D629 Unit 2
D629 Unit 2
Module 3:
● Do I take the time to set my own professional goals?
● Goal setting is important to my growth and development as a
teacher
● goals need to be both clear and attainable or else I might be
setting myself up for failure
● Goals also need to be measurable to allow you to track your
progress over time
● Learning Objectives:
○ Explain the benefits of setting goals
○ Develop long-term professional goals that are specific,
measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound
○ Develop long-term professional goals that align to school
district goals
● Goal setting can motivate you, prevent burnout, and help you
focus on getting from where you are to where you want to be
● Think:
○ How can goal commitment and self-efficacy impact goal
setting?
○ How can goal setting develop your teaching practices?
○ How can goal setting prior to the start of a new school year
impact student learning?
○ What steps do I need to take to set goals before the start of
the next school year?
● Goal setting and plan development often overlap as they relate
to student learning goals and professional practice goals
● When both are targeted from data, the benefits can be valuable
for teachers and students
● SMART goals
Module 4:
● creating a professional growth plan will help you break down
your goals into actionable steps, track your progress, and
document your growth as a teacher over overtime
● Learning Objectives:
○ Explain the purpose and components of a professional
growth plan (PGP)
○ Develop an action plan for achieving long-term
professional goals
○ Develop a timeline for tracking progress toward
achieving professional goals
● A professional growth plan is like a personalized road wrap
that documents, measurable, goals, actionable, steps,
timelines, and resources needed
● The plan should be supported by data you collect so you can
monitor your progress along the way
● Think:
○ How should your long-term and short-term professional
goals be reflected in your professional growth plan?
○ Which components of your professional growth plan need
further development?
● Professional growth is specific to the needs of the educator
● Think:
○ What are my current strengths?
○ What areas would I like to improve?
○ What student data supports a focus in this area?
○ What school or district goals do your growth opportunities
align with?
● An action plan provides a way for you to monitor your progress
toward professional goals by breaking them down into a series
of steps with milestones and timelines
● As you reach each milestone, you have the opportunity to
revisit and review your overall goal
● Once you determine your professional goals, you will need to
develop a timeline for meeting them
● Tracking the progress of each step is critical for meeting your
goals
● Multiple tools exist to help you manage this task and recognize
what should come next
● Regardless of the tools you use to monitor progress, remember
that goals for professional growth are best achieved when
broken into smaller actions and steps
● The purpose of setting goals is to impact student learning
● The process of creating a professional growth plan involves
setting, long-term goals, developing an action plan to meet the
goals, and monitoring progress
● The final step is self reflection on your results
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