Fullerton Online Teacher Induction Program

Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) – Teacher Leader Project

Option
Revised 1.1.19
Directions: The ILP should be completed with Mentor input. Complete blue cells prior to classroom implementation. Complete orange cells after POP Cycle is completed. Cells will expand as needed. When
submitting completed ILP to instructor, please include copies of all instructional resources, including Google Survey used for assessment of audience satisfaction.
Section 1: New Teacher Information
New Teacher Email Subject Area Grade Level
Katelyn Mauger Katelyn.mauger@icloud.com Multiple Subject Kindergarten
Mentor Email School/District Date
Iva Meairs Elementary
Robyn Sarkhosh rsarkhosh@wsdk8.us 02/25/2023
Westminster School District
Section 2: CSTP Areas of Inquiry
Directions: Identify 2-3 CSTP elements for ILP focus. Use most recent CSTP Assessment for Initial Rating. Identify both teacher and student rating for CSTP 1 and 2. See example.
CSTP Element Initial Rating Description Goal Rating Description
T - Facilitates systematic opportunities for students to apply
T - Guide students to think critically through use of questioning strategies, critical thinking by designing structured inquires into
posing/solving problems, and reflection on issues in content. complex problems.
Promoting critical thinking through T – Applying T – Innovating
1.5 S - Students respond to varied questions or tasks designed to promote S - Students pose and answer a wide-range of complex
inquiry, problem solving, and reflection S – Exploring S - Innovating
comprehension and critical thinking in single lessons or a sequence of questions and problems, reflect, and communicate
lessons. understandings based on in depth analysis of content
learning.

