Professional Development Plan
Complete the chart below to plan your professional development over the next 2-3 years. Be sure your goals are specific and
measureable.
Goal #1:
Integrate technology into
classroom.
Rationale: Why did Students are in a very technology rich
you choose this goal? environment, being able to use
How do you expect it technology in an educational way is a
to improve the must-have. Knowing the proper way
outcomes of your to integrate technology into content
areas can help teachers use
future students?
technology in a positive way and help
students learn in different ways.
End Date: By when By the end of second year of
do you expect to teaching.
accomplish this goal?
Action Timeline: Attend professional development on
What steps will you integrating technology.
take to complete this Speak with coworkers on how they
goal, and by when integrate technology into their
will you take them? classrooms.
Example: Speak to administration about
programs that are provided to the
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teachers free of charge to use in the
classroom.
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Goal #2:
Maintaining a work-life balance.
To become the best possible educator
a work-life balance must be created.
Knowing and understanding where
being a teacher begins and ends is
extremely important. A work-life
balance allows for self-care to take
place. When teachers are taking care
of themselves their students will have
a better learning experience as well as
a social emotional experience.
By the end of first year of teaching.
Daily meditation or journaling.
Setting schedule of work time and
home time.
Find a planner or time organization
system that works.
Goal #3:
Learn how to help students create
goals.
I chose this goal because it can help
student to understand their own
abilities and knowledge. It can help
students to learn early on how to
create attainable goals. Student made
goals can help students to be more
engaged in their learning.
Before or during first year of
teaching.
Before school begins speak to
administration about their stance on
student goal setting.
Before school begins speak to veteran
teachers on their thoughts on student
goal setting, get ideas on how to
implement student goal setting.
Before schools begins or during
school attend professional
development on student goal setting.
 Resources: What Professional Development Guided journaling Veteran teachers
resources are Other educators Yoga / Exercise Administration
available to assist you Social Media Planner or Calendar Professional Development
in accomplishing your Administration
goal?

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