Fullerton Online Teacher Induction Program

Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) – Teacher Leader Project

Option
Revised 1.1.19
Directions: The ILP should be completed with Mentor input. Complete blue cells prior to classroom implementation. Complete orange cells after POP Cycle is completed. Cells will expand as
needed. When submitting completed ILP to instructor, please include copies of all instructional resources, including Google Survey used for assessment of audience satisfaction.
Section 1: New Teacher Information
New Teacher Email Subject Area Grade Level
Jeff Towning jtowning@tarbut.com Physical Education TK-5th
Mentor Email School/District Date
Tarbut V’Torah Community
Brent Dohling bdohling@tarbut.com 2/28/19
Day School
Section 2: CSTP Areas of Inquiry
Directions: Identify 2-3 CSTP elements for ILP focus. Use most recent CSTP Assessment for Initial Rating. Identify both teacher and student rating for CSTP 1 and 2. See example.
CSTP Element Initial Rating Description Goal Rating Description
T - Guide students to think critically through use of questioning T - Facilitates systematic opportunities for students to apply
strategies, posing/solving problems, and reflection on issues in critical thinking by designing structured inquires into complex
Promoting critical thinking through T – Applying content. T – Innovating problems.
1.5
inquiry, problem solving, and reflection S – Exploring S - Students respond to varied questions or tasks designed to S - Innovating S - Students pose and answer a wide-range of complex
promote comprehension and critical thinking in single lessons questions and problems, reflect, and communicate
or a sequence of lessons. understandings based on in depth analysis of content learning.

Using a variety of T- Guide students to understand T- Develops more use of

instructional how to use technology in physical technology tools in physical
strategies, resources, T- T-
education and use as a tool to education and advocate for
CSTP and technologies to Exploring Integrating
further enhance their learning. extended tech resources to
1.4 meet students’ S- S-
S- Students use new technology to implement in physical education.
diverse learning Emerging Applying
needs track their data in an easy to use S- Students understand the data
and understand method. and reflect on their experiences.
T- Create a presentation for my T- Implement these new
Collaborating with department in an effort to spark technology tools into physical
colleagues and the
T- interest in incorporating a new T- education class as well as running
CSTP broader professional
Exploring technology tool into physical Applying clubs that take place at lunch.
6.3 community to
S- education class. S- S- Become comfortable with using
support teacher and
Emerging S- Become familiar with Exploring technology tools in physical
student learning
technology tools in physical education class and understand
education class. the significance behind it.
Section 3: Teacher Leader Inquiry Focus and Planning
Project Title Inquiry Question Project Objective(s)
To discuss the overall culture
within our physical education
dept. and to introduce a new
How will the implementation of
technology tool that will help our
this technology tool in physical
Teacher Leadership and Implementing Tech in the Class physical education department
education class benefit teachers
take advantage of a tool that will
and students?
help in tracking student
laps/mileage and give students a
chance to use technology in class.
How Project Fits into Professional
Audience for Project How Audience Satisfaction will be
Goals and/or
(Who Participates/Who Benefits) Assessed
Department/School/District Needs
All teachers in the physical
Survey
education department can
- Understanding
benefit from this technology
of new
Audience will be our P.E. dept Head/Athletic Director, tool as it helps to track mileage
technology tool
middle school physical education teachers, and elementary and laps that a student has run
- Did presenter
school teacher. All teachers will benefit from the new tool, throughout the year. This tool
provide efficient
and all students in P.E. and running club will benefit from is helpful in saving time, effort,
data on why
this tool. and can also be used for
this would help
running or mileage clubs that
the P.E.
take place during lunch. This
program
tool will hopefully get more
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 students engaged in their own - Would this be
data. something you
would
incorporate into
your class?
- Do you feel we
need to add
anything to our
culture model?
Special Emphasis: Teacher Leader Model Standards and NBPTS Core Propositions
Directions: Identify at least one NBPTS and at least one Teacher Leader Model Standards that are the primary focus of your project. Explain how these standards will be incorporated.
Special Emphasis Focus How Special Emphasis will be Incorporated
NBPTS: This new tech tool will be implemented in my classes and in my
running club for the remainder of the school year. I am committed to
ensuring that all my students are learning about technology tools that
NBPTS Standard 1: Teachers are committed to students
we use in physical education and how they can read the data.
and their learning.
TLS Domain III: By creating the presentation and presenting it to the
Teacher Leader Standard Domain III: Promoting
entire physical education department, I believe that I am promoting
professional learning for continuous improvement.
professional learning for all of the teachers in our department as they
do not use this tool. I also want to share with them the benefits of using
this tool and how to implement it into their classes.
Inquiry Implementation Plan
Analyze Results Discuss Results with Mentor
Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Milestone 3
Milestone 4 Milestone 5

