Individualized Professional Development Plan for New Teachers

Name : Jasmin C Perez

Elementary or Secondary: K-12
Major: English Literature/Spanish
Minor: NA
Semester Student Teaching Completed: Fall 2015
School Building: Central Innovation High School and St. Anthony of Padua School
District: Grand Rapids Public Schools and Grand Rapids Catholic Schools
Grade/Subject: 9th-12th Spanish and 1st-8th Spanish
List any memberships to professional organizations for teachers:

List any workshops or conferences that you have attended in the past 2 years:
Fire Up Conference Fall 2015
Players Gonna Play, Play, Play
Strategies for Solving Adolescent Behavior Problems and Improving
Student Achievement
Everyone Makes Mistakes, Oh Yes They Do!
I Sure Wish Id Known That Sooner!
Jedi Mind Tricks for Avoiding First-Year Burnout
List any articles published, presentations given, awards received, committee assignments,
or research conducted within the past 2 years:

What are your areas of strength?

Organized
Strong communication skills with parents, faculty, and students
Enjoy working as a team to ensure a good experience for students, faculty, and
families
Experienced working with children in a variety of classroom settings
Flexible with schedules, and a "go with the flow" attitude
What are your areas in need of growth?
Becoming familiar with better language integration techniques
Expanding resources readily available to students outside of the classroom

Creating more interdisciplinary lesson plans to make language acquisition as

authentic as possible.

What are your immediate plans for professional development (within the next 1-2 years)?
Securing a teaching job in a Spanish-speaking country to further my experience
with different Spanish dialects
Traveling South America as an English teacher to gain experience before seeking
a job in the US
What are your future plans for professional development (3-5 years)?
My hope is to pursue a masters degree in Spanish and go on to teach at the college
level.