Teacher Leadership Special Education This school year, I will learn best practices for During the 2012-2013 school year, I will mentoring new teachers in my building. I will increase my knowledge of supporting students participate in the district study group and with autism. I will research on-line resources, Cognitive Coaching PD and attend a KYVL consult with district/state/cooperative special course for mentoring teachers. Evidence education coordinators, observe a mentor of success will include district PD certificate, teacher, and participate in an on-line short course completion certificate, mentee teacher course on autism. This will be evidenced by surveys, self-reflection on mentoring notes and self-reflection, anecdotal notes on opportunities. my interactions with autistic students, and the short course certificate. Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) teachers Math Design Collaborative (MDC) teachers This school year, I will implement what I am During the 2011-2012 school year, I will learning through LDC to support students in improve my ability to think more deeply about meeting the Common Core standards. I will mathematical concepts using what I am design action research around implementing learning through MDC about math formative LDC modules as intended, analyze student assessment lessons. I will engage my students work, and reflect on impact on students. in more critical thinking and problem solving Success criteria includes self-reflection, about mathematics and help students student surveys, analysis of student before & persevere when struggling to learn new after work samples, and completed modules. concepts. This will be evidenced by formative assessment lessons student work samples, observation, and self-reflection. Any content area - technology Writing in any content area During the school year, I will increase student During the 2011-2012 school year, I will learn use of technology for learning in my to incorporate online writing tools in my classroom. I will collaborate with a district writing workshop. After collaborating with the technology cadre to learn ways to integrate technology resource teacher to investigate learning with technology in instruction. We Google Docs and other on-line tools, my will also study Kajder’s book Adolescents and students will have opportunities to write Digital Literacies and other resources. independently, collaboratively and Evidence of success includes lesson plans, give/receive feedback using the tools. This will student work samples, and self-reflection. be evidenced by student writing samples, lesson plans, and
Special Education During the 2012-2013 school year, I will increase my knowledge of supporting students with autism. I will research on-line resources, consult with district/state/cooperative special education coordinators, observe a mentor teacher, and participate in an on-line short course on autism. This will be evidenced by notes and self-reflection, anecdotal notes on my interactions with autistic students, and the short course certificate. Teacher Leadership This school year, I will learn best practices for mentoring new teachers in my building. I will participate in the district study group and Cognitive Coaching PD and attend a KYVL course for mentoring teachers. Evidence of success will include district PD certificate, course completion certificate, mentee teacher surveys, self-reflection on mentoring opportunities. Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) teachers This school year, I will implement what I am learning through LDC to support students in meeting the Common Core standards. I will design action research around implementing LDC modules as intended, analyze student work, and reflect on impact on students. Success criteria includes self-reflection, student surveys, analysis of student before & after work samples, and completed modules. Math Design Collaborative (MDC) teachers During the 2011-2012 school year, I will improve my ability to think more deeply about mathematical concepts using what I am learning through MDC about math formative assessment lessons. I will engage my students in more critical thinking and problem solving about mathematics and help students persevere when struggling to learn new concepts. This will be evidenced by formative assessment lessons student work samples, observation, and self-reflection. Any content area - technology During the school year, I will increase student use of technology for learning in my classroom. I will collaborate with a district technology cadre to learn ways to integrate learning with technology in instruction. We will also study Kajder’s book Adolescents and Digital Literacies and other resources. Evidence of success includes lesson plans, student work samples, and self-reflection. Writing in any content area During the 2011-2012 school year, I will learn to incorporate online writing tools in my writing workshop. After collaborating with the technology resource teacher to investigate Google Docs and other on-line tools, my students will have opportunities to write independently, collaboratively and give/receive feedback using the tools. This will be evidenced by student writing samples, lesson plans, and
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