3/4/19 3/18/19 4/4/19 4/8/19 4/10/19

Provide
Mentor and I will
Identify name and date for activities. mentor with Complete
Discuss teacher Analyze discuss the
presentation presentation and
leadership project with results of results, strengths
PowerPoint have attendees
mentor surveys & weaknesses of
and additional complete surveys
presentation
resources
My teacher leadership presentation will be presented in front of the physical education department
at TVT. I will be talking about a new technology tool that we can implement into physical education
Provide 1-2 sentence summary of your
teacher leader project.
classes in lower and middle school as well as something that can be implemented in our school’s
running club. I will also discuss teacher leadership, and the culture of our program as advised by my
mentor.
I will provide the physical education department with a survey that has them assess my
presentation based on the effectiveness of my presentation (did they understand the benefits of
Summarize process for analyzing
effectiveness of leadership role.
the new tech tool? Do you think this is something that would be beneficial to our curriculum? What
would be a problem in implementing the tool? Do you feel we should add any components to our
culture?
Section 4: Inquiry Research and Exploration
Research/Professional Learning (Identify two articles that have informed inquiry focus. Provide title, URL or citation, and statement of what was learned.)
1. How Technology can Benefit Physical Education Classes
This article was about how technology has many benefits in physical
education classes and different tools that I could use during my
classes. While the tech tool that I will be presenting about is not in
this article, I learned about 4 new apps that I could take advantage of
during my classes. It also talks about wearable technology such as
https://www.thetechedvocate.org/how-technology-can- heart rate monitors. While we do not have any of these tools at our
benefit-physical-education-classes/ disposal yet, this is something that I could advocate for and share
with administration while talking about the benefits these tools
file:///Users/JTowning/Downloads/EberlineRichards2013.pdf could have on our students.

2. Teaching with Technology in Physical Education

This article talks about the benefits that technology implementation
can have in the physical education setting. It also talks about certain
technology tools such as heart rate monitors, projector screens in
the gym, iPads, etc. and how these tools are used to assess students
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 work as well as create a lasting, meaningful impact where students
can collect work and create a positive environment. Lastly, the
article talks about how we can use these tools to advocate for the
importance of physical education in schools and to create a
meaningful experience for all students.

Colleagues (Summarize how two colleagues have addressed similar leadership roles OR the status of the issue at department/school/district level.)
- Brent has taken on many leadership roles at this school
including physical education dept. head, athletic director,
and dean of students for the middle school. He has been
given many leadership responsibilities and has given
numerous presentations to staff and students on a variety
of topics. The most recent discussion was with students
regarding anti-semitism and talked in front of the entire
middle and high school student body. Brent is a great
Brent Dohling- Physical Education Dept. Head/Athletic advocate for our physical education department and does
Director/Middle School Dean of Students what he can to get quality teachers, fantastic resources and
Abby Pezzner- Middle School Physical Education equipment that we can utilize in physical education. Our
teacher/Associate Athletic Director next step is to advocate for increased technology tools
within the department.
- Abby has also taken on many leadership roles at our school
and took on the role of Associate athletic director. She
handles all of the middle school sports and conducts a
ceremony for students, parents, and coaches at the end of
the season. Abby also advocates for quality physical
education as we have attended a couple of conferences
such as CAHPERD and BER.
Section 5: Results and Reflection
Initial Revised Suggestions for Moving
CSTP Element Evidence/Rational for Rating
Rating Rating Forward
To move to INNOVATING level: Consider how to
Promoting critical thinking Teacher asked questions of analysis and evaluation. increase complexity of task beyond a single lesson so
T – Applying T – Integrating
1.5 through inquiry, problem solving, Students answered questions that included all levels of Bloom’s. Students that there are continuing opportunities for students
S – Exploring S - Integrating
and reflection created their own math problems. to engage in inquiry in complex problem. How could
you extend lesson into PBL?