T- Sets and modifies a broad

range of professional goals
T- Sets and modifies authentic goals connected to the CSTP to
connected to the CSTP that are improve instructional practice
Establishing
intellectually challenging and based on and impact student learning
professional goals
self-assessment and feedback from a within and beyond the
and engaging in
variety of sources. T- classroom.
6.2 continuous and T- Integrating
Engages in and contributes to Innovating Engages in ongoing inquiry into
purposeful
professional development targeted on teacher practice for professional
professional growth
student achievement. Pursues a variety development.
and development
of additional opportunities to learn Contributes to professional
professionally. organizations, and development
opportunities to extend own
teaching practice.
T- Integrates instructional strategies T- Uses an extensive repertoire
appropriate to subject matter to meet of instructional strategies to
Utilizing instructional
students’ diverse learning, to ensure develop enthusiasm,
strategies that are T-
3.4 T- Integrating student understanding of academic meta-cognitive abilities, and
appropriate to the Innovating
language, and guide student in support and challenge the full
subject matter
understanding connections within and range of student towards a deep
across subject matter. knowledge of subject matter.
Section 3: Teacher Leader Inquiry Focus and Planning
Project Title Inquiry Question Project Objective(s)
My project objective is to have
the kindergarten team be able
to identify three new uses for
I will develop my skills in leadership
Starfall in their classroom that
Starfall in the Kindergarten Classroom of technology through my teacher
can help engage and support
inquiry
students in their learning as well
as can be applied starting the
next school day.
Audience for Project How Project Fits into Professional Goals How Audience Satisfaction will be
(Who Participates/Who Benefits) and/or Department/School/District Needs Assessed
This project fits the school and I will assess my audience’s
The audience for my presentation will be the kindergarten team
district's needs because they want satisfaction by providing an
which consists of two transitional kindergarten teachers and two
teachers and students to use assessment at the end of my
kindergarten teachers. Only the teachers will be in attendance at
technology in their classrooms. The presentation. The assessment
my presentation, but it will benefit themselves and all their
school district pays for teachers and will be focused on the audience
students.
students to have access to this takeaways from the
Individualized Learning Plan, Fullerton Online Teacher Induction Program (FOTIP), 2017 Page 1 of 6
 website every school year, but presentation to see if I met my
many teachers either don’t use project objective. The goal will
Starfall to its full capacity or don’t be for the kindergarten team to
use it in their classrooms at all. be able to identify how they can
immediately begin using Starfall
in their daily routine.
Special Emphasis: Teacher Leader Model Standards and NBPTS Core Propositions
Directions: Identify at least one NBPTS and at least one Teacher Leader Model Standards that are the primary focus of your project. Explain how these standards will be incorporated.
Special Emphasis Focus How Special Emphasis will be Incorporated
I will incorporate NBPTS Proposition 4 into my presentation by providing
NBPTS Proposition 4- Teachers think systematically about their examples of how I incorporate Starfall in my classroom, and its positive
practices and learn from experience impacts on student learning and behavior to inform adult learners. I will
incorporate the Teacher Leader Model Standards throughout my project by
TLMS Domain 3- Promotes Professional Learning for Continuous facilitating professional learning among the kindergarten team. I am also
Improvement using information about adult learning to guide me in my design of the
presentation, which also relates back to TLMS domain 3.
Inquiry Implementation Plan
Discuss Results with
Analyze Results
Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Milestone 3 Mentor
Milestone 4
Milestone 5
Present TLP to Analyze
Discuss needs with the K Complete TLP Discuss
Identify name and date for activities. the K team audience
team presentation presentation
during PLC assessment
2/15/2023 04/04/2023 04/11/2023 04/17/2023 04/20/2023
My teacher leader project focuses on the inclusion of technology in the kindergarten classroom. I met with
the K team at my school and discussed their needs regarding technology. After speaking with the team, I
Provide 1-2 sentence summary of your realized they are missing out on most of the features of one of our district's best-paid online resources. The
teacher leader project. goal of my TLP is to inform the K team on how the inclusion of Starfall in their classrooms will help to
improve student behavior and students learning, and by the end of my presentation, I hope to have all the K
teachers identify how they can immediately begin using Starfall in their daily routine
The process I will use to analyze the effectiveness of my leadership role will be using informal assessments
throughout my presentation, a summative assessment at the end of my presentation, and discussions both
Summarize process for analyzing during and after my presentation. I will ask my audience questions, such as, “What function of Starfall can
effectiveness of leadership role. you see yourself using to help engage or teach your current students?” Posing questions like this will help me
to determine if I met my project objective of the kindergarten team being able to identify how they can
immediately begin using Starfall in their daily routine.
Section 4: Inquiry Research and Exploration
Research/Professional Learning (Identify two articles that have informed inquiry focus. Provide title, URL or citation, and statement of what was learned.)
Article 1: Top 5 Benefits of Technology in the Classroom Article 2: 9 Best Ways to Teach Letter Sounds
https://www.waldenu.edu/programs/education/resource/top-fi https://kidskonnect.com/articles/teach-letters-and-sounds/
ve-benefits-of-technology-in-the-classroom Article two focuses primarily on teaching letter sounds but has a section
After reading article one, I learned that by including technology that talks about the benefits of technology inclusion when teaching
in the classroom, a teacher could create a more engaged phonemic awareness. The article says, “Technology can transform the
environment, incorporate different learning styles, improve learning of phonemic awareness by allowing children to simultaneously
collaboration, prepare children for the future, and help you hear and match sounds to letters and words.” This is a tool that is readily
connect with your students. I have been using Starfall in my available to students while they are exploring Starfall and is valuable
classroom all school year and have seen student engagement information to add to my PowerPoint that will help my audience
improve the article says, “technology in your classroom can help understand some of the many benefits of Starfall. The article also talks
turn traditionally dull subjects into interactive and fun about the importance of students working with “technology that enables
activities.” I had not thought that Starfall could help prepare books to speak,” and Starfall has a huge library of books that students can
students for their future jobs until reading the article. Starfall read along with. Each section of text in the books has a button that will read
allows children to explore the website and work on their mouse the book for you but also allows the student to follow along by highlighting
skills. The article states, “Introducing instructional technology in the text in red. There are also books that use a combination of sight words
the classroom at a young age can help prepare students for and words with pictures where students can either press a button and have
future digital demands,” and by including Starfall in your daily the computer read to them, or they can try to read the sentences on their
routine, you are helping to grow their familiarity and own and click each individual word to have it read to them. Starfall also has
comfortability with a computer. a function where students can drag the words into the sentences, and then
Starfall reads the sentence to the student.
Colleagues (Summarize how two colleagues have addressed similar leadership roles OR the status of the issue at department/school/district level.)
Individualized Learning Plan, Fullerton Online Teacher Induction Program (FOTIP), 2017 Page 2 of 6
 Fourth Grade Teacher
Transitional Kindergarten Teacher
(School Site Avid Coordinator)
(Kindergarten Team Leader)
I chose to go to one of the fourth-grade teachers at my school site because
The other teacher that I chose to speak with regarding
she is our AVID coordinator. She is responsible for attending AVID training
leadership was the lead teacher for my kindergarten team, who
and relaying the information that she has learned at our school-wide PLC
happens to teach transitional kindergarten. She is responsible
meetings. I chose to speak with her about my leadership role because,
for attending PLC team meetings and relaying important school
similarly to what I need to complete for this class, she creates presentations
information to the entire kindergarten team. I thought she
to help the rest of the staff understand how they can apply AVID in their
would be the best person on staff to speak with because she
own classrooms. She said one of the most difficult parts of educating her
has a similar leadership role to me because she is addressing
colleagues is getting them to apply what they have learned in the meetings
the same audience that I am for my teacher leader project. She
in their classrooms. She said the best way to combat this is to provide easy
summarizes important information and then relays it to the rest
examples of how the teachers can apply AVID strategies in their classrooms
of the team. When I asked her for advice on how to reach my
that help to save the teachers’ time. For example, a one-pager is a great
audience, she said it was important to keep the information
AVID strategy that students enjoy that only requires the teacher to prep a
simple and make sure to provide visual examples.
single piece of white paper per student.
Section 5: Results and Reflection
Revised Suggestions for Moving
CSTP Element Initial Rating Evidence/Rational for Rating
Rating Forward
To move to INNOVATING level: Consider how to
increase complexity of task beyond a single
Promoting critical thinking Teacher asked questions of analysis and evaluation.
T – Applying T – Integrating lesson so that there are continuing opportunities
1.5 through inquiry, problem Students answered questions that included all levels of Bloom’s. Students created
S – Exploring S - Integrating for students to engage in inquiry in complex
solving, and reflection their own math problems.
problem. How could you extend lesson into
PBL?

