Fullerton Online Teacher Induction Program

Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) – Teacher

Leader Project Option
Revised January 2024
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
Kashaokiwaki Wahpepah kwahpepah@calca.connectionsacademy.org All Subjects, GenEd Second Grade
Mentor Email School/District Date
California
Amy Hickey ahickey@calca.connectionsacademy.org 2/19/2024
Connections Academy
Section 2: CSTP focus
Directions:
Identify 2-3 CSTP elements in which you are at least at the applying level for ILP focus. Use most recent CSTP Assessment. Identify both
teacher and student rating for CSTP 1 and 2. See example.
Emerging, Exploring, Applying, Integrating, Innovating

Rating Description
CSTP Element Initial

Promoting
critical thinking
T–
1.5 through
Integrating T - Supports students to initiate critical thinking through independently developing
EXAMPL inquiry,
S– questions, posing problems and reflecting on multiple perspectives
E problem
Applying
solving, and
S - Students respond to questions and problems posed by the teacher and begin to pose
reflection
and solve problems of their own related to the content
Collaborating
with colleagues
and the
broader T – Collaborates with colleagues to improve student learning and reflect on teaching practice at the
classroom level.
professional
6.3 T - Applying
community to T – Interacts with members of the broader professional community to access resources that support
support teacher effectiveness and student learning.
teacher and
student
learning.
Reflecting on
teaching practice T- T – Reflects individually and with colleagues on refinements in teaching practice and connections
6.1
in support of Integrating among the elements of the CSTP to positively impact the full range of learners.
student learning.
Establishing
professional
goals and T – Applying: Selects and engages in professional development based on needs identifies in
engaging in T - Applying professional goals.
6.2 continuous and &
purposeful Integrating T – Integrating: Sets and modifies authentic goals connected to the CSTP that are intellectually
professional challenging and based on self-assessment and feedback from a variety of sources.
growth and
development.
Section 3: Teacher Leader Inquiry Focus and Planning
Project Title Inquiry Question Project Objective(s)
How does a teacher’s Participants will reflect on how their
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Facing History & Ourselves: Tools identities, experiences, and identities, experiences, and biases
for Teacher Reflection biases impact student success impact our students’ success and
and classroom culture? classroom culture.
How Project Fits into
Audience for Project Professional Goals and/or How Audience Satisfaction will be
(Who Participates/Who Benefits) Department/School/District Assessed
Needs
This project fits into my
professional goals by learning
more about anti-racism and
My grade level PLC will participate in this project. All of our inclusion in schools and our
I will collect data from participants
students and families will benefit, as well as the teachers who school’s need for more
with an anonymous survey.
participate. conversations and
professional development
around diversity, equity, and
inclusion.
Special Emphasis: Teacher Leader Model Standards and NBPTS Core Propositions
Directions:
Identify at least one standard (NBPTS, ISTE C, Teacher Leader Model Standards) that is the special emphasis focus of your project.
Explain how these standards will be incorporated. You may add more than 1 if you wish.

This project is connected to the ISTE teacher standards:

2.3.a Create Positive Experiences: Create experiences for learners to make positive, socially responsible contributions and
exhibit empathetic behavior online that build relationships and community.

2.4.d Demonstrate Cultural Competency: Demonstrate cultural competency when communicating with students, parents, and
colleagues, and interact with them as co-collaborators in student learning.

This project connects to both of these ISTE standards because when teachers are aware of their identities and if those identities are
reflected in the student body, and aware of biases they may have, they can create a more welcoming environment for all students to
have positive experiences in school. Teachers will also be able to be more aware of biases, similarities and differences in cultures when
communicating with families and colleagues.

Special Emphasis Focus How Special Emphasis will be Incorporated

The special emphasis focus for my presentation will be on

inviting teachers to reflect on how their identities and I am providing teachers with reflection questions and materials to review
biases impact their classroom environments and their identities and possible biases.
instruction