To move to the innovating

Teacher uses a variety of strategies
level, consider ways to
during the course of a lesson to reach all
create a more meaningful
students (guided discovery, discussion,
and lasting experience in the
Using a variety of think-pair-share, differentiated
physical education setting in
instructional equipment, visual aids, etc.) making sure
which students are exposed
strategies, T- T- students are constantly engaged.
to rigorous lessons, while at
resources, and Exploring Integrating Teacher guided students to understand
1.4 the same time learning
technologies to S- S- how to use the new tech tool during
concepts related to health
meet students’ Emerging Applying class which sparked their interest
related physical fitness
diverse learning because they typically do not use much
benefits, health concepts,
needs tech in the physical education setting.
body concepts, and social-
Students interest was very high as they
emotional aspects of
were excited to use tech in physical
teamwork, sportsmanship
education.
and grit.
To move to the innovating
level, the next step would be
Collaborating to take on an increased role
with Presentation topic with the physical
in being a teacher leader
colleagues and education department went fantastic as
around campus. Next year, I
the broader T- T- I was tasked with presenting on the
plan on mentoring a new
professional Exploring Applying culture of our department and some
6.3 teacher who will be brought
community to S- S- components to creating a highly
in to our physical education
support teacher Emerging Exploring effective program as well as a new tech
and student department. We will
tool that we can implement into our
learning continue to attend
program’s curriculum.
professional development
conferences, be involved
with the greater physical
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 education community in an
effort to increase our
knowledge on effective
practices, activities, etc.

Special Emphasis (Teacher Leader Model Standards or NBPTS Core Propositions

Contribution to
Key Learnings and New Skills/Knowledge Developed by Teacher Product(s) Generated
Others/Department/School/District
NBPTS Standard 1: Teachers are committed to students and
their learning.
- A lot of the information and key learnings
that I focused on for this ILP and the
teacher leader presentation were findings The products generated for this
from the InsideOut Coaching Initiative ILP consisted of our overall
presentation that my mentor and I were perspective of our physical
lucky enough to attend at the CSADA education department at our I strongly feel that this
conference in San Diego. We learned school. We discussed how we presentation and some of the
about how to build a positive culture can be better teachers and really aspects I discussed earlier were a
within a program, that can easily be went in deep with the philosophy big contribution to our
translated to our physical education of the culture we want our department. With the increasing
department. Since our physical department to look like. We took enrollment at our school, we really
education department didn’t have an a lot of information used in my felt strongly that we needed to
established culture, my mentor and I took ILP from the InsideOut Coaching revisit the culture of our program
it upon ourselves to create the culture we Initiative of leadership created by and to improve it immensely. I also
want the physical education teachers to Joe Ehrmann. I am very blessed strongly feel that a positive culture
focus on when they are teaching at TVT. to have a mentor who believes in in physical education can leak to all
On top of this, I also incorporated a my abilities to be a leader in our aspects of school. All subjects can
technology aspect to my presentation by school and to provide me with an be interrelated, not just physical
presenting a topic of a new tech tool that opportunity to present such an education, but it is very important
we can incorporate into our curriculum. important topic in our physical for all of the physical educators to
This ties into the culture piece because education department. Another be on the same page, with a shared
we are trying to form a quality physical product generated was the use vision of what we want our
education program that is keeping up and implementation of program to promote. The ways in
with the 21st century learners and finding technology in our department. which we teach and the things and
out ways to be better educators as well While some of us use tech more concepts we teach are all
as coaches. than others, it is quite important important to a physical education
Teacher Leader Standard Domain III: Promoting to share the reasons why tech is program, but that starts with the
professional learning for continuous improvement. beneficial, but at the same time, culture and the teacher. I feel that
- My mentor and I were able to attend the understanding when using tech is we did a great job at providing our
CSADA Conference in San Diego this past appropriate in terms of a quality department with a clear cut
April and we took away so many great physical education program. The product of our benchmarks of our
things. In terms of promoting tool I presented was EZ scan, physical education culture at TVT.
professional learning for continuous which is a tool students can use
improvement the biggest takeaway was during the running portion of our
leadership. What it looks like, what it classes, or our mileage club.
sounds like, how we can be effective
leaders as a teacher, coach, or athletic
director. The teacher leader project was
a great first step for me in promoting
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 professional learning to our department
in an effort to put my mark on our
department culture as well as helping all
of the physical educators become even
more effective teachers.
Mentor Feedback
Directions: The Mentor should Identify strengths and areas of improvement in each of the following areas.
The candidate had a very well planned and well organized presentation
and there were many things that I thought he did well, but also some
areas that he can improve upon. The presentation itself went very well
as the candidate did a good job speaking in front of the department
Effectiveness of resources designed by Candidate, including presentation, with his information being clear, concise, and organized in a well
notes, handouts, and other resources. thought out manner. The notes and handouts were simple and clear. I
think some of the slides on the notes and handouts could have been a
bit bigger, but overall I think the handouts looked good. Myself and the
department liked how he included some humor into the slide
presentation as it kept us engaged in the content of the presentation.
I thought the candidate did a good job with presenting in an effective
way while using principles of adult learning. He provided great
Effectiveness of Candidate in teaching and coaching adults. (Refer to
reflective questions that got us thinking about why we teach, the way
Adult Learning Principles in FOTIP Handbook
[https://www.fotip.org/adult-learning-theory.html]. we teach, how it feels to be taught by us, and thinking about a past
teacher or coach who has helped shape our lives. We all have unique
experiences so it was nice to get to reflect back a bit.
The value of both topics were very beneficial to our physical education
program. We both worked together to help define our department
culture here at TVT and I gave the candidate the responsibility to share
our newly shaped culture. The topic of integrating technology into our
Value of topic for audience. curriculum was also very well thought out and something that we can all
implement in our respective classes. I believe the culture of our
program and implementing not just technology, but better, more
effective teaching practices is huge for building the effective program
we want here at our school.
The overall delivery of the presentation was fantastic. The candidate
was well organized in the slides, spoke clearly and effectively with the
right tone. The presentation was engaging and intriguing for the entire
department to really reflect on our program here. My one thing that I
think could have been done differently was to split up the topics and to
Overall delivery by Candidate of the professional development
dive deeper into each individual topic. Our program culture, and
experience, including audience engagement, pacing, tone, and response
to questions. integrating tech are two important topics in our program, and I
understand the time constraints, but both of those topics can be talked
about in greater length and detail in order for our teachers to really
understand the content. Overall, I wanted the candidate to provide
more of the culture topic as an intro before we go deeper as a
department.
Analysis and Summary of Audience Assessment
Directions: Record assessment data into Assessment Data Table (see end of document). Include copies of assessment tool with submission. Include at least one graph in your summary.

