knowledge
with new material I will use

Anticipation Guides
Concepts Circles
Graffiti Wall
Graphic Organizers
KWL Chart

I will go over misconceptions

Date:

world
scenario
similar to the one
about
the
lemonade that we
did in class. The
scenario
must
have two different
questions
that
would change the
function based on
the equation

Date:

Date:

Date:

09/29/14 To activate prior 11/6/14 Students worked 12/1/14 Students were Click here to enter text.
knowledge we used a on writing a graffiti wall given a few minutes to
graphic organizer when all the words they could write down all the terms

learning
about
Real remember
relate
to
Numbers. Students were properties of exponents.
able to connect their As a class we tried to
previous knowledge about activate prior knowledge
Integers
and
Whole to use it when learning
Numbers with the new operations with scientific
learning concepts or notation
Rational and Irrational
Numbers.

and concepts that came to

mind when they hear the
word slope. Volunteers
read their list aloud and
we created a chart for the
whole class.

I will have an essential question

every day.
Nevada Educator Performance Framework: Instructional Standards ~ Please provide specific planning measures/resources, strategies, instructional practices (Components of an Effective
Lesson), etc. that address the NVACS. This is an overview of your instructional practices that can be evidenced in student actions as well as observed teaching which satisfactorily meet the
five instructional standards and nineteen instructional indicators. Professional Responsibility Standards ~ Please collect evidence related to the five professional responsibility standards and
fifteen professional responsibility indicators.
Remember Evidence Is Required! (Provide at least two [2] evidence sources for each indicator.