Establishing T- The teacher created a professional Moving forward, I can

professional development designed for transitional expand on my
goals and kindergarten and kindergarten teachers. The professional development
engaging in presentation focused on how the teachers and include grade levels
T-
6.2 continuous and T- Integrating could grow in their practice by learning about first, second, third, and
Innovating
purposeful the many functions of the district-paid online fourth, fifth. This would
professional program Starfall. The presentation focused on allow me to share my
growth and using Starfall as a supplemental activity to presentation with all of
development reinforce California state standards. the teachers at my school.
To continue moving
Utilizing T- The teacher's presentation focused on
forward, I can create
instructional instructional strategies and extension
activities and strategies
strategies that T- activities that reinforce the subject matter and
3.4 T- Integrating that go along with the
are appropriate Innovating the California state standards. By including
subject matter and the
to the subject Starfall in your instruction, you help to scaffold
Starfall website/
matter and engage your students in their learning.
curriculum.
Special Emphasis (Teacher Leader Model Standards or NBPTS Core Propositions
Contribution to
Key Learnings and New Skills/Knowledge Developed by Teacher Product(s) Generated
Others/Department/School/District
The products that I generated are a The presentation and all of the
My special emphasis was, NBPTS Proposition 4- Teachers think
presentation, Slide set notes, an handouts were shared with the
systematically about their practices and learn from experience.
audience assessment, a culminating entire kindergarten and
The new skills/ knowledge that I developed while completing this
activity handout, the CA State transitional kindergarten team. I
project were my ability to plan, create, and deliver professional
Kindergarten Math Standards also shared my presentation with
development to my colleagues. I also improved my ability to
alignment to Starfall highlighted with the special education teacher and
apply my teaching practices to adult learners. While creating
the most recent math benchmark school counselor because of their
professional development about the Starfall website, I learned to
standards, kindergarten math/ELA proximity to students and the fact
incorporate it more into my classroom and share the resource
morning work examples, that they may use Starfall as an
with my students' families. I feel that my ability to relate subject
supplemental activities, writing activity in their rooms. I can share
matters to each other and the California state standards have
centers, holiday activities, flashcards, my project with upper grades as a
also improved tremendously.
and TK activities. guide on how to navigate the site.
Mentor Feedback
Directions: The Mentor should Identify strengths and areas of improvement in each of the following areas.
Katelyn’s presentation was exemplary! It was well thought out, including
Effectiveness of resources designed by Candidate, including presentation, notes, pertinent visuals that helped reinforce the importance of the Starfall
handouts, and other resources. activities. Notes were very detailed, enabling teachers to easily find all the
information needed about each of her 17-slide PowerPoint as she was
Individualized Learning Plan, Fullerton Online Teacher Induction Program (FOTIP), 2017 Page 3 of 6
 presenting. In addition to her presentation notes, Katelyn gave a wealth of
materials to both TK and Kinder teachers to demonstrate what types of
resources are available on Starfall through their Resource Dropdown
Toolbar.
In collaboration with colleagues and school administrators to plan
team-based professional learning aligned with content standards and linked
to the California State ELA and Math Kindergarten Standards, Katelyn met
with her TK/K Team first to determine their highest needs to ensure their
support.

Effectiveness of Candidate in teaching and coaching adults. (Refer to Adult
Learning Principles in FOTIP Handbook
[https://www.fotip.org/adult-learning-theory.html].
She made sure she met the needs of all of her adult learners and their
learning needs by providing various approaches to her delivery style
through her 17-slide presentation. Her use of slides, notes, handouts,
questioning, visuals, and assessments helped to keep all learners engaged.

