Career and Professional Development Plan

Instructional
Strengths
Relevant to
NETS-T
Standards

NETS-T Standard 1: Teachers use their knowledge of

subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to
facilitate experiences that advance student learning,
creativity, and innovation in both face to face and virtual
environments.
This is evidenced in my use of specific websites and iPad
applications that allow my students to provide evidence that they
are learning the concepts that Im teaching. I integrate
technology using my smart board, iPads, as well as using
Educational Apps such Padlet, Edmodo, and Educreations. These
apps allow students to use creativity while providing feedback to
each other. Students are able to collaborate and share ideas.
NETS-T Standard 2: Teachers design, develop, and
evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments
incorporating contemporary tools and resources to
maximize content learning in context and to develop the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the
Standards-S.
This is evidenced in my use of Google Classroom for my third
grade class. I have set up all content areas in Google Classroom
and use it as a major instructional and assessment tool. My
students take their assessments using their iPads through Google
Classroom. This tool is a wonderful aid because it grades
assessments for you. I regularly use Edmodo as a communication
tool for parents and students to communicate with me. We have
assignments and resources posted on Edmodo. Parents are able
to access the assignments without the students bringing home
any materials.
NETS-T Standard 3: Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills,
and work processes representative of an innovative
professional in a global and digital society.
This is evidenced in my use of Google Classroom as well as my
classroom webpage, Edmodo, and Remind 101. I have become
proficient in Google Classroom and an ambassador at my school
for this program. As lead third grade teacher, I have shared
documents with other teachers using Google Docs and Google
Classroom. Remind 101 is being used in my classroom as a text
messaging system that allows parents to receive texts of
reminders or important announcements. As mentioned before I
use Edmodo as a message board as well as an interface to post
classroom assignments and homework assignments.

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NETS-T Standard 4: Teachers understand local and global
societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital
culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their
professional practices.
This is evidences through a number of practices that I utilize in
my classroom. During the first few weeks of school before
students are allowed to use the computers or iPads, I teach a
digital citizenship lesson. Our Media Specialist also teaches a
lesson to our students but I focus on research and plagiarism. I
conduct a lesson where students are allowed to research a given
animal. However, I show them the creditable websites to use
when researching and how to determine the validity of the
source. My students learn that citing work is of most importance
when gathering information or conducting research projects. Not
only, do I teach this digital citizenship lesson but I also show
them examples of sources that are not accredited sources. In
addition, we also talk about photo waivers and having permission
using photos or taking photos of students and using them on the
internet.

Instructional
Weakness
Relevant to
NETS-T
Standards

NETS-T Standard 5: Teachers continuously improve their

professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit
leadership in their school and professional community by
promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital
tools and resources.
This is evidenced through my participation in my enrollment in a
Masters of Education program with an Instructional Technology
track. I decided to enter this educational route because I knew
how imperative technology was in the classroom. I felt that to be
a teacher without promoting digital tools in the classroom would
be an injustice to my students. I promote the effective use of
digital tools and resources in the classroom by modeling to my
students how to use these tools daily.
NETS-T Standard 5: Teachers continuously improve their
professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit
leadership in their school and professional community by
promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital
tools and resources.
I feel I could improve in regards to contributing to the
effectiveness, modeling lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership
in my school using digital tools and resources. . I feel that being a
teacher in my district is very limited on the creativity of our

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lessons. Most programs for ELA and Math are scripted programs.
At times, this can make it hard to promote the use of digital tools
and resources. Time would be another factor that leads to the
lack of promoting digital tools and resources in the classroom.

Specific
Strategies for
Improving
areas of
Weakness

NETS-T Standard 3: Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills,

and work processes representative of an innovative
professional in a global and digital society.
In regards to the use of current and emerging digital tools to
locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to
support research and learning; this is an area where I need
reinforcement. I use assessments and digital data collecting tools
that have been approved by my school or district. I have not
personally taken the responsibility to search and demonstrate my
own tools in the classroom. Partially, due to the strict restrictions
within our district of approved digital tools. However, it is my
goal to research the most innovative and upcoming tools to use
in the classroom that are being used not only in our state but
also in relevance to our country and others to show that our
students can compete in a digital age society.
NETS-T Standard 5: Teachers continuously improve their
professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit
leadership in their school and professional community by
promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital
tools and resources.
In an attempt to address my issues with this standard I will
continue to attend Professional Development trainings related to
technology. I feel that collaborating with other schools with
similar demographics and learning how those teachers are
addressing this standard would be beneficial for me. I currently
registered to receive a technology journal monthly to learn about
the most novel digital tools being used. As a result, I hope to
integrate the tools that I have learned through becoming more
educated. Lastly, I would love to become a member of an
accredited technology group such as ISTE. Becoming a member
would allow me to collaborate and share ideas with others who
are in my field of work.

NETS-T Standard 3: Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills,

and work processes representative of an innovative
professional in a global and digital society.
In an attempt to address my issues with use of current and
emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use

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information resources to support research and learning; It is my
plan to create a better process on gathering data on students for
Social Studies Benchmark tests. I would like to build upon the
data I have received from the assessment and see how I could
use this tool to better implement my instructional strategies.
Professional
Reflection

My short term career goal is to integrate technology as much as

possible in my current position as a third grade teacher. I plan on
leading my third grade students in the technology fair within our
school district. I want to integrate technology as proficiently as
possible in my classroom so that all students are able to use
technology. Differentiation instruction with technology is a
current goal that I am striving to meet daily. Lastly, my short
term career goal is to help educate other teachers at my school
on some of the technology integration that is possible within
their classrooms. We are fortunate to have Ipads in our
classroom and I feel that some teachers are not taking
advantage of using them in their most valuable way.
My long term goal would be to obtain a position with the district
office as a technology integrationist. This would be my dream job
because I would be able to teach other teachers how to engage
and integrate technology in the classroom. I could use my years
of experience in the classroom to help teachers integrate
technology from an instructional viewpoint. Also, I could use my
experience to show teachers what current and past digital tools
were engaging in worked best in the classroom. I recognize that
all teachers do not have equal technology skills and I would be
an ambassador for both skilled and unskilled teachers with
technology.