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Professional Growth Plan 1
Professional Growth Plan 1
Name Major:
Start with your WHY: Why are you pursuing this degree? What do you want the outcome to be? How are you
going to work toward making that outcome possible? **Is the outcome directly related to your WHY?
WHY: I am pursuing this degree to become a middle or high school math teacher. I love seeing ‘lightbulb moments’ and
helping students to feel accomplished. I want to create relationships with my students and make a positive difference in
their lives.
What: I want to not only feel confident in my content area, but to also feel confident with many teaching styles and
methods to help every student that walks through my door. I hope that my students will also go on to make the world a
How: To make these outcomes possible, I will apply myself in each education course I take throughout my four years here
at Butler. I will challenge myself to learn and experience everything I can while I am here so that when I become a teacher
(e.g. Positional goals, membership to organizations, (e.g. Gaining further skills, advancing knowledge is
exploring opportunities, etc) specific areas, Memberships in Professional
Associations etc)
Required ● Any and all future ● Gain knowledge ● Fulfill requirements ● I will be well prepared to
knowledge/skills education and math required in content for my two majors teach any subject in my
classes area and for licensure and minor content area
Consider: ● Develop a close ● Give me multiple ● The Challenge of ● I will become a more
● required relationship with my resources if I ever Integrated Practice passionate educator
competencies: like advisor and other need help and Collaboration which will reflect in my
COE Core Value COE faculty ● Get different points of ● Technology work
Proficiencies, members view and help me Proficiencies ● I will know and utilize
Professional ● Talk to educators that develop my image as many different ways of
Standards for your I know and visit my an educator teaching to ensure that
content or licensure high school all students are learning
in my classroom
Assets/Strengths ● Take part in DEI ● Gain knowledge from ● The Appreciation of ● I will know how to
events professionals Diversity and conduct myself in
Consider: ● Learn my strengths ● Understand my Similarity various situations that I
● your views and how to apply strengths so that I ● The Strength of will encounter as a
them as a teacher can focus on areas I Integrity and teacher
● recent assessments
● Acknowledge my need to grow Responsibility ● I can use my strengths to
● other people’s weaknesses / ● Educate myself my advantage in the
views
biases accordingly so my classroom and my
classroom can be an weaknesses to help
inviting and safe students realize that
space to all teachers are not perfect