Through learning about Adult Learning Principles, Kaitlyn involved the

teachers in planning and evaluating their instruction of her Starfall
presentation. She was highly influential in her approach to providing a
supportive learning environment to her staff members, allowing them to
ask questions and respond. The staff left her presentation with learning
relevant to their daily teaching and ready to implement it.

Starfall is a vital technology program for both TK and Kindergarten, and it

goes undervalued in our District. I praise Katelyn for stepping forward and
Value of topic for audience. recognizing that our teachers need to be further trained. Having her
complete the online Starfall platform for her Teacher Leader Project is the
best value for our teachers.
In preparation for her presentation, Katelyn did her homework by asking
our school's tenured teachers in PD Leadership roles for advice on
presentation skills. Taking this advice, she used it wisely in her teaching. She
kept her presentation simple, direct, and concise while using plenty of
Overall delivery by Candidate of the professional development experience, visuals for the TK/K Team. Katelyn also followed the advice of another
including audience engagement, pacing, tone, and response to questions. mentor by providing easy-to-follow examples. She was very comfortable
with her presentation and knew her material inside and out. It was easy to
tell she enjoyed her presentation, which quickly engaged the audience.
Even her questions and assessments went well with each of the
participants. Exemplary!
Analysis and Summary of Audience Assessment
Directions: Record assessment data into Assessment Data Table (see end of document). Include copies of assessment tool with submission. Include at least one graph in your summary.

After reviewing my Google Survey Form Assessment I found that my presentation was successful. My audience prior to the start of my
presentation felt that they had a satisfactory understanding of Starfall, and reported at the end of my presentation that they had excellent
skill/knowledge of Starfall. They also all reported that they had either a very good understanding or excellent undertsanidng of how to
incorporate Starfall into their classrooms which was the main goal of my presentation. It was reported by all the reviewers that I was an
effective lecturer, that the presentation was clear/ organized, and that I stimulated peer interest. Between my mentor teachers review and the
rest of the kindergarten teams review I feel very confident that my presentation was successful. The audience assessment shows my success
with both a contribution to learning as well as my skills and responsiveness as an instructor. I also know through the use of progress monitoring
questions embedded in my presentation that the teachers can effectively incorporate Starfall into their daily routines.
Action Items (some may not be applicable)
I can include Starfall into my lesson plans more frequently as a whole class activity by using the word
For curriculum design, lesson planning,
assessment planning
machine to practice CVC words. This will help to better engage my students as this is something that we
practice every day.
I would like to create a guide to which extension activities my students should be focusing on while on
Starfall after completing a classroom activity. Currently, my students are just working on Starfall in general
For classroom practice
after completing their work, but I would like to have a way for them to work on specific activities after a
lesson that reinforces the lesson's standards and concepts.

Individualized Learning Plan, Fullerton Online Teacher Induction Program (FOTIP), 2017 Page 4 of 6
For teaching English learners, students There are many ways to scaffold Starfall worksheets which is something I plan to incorporate into my
with special needs, and students with morning work. Including examples, visuals, and traceable activities in my morning work, allows all students
other instructional challenges, to work independently. The website activities are also scaffolded, which I would work into my guide.
For future professional development, I plan to expand my presentation to the upper grades by creating a
For future professional development new presentation for first, second, and third grade as well as fourth and fifth grade. I would need to adapt
my current presentation to include appropriate standards and activities.
For supporting others/department/ By expanding my professional development to the upper grades, I am supporting the other departments, the
school/district school, and the district. I can share my presentation and resources through our shared Google Drive.
I would like to continue to learn more about Starfall and explore more into their paid curriculum books which
Other our district does not currently pay for. Some of our current curriculum is not being used by all of the
kindergarten teachers and Starfall could possibly be a better way to spend district money.
Other Notes and Comments
I thought my presentation was successful and highlighted key standards many kindergarten students and teachers struggle with. Sight words,
CVC words, letter sounds, and numbers are all very important California State Standards that can be reinforced through the use of Starfall.
Supplemental activities are necessary, especially for student engagement. I also felt that the inclusion of all of the California State ELA and
Math Standards was extremely beneficial to the teachers because they can see how to best support their students in meeting their learning
goals.
Include copy of Google Survey Form assessment tool.

Individualized Learning Plan, Fullerton Online Teacher Induction Program (FOTIP), 2017 Page 5 of 6
Individualized Learning Plan, Fullerton Online Teacher Induction Program (FOTIP), 2017 Page 6 of 6