Inquiry Implementation Plan

Identify name and date for Analyze Discuss Results
Milestone
activities. Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Results with Mentor
3
Milestone 4 Milestone 5
Attend Facing History & Create presentation for Implemen Collect Meet and discuss
Ourselves Professional PD & meet with mentor t PD with participant results with
Development for feedback PLC data from mentor
survey
 2/23/24 – 3/9/24 3/22/24 4/4/24 4/5/24 4/17/24
Provide 1-2 sentence
My project is to make a smaller DEI PD session for my grade level PLC to see the classroom effects of
summary of your teacher
having teachers reflect on their own identities, experiences, and biases.
leader project.
Summarize process for
I will analyze the effectiveness by collecting data by a survey where participants will rate their
analyzing effectiveness of
engagement, reflection, and implementation after the training.
leadership role.
Section 4: Inquiry Research and Exploration
Directions
Research/Professional Learning (Identify two articles that have informed inquiry focus. Provide title, URL or citation, and statement of
what was learned.)
The first article provides insight into why and how equity
in the classroom leads to greater student success. I
learned about the various ways classrooms and schools
https://www.insightintodiversity.com/equity-in-the-classroom-leads-to-
can be more equitable, and how that impacts student
greater-student-success/
learning outcomes.
https://www.facinghistory.org/ideas-week/how-be-upstander-four-
The second article provides that explore how to have
guiding-principles-difficult-conversations
difficult conversations, which can be applied to
conversations with staff, colleagues, students, and
families.
Colleagues (Summarize how two colleagues have addressed similar leadership roles OR the status of the issue at
department/school/district level.)
Although we have a DEI professional development planned for next year,
We have a school DEI coordinator who works in this field,
my school is also making a lot of changes in curriculum and LMS so I want
and coordinated the piloting of the Facing History &
to bring this PD to my grade level PLC sooner so they have time this school
Ourselves professional development. We currently do
year to be reflective and have more time to take in and implement the
not have a DEI PD for staff, so it is a big need for our
training sooner, as there will be a lot of new information and trainings in
school.
the fall.
Section 5: Results and Reflection
Describe the impact you feel you made Suggestions for Continued
Initial Rating
CSTP Element on your own growth as an educator and Growth as an educator and
leader. leader
Promoting I will look into more research
critical I feel that by presenting at a conference I in this area and try to apply it.
thinking was able to…. At the conference, I attended
through T – Integrating a session that gave me good
1.5
inquiry, S – Applying As I spoke about my strategies, I realized ideas to….
problem that there were things I can do differently I want to conduct a PD for my
solving, and such as… grade level team based on
reflection this project
Collaborating
with I will look for more opportunities
colleagues I learned a lot collaborating with colleagues in within my school community to
and the the broader professional community this collaborate and learn from other
semester. I was able to work with not only departments. I will also work
broader
teachers, but other staff in our professional with other educators in the
6.3 professional T - Applying
community as well. I feel it is very important to broader educational community
community to learn from others in the field of education and by looking for in person or online
support the valuable roles they play in student success trainings, resources, and
teacher and and school operations. research offered by those
student outside of my school.
learning.
 As I reflected on my own teaching practice After this project I want to learn
while preparing the presentation for my more about how educator and
Reflecting on teacher leader project, I learned that we are systemic biases impact student
teaching always growing as educators and it is a lifelong success. I found quite a few
practice in journey to reflection on teaching practice. valuable research studies and
6.1 T - Integrating
support of There is a lot of new research and studies articles about test scores and
student being done about improving student learning, academic achievement being
learning. and I think as a teacher I should keep up with impacted by educator race and
the new research and reflect on integrating bias and I think it is important to
findings into my practice. learn more.
I want to look for more
professional development
opportunities outside of my
As I prepared my presentation for my teacher
Establishing school. Working with a company
leader project, I realized how outdated many
professional such as Facing History &
of the trainings I received as a new teacher are
goals and Ourselves taught me that there
now. This is my ninth year in education, and so
engaging in are a lot of really great and
much has changed in nine years, I believe that
6.2 continuous and T - Applying & Integrating valuable PD opportunities
teachers should constantly be learning and
purposeful through outside organizations
growing or we risk being outdated, ineffective,
professional that I can use to continue my
and in some cases harmful. Continuous
growth and education as an educator and I
professional growth and development is
development. don’t need to solely rely on the
crucial to student success.
trainings my school provides,
because there are so many ways
to learn and grow.
Special Emphasis (Teacher Leader Model Standards or NBPTS Core Propositions
Contribution to
Key Learnings and New Skills/Knowledge Developed by
Product(s) Generated Others/Department/School/Distric
Teacher
t
This applies to the National Board Proposition 5, that teachers -Presentation on importance My project made contributions to
are members of professional communities. My project focused of diversity, equity, and school’s DEI department, the larger
on collaboration and community learning and reflection, and inclusion in education professional community at my
prompted dialogue between colleagues. This also applies to -Feedback to school on pilot school, and my grade level PLC,
Teacher Leader Model Domain 1, because my project empowers training for DEI PD through participation and feedback
teachers to collaborate with each other and reflect on their -Compiled list of research and around DEI pilot program and
ideas and experiences to promote student learning and articles about DEI, bias, and project focus on reflecting on DEI as
collaborative school environment. social justice in education educators in community.
Mentor Feedback
Directions:
The Mentor should Identify strengths and areas of improvement in each of the following areas.
Effectiveness of resources designed by the Candidate, This resource is very effective at educating our staff and asking them to be
including presentation, notes, handouts, and other introspective on how they may viewing our students and how we can make
resources. informed decisions moving forward.
I loved the combination of different kinds of visuals to communicate the
Effectiveness of Overall Project concepts you were educating us on. The text you included in the
presentation was clear and informative.
The project is very valuable overall. I think this is a great way to start the
Value of project for audience. conversation of how we can be more equitable in our classroom and ensure
all of our students are being given adequate opportunities and resources.

Fantastic job, Kasha! I learned so much from your presentation and love the
Overall feedback
clarity you give to such an important subject. I learned a lot!
Action Items (some may not be applicable)
For curriculum design, Identify the bias that we may have as teachers and ensure that we are conducting ourselves in a way that
lesson planning,
is providing equitable opportunities for all of our students within our curriculum and lesson planning.
assessment planning
For classroom practice
For teaching English
learners, students with
special needs, and students Identify the unique needs of our individual students and ensure their needs are being met.
with other instructional
challenges
For future professional I think this is just the start of the conversation! We can continue the conversation as a staff, grade bands
development and within our teams.
For supporting
others/department/ Seek out resources from other departments as needed – SPED, TLA, ect.
school/district
Other
Other Notes and Comments