GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Professional Development Plan
Name: Jai Hiltz
Learning Objectives
What do I want to be able to
do
or do better?
Determine everything I need
to do to know, take/sign up for
all the praxis exams I need.
Get a teacher's certification for
secondary Social Studies
History.
Learn tips and tricks for
Substitute teachers.
Improve my knowledge and
use of classroom routines.
Improve my knowledge and
use of transitions at the high
school level.
Data tracking
How will I recognize success? How will I
review and measure my improvement?
● It’ll be obvious when I have made a
list of everything I need.
● Success = Washington D.C will issue
my teaching certification.
● Finish Teach Now
● Pass Praxis Core
● Pass The Praxis Social Studies
Content Knowledge (5081)
exam
● WIll feel ready to edit an extremely
long LEP into a more manageable
one for cover teachers.
● Students will know the routines
without prompting.
● Starting class will be more efficient.
● Less time is wasted during
transitions.
● Students know how to transition
with fewer reminders.
Date: 01/20/2023
Actions and Resources Timeline
What methods and resources will I use to achieve my learning By when will I
objectives? achieve this goal?
● Research, conversations with cohort, and searching my February 15th, 2023
mind palace AKA bookmarked tabs)
● Make a list
● Attend TeachNow VCs and complete activities By the end of June,
● Obtain books and Study Now online to prepare for test 2023
● Khan Academy and any other great resources
● Determine if the Basic Core Praxis test can be worked
around due to BSc GPA. Heard something about that.
● Study for Praxis tests, including taking practice tests
● Schedule test date in Seoul
● Obtain necessary documents for certification: FBI
background check, official transcripts, letter from Teach
Now, Praxis scores
● Continue to work and collaborate with my Mentor and By the end of June,
other teachers. Stay visible and available and 2023
indispensable.
● Literature will be read.
● Different teachers and classes will be observed (5 a week
minimum)
● https://www.differentiatedteaching.com/5-substitute-
tips/
● Ask ChatGPT…HAHA

Edit LEP notes into a Cover
Teacher LEP that I can bring
from class to class.
See what other qualifications
to teach history
Choose a masters degree
program
For the above three, success won’t be
assured until tested in the classroom. But a
completed plan is enough of a measure for
the deadline.
● It will be under 10 pages. But all
pertinent and manageable areas
will be covered.
● Confirmation one way or another
whether there is more I need or
not.
What I am drawn to.
● linguistics: EAL Specialist Path
● leadership: Residence Director
Path
● Content based (History, economics,
or Health)
● Probably not education, but
maybe.
● https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2022/atp-
classroom-management-substitute-teacher
● edutopia.com
● Asking other teachers for advice, research, trial and error
with different classes.
● Actually attend Teach Now’s Monthly PD
● Attending my school’s weekly PD meetings, and monthly
PD opportunities.
● Edutopia’s email newsletter.
● Asking other teachers for advice, research, trial and error
with different classes.
● Teach Now’s Monthly PD
● Attending my school’s weekly PD meetings, and monthly
PD opportunities.
● etc.
● My LEP from Module 4 - It’s very long (25 pages), so it By the end of July,
needs to be streamlined and edited based on newly 2023
learned skills.
● Learning Environment Plan - Jai Hiltz
● IB, MYP, etc. By September 2023
● Through conversations with colleagues at the school
● Continue my rabbit hole diving. By July 2023
● Try on as many hats as possible at the school.
● eliminate options that I don’t find engaging
 ONE will be chosen.
Enroll in a Masters Program
Obtain a masters degree.
Obtain a full time teaching job
● Enrolled ● Cross that bridge later. By September 2023
○ Research different schools and compare them to
the teachnow program.
○ multiple ‘I’s to dot and ‘T’s to cross
● Graduation ● TCOB By July 2024
● Contract signed. ● Continue professional development By January 2024
● Kill it as an inturn Starting in August
● Be visible. School Baseball team. Thursday night 2024
Basketball with the other teachers. Take on an ASA.
● Create a curriculum for awesome MS electives.
Environmental Science. Life Skills,
● Resume is ready
● Cover letter is ready.
● Everyone is a positive reference.