A Look Forward

My 5-Year Professional Development Plan

Domain F: Developing as a Professional

Stephanie Vasquez National University TED 690

Domain F: Developing as a Professional Educator

TPE 12: Professional, Legal and Ethical Obligations Teachers take responsibility for student academic learning outcomes and manages their time wisely to ensure academic goals are met. Provides a safe environment for their students and understands, and is able to identify, the legal obligations of privacy, health and safety, including cases of child abuse and neglect. Models ethical and good moral behaviors for their students.

TPE 13: Professional Growth Evaluates their teaching practices based on the Common Core State Standards Continuously improves their teaching practices by applying new teaching strategies and encourages feedback to improve these goals and strategies.

Table of Contents
Goal and Artifact 1 Daily 5/CAF Seminar Goal and Artifact 2 CGI Training Goal and Artifact 3 Common Core Implementation

Training Goal and Artifact 4 Read more books for intended for teachers, including, How Children Succeed by Paul Tough Goal and Artifact 5 Technology Integration Strategies and Methods to Meet these Goals Timeline Reflection Reference

Goal 1: I will attend an online seminar that will teach me how to implement the Daily 5 Literacy Program into my classroom.

The Daily 5 is more than a management system or a curriculum framework - it is a structure that helps students develop the daily habits of reading, writing, and working independently that will lead to a lifetime of literacy independence.

(Thedailycafe.com)

Goal 2: I will attend CGI (Cognitively Guided Instruction) trainings and learn how to incorporate different math strategies into my instruction. I will also read the book, Childrens Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction by Thomas P. Carpenter.
Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI)

is a problem-solving mathematics program designed to improve number sense and computation for students in Kindergarten through third grades. It has been proven effective for boys and girls of diverse social class, racial and ethnic, and language proficiency backgrounds. (michellef@essdack.org)

Goal 3: I will attend a year-long program through Pearsonschool.com to complete a series of Common Core State Standards trainings and implementation strategies.
Pearson school is Leading the Way for Common Core State

Standards Implementation Professional Development. This series helps administrators, curriculum directors, coaches, and other instructional leaders explore the implications the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have on content and curriculum, classroom instruction and assessment, and building and district culture. It also explains how changes in those areas relate to successfully implementing the Common Core. Participants examine the likely impact of the Common Core on leaders, teachers, and students in their district. They also consider possible time frames and frameworks for implementation and learn about indepth professional development opportunities that accommodate the needs of teachers and students

Goal 4: I will continue to read books that will motivate and inspire me as I grow within my teaching profession. One book that I will start with will be, How Children Succeed by Paul Tough.
Why its worth reading: Paul

Tough tracks the importance of building students character skills. In the book, researcher Angela Duckworth shows how students character traits are stronger indicators of their success, rather than their IQs. This book will help teachers build a classroom focused on both academic growth and building students character skills (Sargent).

Goal 5: I will learn how to integrate the most modern and recent technologies into my classroom, improving my teaching strategies and use of instructional tools. I will attend a 1-year program through Edtech Teacher.org. At EdtechTeacher we strongly believe that successful technology integration in schools requires ongoing, sustained professional development. Our Teaching for the 21st Century program (T21) works with cohorts of educators at schools and districts over the course of a school year, combining face-to-face workshops, live webinars, online course work, and one-to-one coaching (Edtechteacher.org).

My 5-Year Timeline
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2014 Complete my Masters of Education program, including my PDQP Update my resume and gather as many professional references as possible Apply for teaching positions for the Fall of 2014 2015 Begin the year-long training to integrate technology into my classroom Begin a series of implementation strategies for Common Core and Daily 5in the classroom Read books about beginning teaching, or first years as a teacher 2016 Find out what trainings will be offered through the district that I employed at Attend CGI trainings and as many trainings as a I can (offered through my current district) Complete my BTSA program, through the school I work at or through the county of San Diego Education Department 2017 & 2018 Read as many books as I can! Stay current on all instructional strategies and materials for the classroom

Reflection
Developing as a professional is a huge part of being a great teacher, and a life-long learner. Although, it is important that we are true to ourselves and love what we do. One of the books I read throughout my graduate program, Why We Teach by Sonia Nieto, states: Be yourself. Teaching is an interactive, interpersonal experience that requires personality and communication. If I have any hopes of connecting with my students and helping kids connect with their world, Ive got to be myself and do things my way. Teaching is based on trust, and when students see me as a real person who genuinely wants them to succeed, strong bonds are formed.

I will continue to grow and learn as a professional and provide the best learning environment for my students.

References
Edtech Teacher.org
michellef@essdack.org. CGI Trainings.

Nieto, S.(2005). Why We Teach. Teachers College

Press; New York, NY. Pearsonschool.com. Common Core State Standards. Sargent, A. (2013). 15 Books That Will Make You A Better Teacher. Buzzfeed.com The Daily Caf: The 2 sisters: Gail Boushey and Joan Moser. (2013) TPA Candidate Handbook: Chapter 2. (2013). National University. Prepared by Nedra Crow