My survey consisted of 5 questions that had them rate a topic on a 1-5 scale.

- Rate the quality of the content presented in this presentation

- Rate your understanding of the content presented
- Rate the relevance of the content to our P.E. Dept. in your opinion
- Rate your understanding of EZ Scan
- Rate your willingness to implement EZ Scan into our curriculum

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 Survey Results
6

0
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

1 2 3 4

This graph represents the results from all 4 participants who attended my presentation. Each participant has their own color. Q1-Q5
represent the 5 questions that were asked on the survey and the numbers on the left side 0-5 indicate their answer to the posed
question. I feel that the results of the survey were very positive and gave me an indication that the content was presented in a way
where they could understand it, and were engaged throughout the presentation. I also feel that the attendees understood the
content and realized the relevance of the topic. I was pleased with the results of the survey.
Action Items (some may not be applicable)
For curriculum design, the action item that I used was the introduction to EZ Scan, which is a tool to
For curriculum design, lesson planning, help students and teachers keep track of the mileage that they run during a class and how many
assessment planning laps they have run. This is a tech tool that can easily be implemented into our physical education
curriculum, and also peak the interests of our students by incorporating technology.
For classroom practice, we implemented our culture model to our colleagues in the physical
For classroom practice education department. The information and model we used came a lot from the InsideOut
Coaching Initiative led by Joe Ehrmann.
For teaching English learners, students
with special needs, and students with n/a
other instructional challenges
Future professional development opportunities will be attending professional development
conferences, and I plan to take a more active role in my teacher leadership by helping the other
For future professional development
physical education teachers in our department in implementing new practices, and fresh material to
help keep our students engaged in a positive environment.
I believe our culture model visual organizing tool was a good way for our department to see each of
For supporting others/department/
school/district
the components to the culture we want to build. It was easy to understand, and in my presentation
I went into detail about each of the components.

Other

Other Notes and Comments

Include copy of Google Survey Form assessment tool.

Assessment tool below.

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 Teacher Leadership and Implementing Tech
in the Class Survey
Presented by: Jeff Towning

On a scale of 1-5, please rate the quality of content presented in this presentation.

1 2 3 4 5

On a scale of 1-5, please rate your understanding of the content presented.

1 2 3 4 5

On a scale of 1-5, please rate the relevance of the content to our P.E. Dept. in your
opinion

1 2 3 4 5

On a scale of 1-5, please rate your understanding of EZ Scan

1 2 3 4 5

On a scale of 1-5, please rate your willingness to implement EZ Scan into our
curriculum

1 2 3 4 5

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