Jon Buchanan ProfGrowthGoalPlan 15-16

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH GOAL FORM

Teacher: ___Jon Buchanan__________________________Date:__10.6.15____________________

School:_KMMS______________________________________Grade/Dept:_ Social Studies 8A___________

PLC:
1. Jon Buchanan
2. Jeff Fague
3. Aaron Wilke
4. Wendy Jaensch

Peer Reviewer (agreed upon with Administrator):_Dillon Denter____________________

This plan is:
_X__a NEW Individual Growth and Development Plan
_____REVISIONS to an approved plan
Year of Plan:
____Peer Review Year
__X__Peer Review/Portfolio Year
Summative Evaluation Year Summative Evaluation Year
Indicate Student Growth Goal (35% of evaluation):______________________________________

Standards for Effective Teaching Addressed in this Plan: (Check all that apply)
___X___ Planning _____ Environment
___X___ Instruction ___X___ Professionalism

Specific Goals:
I will increase my eighth grade social studies students understanding of reading informational text so that 86% of
my students will demonstrate mastery as measured by my classroom assessments by June of 2016.

Strategies to Meet Goal:

*CRAFT (cold read analysis focused tool) every other week, challenging article per month from primary sources,
individual student conferencing throughout the year to analyze cold read data and provide reading strategies for
improvement, Learning Targets

Indicators of Progress:
*statistical aggregate assessment data, peer/coach observations, student responses from conferencing, student
written responses, parent feedback

Timeline:
Sept. 2015-June 2016

Anticipated Outcome/Knowledge Gained/Impact of Goal:

*improved communication between students, staff and parents; refining and improving assessments; to build a
variety of strategies for students to improve informational text reading.

End-of-Year Reflection on Goal Achievement (completed in spring):

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After reflecting upon the 2015-16 school year, there were some positive advances in my pedagogical
skills in addition to areas where skills are needing both improvement and refining.

The measured target goal this year for the assessment piece was 86%. Overall percentage for Team 8A
students was 84.43%. While not reaching the goal, it was a .95% increase from the prior years
percentage of 83.48%. By comparison, in 12-13 the percentage was 80.05% and 84.51% in 13-14. It is
important to note with 13-14, hours 2 and 3 had highest percentages of any sections since I began
tracking classroom assessment data. As a result of those 2 sections, that particular year also had the
highest range of percentage. This has led me to conclude the following: 1) that classrooms appear now
to be a bit more balanced, 2) instructional changes / adaptations are being made more frequently, and 3)
% range discrepancies across sections are smaller. Moving forward, I think the 86% as a target goal
should be kept until it is reached.

On a positive note, a variety of strategies were implemented to better assist with student comprehension
of Informational Text. These include, but are not limited to modified text coding, 3-2-1 (Learned,
Interesting, Question), and continued use of graphic organizers in both reading and study skills
activities. One area in need of improvement is to work in K-W-L strategies into classroom lessons on a
more consistent basis. I think it may be important to consider taking a handful of reading strategies,
teaching them, and applying them more frequently to better enhance student skill sets. My ultimate goal
would be to have 5 strategies that they know well as opposed to a high number that they are exposed to
only a few times over the course of the school year. In other words, place emphasis on the repetition of
certain strategies as opposed to trying many different ones where fewer reps are done.

COLD READS continue to be implemented in both classroom activities and within our assessments.
The number of exposures to COLD READS students receive met or were, in fact, greater than the every
other week expectation. This data was shared with students and parents during our Parent / Teacher
conferences and by meeting with students individually. Record keeping, data, and sharing information
continue to need more work and will continue as priority if I expect our students to improve..

In terms of collaboration, I was able to work with 8A and 8B English Departments on development of
vocabulary, academic vocabulary, Newsela articles, and future interdisciplinary activities.

Newsela Leveled Readings were introduced in 2nd Semester and will be a primary focus next year as
I continue to collaborate with the English Department.

Teacher Signature_______________________________________________________Date:___________
Peer Reviewer Signature (Peer review years)__________________________________ Date:___________

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

This guide will help you determine the best format for the Peer Review Process. Expectation is 30-60 minutes in district to
complete this process. Minimum two peer reviews per year.

Name: ________________________________________________Date:________________

Peer Reviewer (agreed upon with Administrator):_________________________________

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Pre-observation communication/observation/post-observation

Tying goals to process

Professional growth
Student growth
Future plans/impact

Video review of teaching

Teacher Signature________________________________________Date:___________

Peer Reviewer Signature___________________________________Date:___________

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

This guide will help you determine the best format for the Peer Review Process. Expectation is 30-60 minutes in district to
complete this process. Minimum two peer reviews per year.

Name: ________________________________________________Date:_______________

Peer Reviewer (agreed upon with Administrator):________________________________

Pre-observation communication/observation/post-observation

Tying goals to process

Professional growth
Student growth
Future plans/impact

Video review of teaching

Teacher Signature________________________________________Date:___________

Peer Reviewer Signature___________________________________Date:___________