Professional Development Plan
Professional Development Plans are designed to accommodate the professional enrichment needs of teachers in the Rolla School District. The teacher and colleague or supervisor will work together to develop professional goals and strategies to meet those goals. Plans should clearly articulate how the accomplishment of the goals will positively impact students. Professional enrichment materials may be maintained in a portfolio.
Goals:
Annual objectives to accomplish goal(s):
Annual activities for accomplishing objective(s):
Explanation of how goal(s) and related objective(s) impact students:
Goals:
- Create and maintain a positive and safe learning environment in which students want to attend and creativity can be explored.
- Develop a new unit which fosters academic performance, student collaboration, and creativity.
- Apply information I have learned in my art education graduate program to improve my teaching.
- Engage students through digital technology to prepare for the future.
Annual objectives to accomplish goal(s):
- Begin each class with a “warm-up” activity paired with current topics from core academic subjects in student sketchbook.
- Implement Positive Behavior Support techniques, especially pre-corrects, in every class.
- Students will collaborate during tape sculptures, mask-making, and the Design Thinking process.
- Stay up-to-date with art education and core areas of study through a variety of resources (art education professional organizations and publications, internet and school-issued books).
- Use interactive white board to assist students in understanding visual culture and core academic areas.
- Allow students the opportunity to explore and express their individual identity through photography and mask-making.
- Incorporate digital cameras and other digital devices (document camera and digital drawing pads) in drawing unit, photography unit, and Artsonia.
Annual activities for accomplishing objective(s):
- Writing of specific lesson plans
- Use of verbal and visual expectations to reinforce PBS
- Create interesting, thought-provoking warm-up activities
- Attend Smart Goal and CSD meetings
- Regular communication with core academic teachers
- Teach to all learning styles through visual, verbal and written directions as well as demonstrations and sample projects for students to stimulate ideas.
- Individual projects for example: Identity Mask, Self-Portrait through Photography, Upcycling Electronics Project, Identity Logo, Ancient Egyptian Cartouche.
- Experience in digital photography and photo editing through befunky.com and Adobe Photoshop.
- Utilize various drawing techniques and math through digital drawing pads and paint.net.
- Exploring basic drawing skills to gain individual confidence.
- The Design Thinking process incorporated into art as well as PRIDE/ASI
Explanation of how goal(s) and related objective(s) impact students:
- Through daily interactions, visuals, and classroom habits, students will easily develop routines which will lend to student safety, success, and promotion of attendance.
- Exposing students to what I have learned in my art education graduate classes and continued education will enhance their overall success which will carry over to core academic areas.
- Through art projects linking to the core curriculum, students will experience a greater understanding through self-expression, collaboration, and visual decision-making.
- Daily warm-ups will incorporate abstract thinking as well as discipline and prepare students for each class.