Developing an Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP)

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Developing an Individual Professional Development
Plan (IPDP)

• Overview
• Purpose of a IPDP
• Effective IPDP Planning
• Connecting to Standards
• Writing Your Goals
• Developing a Plan of Action
• Evaluating Your Plan
• Reflection

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Purpose of the IPDP

• An opportunity for educators to create their own
  professional learning plan in order to support
  high levels of student learning.
• Developing long-range goals will directly affect
  what is done in the classroom.

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Teachers Take Charge of Their Own Learning

• Individual teachers (or grade levels) should
  design their professional development plans so
  that it is aligned to the School Improvement.
• It can change as you grow and meet your goals.
• It should be reviewed and modified annually with
  input from your administrator, mentor, and/or
  colleagues.
• It is a mobile document that can move with you.

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Main Components of an IPDP

• Goals Rationale
• Objectives
• Learning Activities
• Timeframe
• Evidence of Accomplishment
• Resources Needed
• Reflection

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IPDP Goals

• The end result that a person wishes to reach or
  accomplish. Goals focus on a result, impact
  outcomes or end result.

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Effective IPDP is based on

• School Improvement Plan
• Analysis of Student Data
• Analysis of Self Assessment of Professional
  Teaching Standards
• Evaluate Strengths, Areas of Improvement

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Questions to Consider

• What is the basis for your goals?
• How is your goal linked to your individual needs?
• How did you identify your need and what
  reflection data did you use?
• How is your goal linked to the SIP?
• How is your goal linked to student achievement?

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Questions to consider continues

• What skills, knowledge or ability do I need to
  gain?
• How will I know I have accomplished my goals?
• What will I do when mastery is not demonstrated?
• What can I collect as evidence of my PD efforts?

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Questions to ask for specific goals

• Would student test scores improve if I worked
  more with teachers on inquiry in science classes?
• Would examining student work help me to better
  understand specific students needs?

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An IPDP includes

• GOALS
• I will.
• In what area..
• And then..

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Writing Your Goals

• Strategic and Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable
• Results-oriented and Realistic
• Time-bound or Timely

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Example of a SMART Goal

• As a result of using student discourse, the
  percentage of students in my room passing the
  mathematics proficiency test will increase this
  year by 20.

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As a result of using student discourse, the
percentage of students in my room passing the
mathematics proficiency test will increase this
year by 20.

• Strategic and Specific increase in number of
  students passing test
• Measurable 20 increase
• Attainable possible to achieve
• Results-oriented specific results stated
• Time-bound this years test

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Other Examples of a SMART Goal

• I will focus on the area of literacy in order to
  help all students learn at high levels and pass
  the teacher or publisher made reading assessment.
  Then, I will use the new knowledge and
  instructional practices in my classroom focusing
  particularly on students who are struggling to
  read and comprehend factual materials.
• OR
• By the end of the school year 50 of my students
  will be at proficient or advanced levels on the
  teacher or publisher made writing assessment.

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Developing Your Plan

• Establish clear guidelines and evaluation methods
  for determining successful completion of your
  plan.
• Schedule quality time with administrators,
  mentor, and colleagues to discuss what you want
  to accomplish.

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Goals that are NOT SMART

• Encourage students to accept greater
  responsibility
• Prepare to move to block scheduling
• Integrate technology into the curriculum

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Step 1 in writing your goal

• State the learning goal by using verbs that
  describe the learning that will result in
  improvement.
• Example I will learn about..
• I will study.
• I will gain an understanding
  of..

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Step 2 in writing your goal

• State how the goal will be applied to practice
  will it be applied to curriculum, instruction,
  assessment, or supervision and what work will you
  do?
• Example I will learn more mathematics to
  
• improve my content knowledge.
• I will gain an understanding of
  diversity
• and how it will enrich my
  classroom.

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Step 3 in writing your goal

• Describe the evidence you will collect that you
  have accomplished your learning goal and it has
  had an impact on your practice.
• Example I will create a portfolio.
• I will analyze student work.
• I will create a reflective
  journal.

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Activity 1 Using the IPDP

• Write one goal that is Specific, Measurable,
  Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound.

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IPDP Objectives

• Objectives are short term actions that are
  completed in order to achieve the goals.
• Objectives can focus on acquiring new knowledge
  and skills.

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Activities for Professional Learning to Use in
Accomplishing Your Goals

• Increase subject knowledge
• Improve curriculum
• Examine student work
• Conduct action research
• Examine case studies
• Job-embedded strategies

• Independent or Collaborative
• Join study groups
• Use technology
• Coach and mentor
• Time bound -within the school year

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Activity 2 Using the IPDP

• Develop a plan of action to achieve your goals
• strategies/activities
• timelines
• who you need assistance from to implement your
  strategies/activities

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Evidence of Accomplishment

• What evidence will you submit to show what you
  have accomplished?
• When will you review your plan and make
  adjustments?
• Documentation
• Certificate of attendance
• transcripts
• Implementation logs
• Lesson plans with implementation

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Activity 3 Using the IPDP

• Determine the methods you will use to
• Show evidence that the activity or strategy
  occurred
• Document the impact that the strategy/activity
  has had on improving student achievement

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Reflection

• Before you plan
• After you plan
• After you engage in PD activities
• Throughout the PD process
• Reflection gives educators a chance to tap into
  what they've learned by Joan
  Richardson

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Basic Reflection Questions

• What happened?
• Why?
• So what?
• Now what?

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Activity 4Evaluating Your Plan

• With your partner, respond to these questions
  when reviewing your plan
• Do the goals and the plan reflect your needs as
  well as your schools needs?
• Does your plan reflect new learning and growth,
  not just time and effort?
• Does your plan reflect how student achievement
  will be enhanced?
• Have you included methods of assessment?
• Have you identified evidence that you will
  gather?

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