PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLANName: SAMPLE 3Building and Assignment: Standard/Criterion: Standard 1: Effective Teaching(Criterion (h): Informing, involving, and collaborating with parents and families as partners in the educational processStep 1 - Needs Assessment and Goal SelectionA. Professional Growth Area of Focus Your self-assessment using the Descriptions of Practice, discussions with your Professional Growth Team, and the review of school/district plans will provide guidance on a specific area for growth within the selected criterion. Through self-assessment of teaching practice during my fall 2008 student-teaching experience, I recognized an area of improvement with standard 1(h). As a result of reflection regarding my student-teaching practices, I failed to identify any evidence which demonstrated my informing, involving, and collaborating with parents and families as partners in the educational process. B. RationaleWhat will your students be able to do as a result of your professional growth that they are not now able to do?During my ten weeks of student teaching, I did not inform, involve, or collaborate with parents as families as partners in the educational process. As a result, it is my responsibility as a professional educator to build a repertoire of knowledge andskills to support my ability to engage parents and families as partners in the educational process. As a result of strengthening my ability to meaningfully engage parents and families, I hope to create a positive impact on student learning.Step 2 - New LearningBased on your rationale, what new skills and knowledge (grounded in research) will you need to build your capacity in this area? Be Specific.Knowledge:1. How to appropriate establish and maintain contact with parents and families2. Possibilities for integrating parents and families into the established curriculum 3. How parental and family involvement in the educational process affects student learning4. Guidelines for incorporating parents and families in the classroom5. How to motivate and engage parents and families to participate in the educational processSkills: 1. Effective communication and justification of educational practices2. Synthesizing a multitude of parental perspectives to create a curriculum which coordinates with a variety of perspectives3. Maintaining records of parental and family involvement in the educational process4. Engaging parents and families as co-teachers in the educational processStep 3 - Professional Growth Action PlanWhat specific growth activities will you engage in to obtain the identified new learning?ACTIVITIES TARGET DATE RESOURCES NEEDEDParticipation in student-facilitated seminar regardingdemocracy in educationMarch 20th 2009 Hooks, B. (2003). Teaching community:A pedagogy of hope. New York, NY: Routledge.Kohn, A. (2006). Beyond discipline: From compliance to community. (10th Ed.). Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.Shore, I. (1992). Empower education: Critical teaching for social change. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press. Wolk, S. (1998). A democratic classroom. Heinemann.Woods, A. & Baird, A. (2008). I want todo this all day: Redefining learning andreinventing education. [Audio-documentary].Individual Learning Contract: 1. Creation of a unit-curriculum (mathematics) which integrates: differentiated learning, technology, democratic practices, and working with parents and families as partners in the educational process through involvement.2. Contract journal detailinggrowing knowledge in concepts, skills, and application of learning through contract process.March 20th 2009 Bay-Williams, J., & Martinie, S. (2004).Math and literature, grades 6-8. (Tony Gordon, Ed.). Math Solutions.Connected Mathematics Project. http://connectedmath.msu.edu/Fogelberg, E., Skalinder, C., Satz, P., Hiller, B., Bernstein, L., & Vitantonio, S. (2008). Integrating literacy and math: Strategies for K-6 teachers. The Guilliford Press.Gutstein, E. (2005). Reading and writing the world with mathematics: Toward a pedagogy for social justice. RoutledgeFalmer.Gutstein, E. & Peterson, B. (Ed.). (2006). Rethinking mathematics: Teaching social justice by the numbers. Milwaukee, WI: A Rethinking Schools Publication. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. http://www.nctm.org/Thompson, D., Kersaint, G., Richards, J., Hunsader, P.D., & Rubenstein, R.N. (2008). Mathematical literacy: Helping students make meaning in the middle grades. Heinemann.Van de Walle, J.A. (2007). Elementary and middle school mathematics: Teaching developmentally. (6th Ed.). SanFrancisco, CA: Pearson. Technology Project:Development of a technology project (website) which informs parents and families as partners in the educational processMarch 20th 2009 Access to a computer with the ability to publish information to the designated websitePotentially, software for creation and publication of webspace if a public space is not secured (e.g: a wiki)Generation of a professionalaction plan for informing, involving, and collaboratingwith parents and families in the educational processMarch 20th 2009 Access to computer and printer to publish professional action planLetter/Survey home to parents during initial stage of spring 2009 student-teaching experienceMarch 27th 2009 Access to computer and printer to publish letter and surveyStep 4 - Evidence ProposedWhat evidence might yougather to demonstrate theimpact of your professional growth on student learning as statedin Step 1?Implementation of a professional action plan for information, involving, and collaborating with parents and families as partners in the educational process accompanied by narrative records during spring student teaching 2009June 10th 2009PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLANName: Sample 3Building and Assignment: Standard/Criterion: Standard 2: Professional DevelopmentCriterion (b): Designing and implementing personal professional growth programsStep 1 - Needs Assessment and Goal SelectionA. Professional Growth Area of Focus Your self-assessment using the Descriptions of Practice, discussions with your Professional Growth Team, and the review of school/district plans will provide guidance on a specific area for growth within the selected criterion.Through self-assessment of teaching practice during my fall 2008 student-teaching experience, I recognized an area of improvement with standard 2(b). During the course of my initial