Individual Development Plan

3/7/15
Rachel Lundstrom

INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Zeeland Public School District
______Rachel Lundstrom___________________
Teachers Name

Teachers Signature

__Greg Eding_____________________________
Administrators Name

Goal(s) S tatement

All students in Resource English

Language Arts will increase reading
comprehension through Where the Red
Fern Grows novel study.

__3/7/15_ _Creekside_______
Date

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Administrators Signature

S trategies
(Plan of Action)

Contact all caseload parents at least two

times per month using multiple
communication methods and providing
positive and negative feedback, in
addition to IEP meetings.

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contact all parents to understand

their best methods of
communication and best time to
be contacted
create chart for recording
contacts made
set up bi-monthly email for
parents (newsletter style)
call or email a few parents per
week with positive or negative
news
record outcomes of conversation

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Date

Indicators of Progress
(Criteria for Evaluation end of year)

research specific questioning

strategies that tie in to special
education and learning
disabilities
research specific comprehension
reading strategies that tie in to
special education and learning
disabilities
provide daily questioning after
students complete chapter
readings
probe discussion in order to
increase student-led discussion
give assessment to show
comprehension skills (multiple
choice and short answer
response)

School

increase in quiz scores

throughout unit
comprehension in final written
response
record data on research and
student participation in
comprehension questioning

parents will stay informed with

class information and special
education information
parents will know positive and
negative information about their
childs skills and behavior in the
classroom
parents will enter IEP meeting
already knowing me, and having
an appropriate picture of their
childs actions at school

Dates
(When I will be working on this
strategy)

Spring 2015 (January-February)

Spring 2015 (ongoing)

Resources Needed to S upport My Plan

Administrators S upport Needed

Where the Red Fern Grows novels and novel study materials

none

general contact information for all parents

charting examples for keeping track of contacts made with parents

awareness of parents with high needs

backup if conversations about difficult behaviors occur

End -of Year-Outcomes (End of year Evaluation with Administrator regarding your progress on your goals).
One area that I am particularly strong in is classroom management. I believe that in my classroom students should have a fun and exciting time in their learning, while also making
connections and realizations throughout and across the content areas. All knowledge should relate to the real post-high school world, and I work hard to incorporate this into my
lessons. I believe that I manage classroom time efficiently, but I also know when students need to take a break; whether it is to talk to a peer and work on social skills or to get up
and move for a brain break. Furthermore, I am able to manage time effectively during a lesson, providing appropriate wait time for my students to respond, and providing adequate
work time for classwork, partner discussions, or quizzes. By managing a classroom successfully, I am able to gain control of the room (in a positive manner) and build deeper
relationships with my students because I do not have to worry about discipline or behavior.
As I continue to improve on my teaching, I need to work on the speed at which I give directions and instructions. Recently, I have provided too many directions at once, giving my
students an overload of information leading to no progress. Instead, I need to focus on giving directions in steps or chunks, and allowing students work time on each of these
individual chunks. If a large segment of directions is necessary, students can repeat the directions to a peer or one student can retell the directions to the whole class. This will help
to eliminate confusion and help me see potential problems before they occur. While I continue to work on time management, this previous weakness has become a strength in my
teaching. I also need to work on my parent outreach, which has yet to occur in this semester of student teaching. I plan on making contacts with all parents to introduce myself as I
begin full-time teaching, and then follow up with some phone calls about good things. By stepping into a full-time mindset, this is an important piece of special education that I
cannot overlook.