Recall that professional growth plans are often part of skill development and feedback you will receive from your administrators. Teacher leaders and curriculum coordinators are frequently called upon to help other teachers refine their instructional strategies. Therefore, it is good practice to get in the habit of writing professional growth plans for your own pedagogy in preparation for curricular leadership positions.
Write a professional growth plan that you will use to identify similarities and differences for a classroom, district, or group of people that you will work with. Adhering to APA guidelines, refer to your text and 1-3 outside resources in this plan. Be sure to cite your sources in the 500- to 600- word professional growth plan. Use these questions to guide your plan:
Use these questions to guide your reflection:
● How can I provide multiple opportunities for students to practice each of the four strategies: comparing, classifying, creating metaphors, and creating analogies?
● How can I provide corrective feedback while students are learning and practicing the steps associated with comparing, classifying, creating metaphors, and creating analogies?
● How can I use nonlinguistic representations to help students represent their learning for each of the four strategies: comparing, classifying, creating metaphors, and creating analogies?
● How can I use each of the four strategies, comparing, classifying, creating metaphors, and creating analogies, as assessments?
● How will I measure my progress as a teacher and the impact on student learning?