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Professional Learning Goal Process

Step 1: Teachers complete the Self-Assessment Checklist. ●​ For each checklist statement, the teacher self-assesses their level of skill in that instructional practice by selecting one of three choices: ○​ I would like to further develop my skills in this area ○​ I feel confident about by skills in this area ○​ I could teach others this skill Step 2: Teachers Develop a Professional Learning Goal. ●​ A Professional Learning Goal is a statement about the instructional practices that a teacher intends to implement to increase the likelihood that students will master the content . ○​ Annual Professional Learning Goals focus on individual educators’ professional growth and are linked to projected student outcomes. ○​ Teachers determine the instructional adjustments that are most likely to lead to students acquiring growth toward targeted skills (this is the Professional Learning Goal). ○​ Teachers identify what evidence will demonstrate progress toward the Professional Learning Goal and how frequently this evidence will be collected to monitor progress. ●​ Teachers craft their Professional Learning Goal using insights gleaned from: ○​ Self-Assessment Checklist ■​ What skill or instructional practice did you identify as an opportunity for growth in your self-assessment? ○​ Prior Year Evaluation Feedback ■​ What skill or instructional practice would you like to focus on improving based on administrative feedback? ○​ School-wide Goal ■​ What has your school identified as the focus for the upcoming year? What individual Professional Learning Goal would support your school’s larger focus? ○​ PLC Collaboration ■​ What is your team currently working on? What individual Professional Learning Goal can support or enhance your PLC’s efforts? ●​ Teachers then consider: ○​ What steps they need to take to achieve that goal. ○​ How to monitor progress on their goal. ●​ Teachers then write a Professional Learning Goal that enhances their instructional practice by: ○​ examining the information gathered ○​ identifying action steps to implement the goal ○​ specifying what evidence will demonstrate progress toward their goal ○​ determining how frequently evident will be collected in order to demonstrate progress toward their goal

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