Teacher Quality Professional Development Plan

Name/Learning Team ______

As part of the teacher quality compensation available for professional development, the Teacher Quality Committee has agreed Learning Teams/Individuals will plan and implement professional development following the Iowa Professional Development Plan, see attached information. In addition, professional development must align with ICSD goals. To assist you in developing your plan, please answer the following questions and submit it to your building administrator.

1. Professional Development Plan (What do you plan to do? If choosing district provided workshops please indicate which ones you are interested in and fill out this form to the best of your ability.) a. Learning opportunity: (book study, conference, coursework, etc. - include dates/location/agency/resource):

b. Implementation: (Implement with which students? When/how long?)

c. Data Collection/Analysis/Evaluation: (What data will you collect to determine how well it worked?)

d. Goal Setting/Student learning: (How will you know if it worked?)

e. Collaboration – (How will you work with others and share your results?)

2. How do you plan to apply the TQ dollars to this plan?

___Registration costs ___Time spent in learning opportunity

___Time spent in implementation, ___Cost of materials to implement collaboration, evaluation

*If you are seeking approval for summer work, please attach a copy of a flier/website/information on the workshop/conference/class you will be attending. You must seek approval from your building principal and the Director of School Improvement by July 14, 2017 if you are choosing this option. Approval for implementation plan is due by Sept. 15, 2017.

Date of final submission: (Dec./May) ______

Building Administrator Approval: ______Date ______

Director of School Improvement Approval: ______Date______Teacher Quality Examples

*Special Education teachers researched the issues surrounding post-secondary transitions for students. Current transitions were reviewed and areas of improvement were identified. Research was based on the improvement areas and work was done to better outcomes for students with IEPs.

*Assessment development. Exploring and/or creating, summative and formative assessments.

*Book Studies

*Workshops and/or conferences

*District provided workshops. If you are choosing this option please indicate which workshops you are interested in. Just because you indicate you are interested does not guarantee your spot, it just helps the district plan for these. Before each workshop, the district will send out an official registration form.

Below is a list of workshops the district is planning to offer. Exact dates and times will be communicated at the beginning of each month. The workshops will be approximately two or three hours in length.

Month Workshop Title Information

September Positive Action What is this positive thing you speak of? Learn about the Curriculum new curriculum being used to help students Live the Mustang Way. Time will be given to look at the curriculum and plan for how to implement it in the classroom.

October Technology: Website Need help with your website? This is the workshop for you. Creation and Learn the basics and how to make your website work for Updates you!

MAP: I Have the Learn about the features of MAP and how teachers can use Data, Now What? MAP to support teaching. There will be time to look at your own classroom data.

November New Iowa Core Learn about the New Iowa Core Science Standards. Time Science Standards will be given to plan lessons/units that align with the Core and NGSS.

December Iowa Core Science We will continue working with the new standards and Continued developing lessons/units to match. Bring your whole team.

January All Things PLC Learn more about PLCs and the great work that can be (Elementary) done in your PLC. Learn how to get the most out of this time and how to impact student learning.

Authentic Intellectual Discover where we are at in the AIW process. What is AIW, Work (JSH) why is it beneficial, and what direction are we headed?

February Writing in a Learn strategies for writing in a workshop setting. Take a Workshop Setting look at how to use shared and modeled writing to get the most out instruction.

March Literacy Across the What should we be doing in the content areas with regards Content Areas to reading and writing. We will take a look at skills and strategies to teach and use in every subject area.

April TBD