GaVS Individualized Professional Learning

Instructors Name: Carol Bohannon

GaVS Department: Science
Individualized PL Plan Goal: 2016 - 2017
Desired Outcomes: Increase student achievement as determined by course grade, Final Exam Grade, EOC Milestone, AP Exam

Professional Learning Activities Log

Examples of
Continuing Date of
Duration Focus Impact and Evidence
Professional Activity
Development
Increased collaboration; clear understanding of GAVS policies; My
inform GAVS faculty and staff about personal gains were an increase in confidence in using a
Yammer
8/25/16 45 min the characteristics and use of the new program and the knowledge that as a part of Office
new social networking site Yammer. 365, Yammer provides a communication tool that is easy to
use and does not require another login and password
Of the four platforms shared, I found one to be interesting
and useful. GreenShot is a platform that provides the user
with the ability to annotate and document or image. The app
to introduce useful digital tools that makes it possible to upload an image of student work and
can be used to increase student highlight areas of interest and add text for annotation. In
4/19/2017 45 min
New Tools achievement and communication in addition, circles, boxes and other shapes can be added to
the classroom. the image to direct the viewers attention. The primary use
for this would be student feedback for assignments.
However, it can be used to annotate any image or text that
is used in newsletters or announcements.
A strategy to increase viewer involvement during this
Professional Learning session could include a short forum to
Just in Time to demonstrate various methods of allow teachers to share a face to face strategy and get input
reviewing for the final exam and to on how to translate that to an online strategy. Viewers might
Final exam 4/17/17 45 min increase pass rates on AP exams, also share online strategies that they used in brick and
review Milestone exams, and overall course mortar classrooms.
achievement.
Ive used data to predict which units need the most review.
The heat map of grades is arranged on a time line, with the
 most recent grades on the left. Its not clear whether the
most recent grades are lower (lighter colors are used for
lower grades) because its the end of the semester and
students are not putting in as much effort or whether the
content was more difficult. Either way, this is the section that
will be a focus for review.

The challenge of the Course Access Tool is the limited

information produced. Even the most specific information
(Course Access) only displays the number of logins per
Insights and data that can be obtained through student per day. There is no indication of time spent or
9/29/16 45 min
Brightspace the Insights Portal on BrightSpace. which tools were used. I believe that this is an emerging tool
Tools and with the release of more information, it will become
more effective as a tool for diagnosis of low performance.

I was pleased with the comments that students made

regarding the discrepant events that I added to the several
discussion board topics. I tried to use humor as well as a
to increase Teacher Effectiveness in challenge to stimulate the discussion. It would take more
3/13/17 45 min responding to and encouraging evidence to show that the students actually wrote more for
Discussion student discussions. the topics that I modified, but I feel that anecdotal evidence
supports my hypothesis that discussion topic enhancement
increases student engagement.

June 20 32 hours Align your instruction with the goals of the AP As we discussed lab work, the other participants agreed
Physics C course.
AP Workshop 23, 2016 that while online labs can be helpful, students often lose
Physics C: Identify the skills and knowledge that the sight of the actual principles they are investigating. They
Mechanics exam will assess, and the tasks and are two steps away from the process.
materials for which students might need
AP Physics C: more preparation.
Electricity and My goal when I teach this course is to offer the students
Magnetism Draft a syllabus that meets the curricular variety of opportunities to complete labs and learn how to
requirements for the course.
solve problems. This artifact belongs on the best
Make equitable access a guiding principle in practices page because the summer Institute gave me
designing instruction. additional training in terms of content teaching strategies
and meeting the needs of various levels of learners.