Professional Learning Plan
Below are the three major goals I have set to further my educational knowledge and become a better educator. Each has an action plan, a rationale, and a realistic timeline.
Become more confident in Special Education, including the creation and implementation of differentiation specifically for exceptional students
How: Take ABQ Spec Ed Part 1 through Queen's University
Rationale:
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Allows me to learn about the different exceptionalities and uses.
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Allows me to teach Spec Ed courses, allowing for further understanding of students with exceptionalities
Action Plan and Timeline: Signed Up - Summer 2014
Further my understanding of the development of educational policy and how to properly implement it
How: Finish my Master’s program
Rationale:
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Courses offered in the development and implementation of curriculum
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Final thesis on professional development and the implementation of special education policies in Ontario schools
Action Plan and Timeline: Graduation - September 2015
Improve my leadership during extracurriculars
How: Take my Coaching-level 3 through the NCCP
Rationale:
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Allows for a furthering of the understandings of the intricate world of coaching.
Action Plan and Timeline: Finish by Spring 2015 (possibly over Reading Week 2015?)