Individualized Professional Development Plan

Name: Major:

Hannah Gelinas Elementary Education

Start with your WHY: Why are you pursuing this degree? What do you want the outcome to be? How are
you going to work toward making that outcome possible? **Is the outcome directly related to your WHY?
WHY: I am pursuing an elementary education degree because I love helping children and seeing their faces light up when

they learn something. I am passionate about giving children a fun a loving environment in education like I had in my

schooling experience.

What: I want the outcome to be to feel confident as a teacher in a classroom and know how to create a proper learning

environment for all students.

How: I am going to work towards the outcome by doing my student internships and student teaching at Butler.

Additionally, I want to stay focused on my Butler curriculum and learning strategic ways to enhance my classroom from

my professors.

TIMEFRAME Personal goals: Professional goals:

(e.g. Positional goals, membership to organizations, (e.g. Gaining further skills, advancing knowledge is
exploring opportunities, etc) specific areas, Memberships in Professional
Associations etc)

Next - Be more immersed in ecoreps club - Gaining more awareness to students needs
Semester - Stay organized in school and finding a good schedule - Finding more opportunities in COE to join
for doing work
 - Join a sorority to build more friendships and a - Learn more on the importance of having a Butler
deeper connection to Butler education degree
- Find more local businesses near Butler to support

Next year - Finish all my Gen Eds done first semester soph year - Learning more ways to enhance my future classroom
- Join College Mentors for kid’s club - Learn proper ways to create a lesson plan
- Get a job on or near campus (maybe something - Understanding more on support students with
related to education) intellectual disabilities
- Plan study abroad trip for junior year
- Show friends some local businesses I found

Individual Professional Development Plan Template

Assets and Provocations
Planned Activities Objective of Alignment to Vision, How activity impacts
Development Activity Mission, Core Values, student learning
Major, or Minor

Required ● Deeply analyze • Learn the variety • Pursue a Just and • Acknowledging the
knowledge/skills a school and of education in Equitable Society. variety of students
community near-by areas • provide accessible and learning
Consider: opposite of my • I was able to learn meaningful, and experiences they have
● required experience how education is expansive had
competencies: like advancing in every professional • Being able to notice
COE Core Value grade and what preparation the importance of my
Proficiencies, ● Internships each grade values students and their
Professional with a 2nd and for their students goals in the classroom
Standards for your learning
8th grade
content or licensure,
classes
Assets/Strengths ● Creating • To be able to • The challenge of • Having creative and
strong visuals create more ways intergraded interesting activities
Consider: and activities lessons that look practice and for students to enjoy
● your views for lessons creative collaboration • Being the most
● Having a • Creating the most • Embodying an welcoming to all
● recent assessments
variety of adaptable options inclusive and students and what
● other people’s views options in for the students responsive barriers they might
activities and their needs learning have in learning
● Thoughtful • I work to provide environment • Being the most
and the best work and • The excitement of passionate to help the
hardworking dedication to my teaching learning students and having
to assignments passion and mentoring the best interest for
them

Provocations/Growt ● Going on a • See education in • The appreciation • Seeing the variety of

h study abroad other parts of the for diversity and students home lives
trip world and ideas I similarity and being able to
Consider:
can influence in • provide accessible, build a deeper
● gaps in my classroom meaningful, and connection to the
knowledge/skills ● Student • Being able to see expansive students
● opportunities on the teaching how students are professional • Being able to
horizon learning best in preparation experience a learning
● What specific actions
classrooms today • The strength of environment and
will help you to • Staying up to date integrity and what I can influence
● Learn more
progress in your role? on technology responsibility in my classroom to
technology
society is creating (technology make it the best
apps and
and being more proficiencies) • When I am up to date
advancements
knowledgeable on on technology, I can
it have the most
advanced classroom
with society that can
properly incorporate
it in my classroom
 Individual Professional Development Plan Activity Log
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Description of professional development activity Timeframe Connection to your stated objective
completed
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Total PD Hours