Professional+Growth+Plan+2009-2010

**Annual Professional Growth Plan for 2009 to 2010**

Teaching Assignment: Transitions LA 7; Regular LA 7, Challenge LA 8; K+E Social 9 Teacher Leadership: Teacher-Librarian

Goal: Increase personal / staff literacy knowledge / skills related to information, educational technologies.

Teaching Quality Standard Reference: a) Teachers’ application of pedagogical knowledge, skills and attributes is based in their ongoing analysis c) Teachers understand the subject disciplines they teach. d) Teachers know there are many approaches to teaching and learning. e) Teachers engage in a range of planning activities. f) Teachers create and maintain environments that are conducive to student learning. g) Teachers translate curriculum content and objectives into meaningful learning activities. h) Teachers apply a variety of technologies to meet students’ learning needs. i) Teachers gather and use information about students’ learning needs and progress. j) Teachers establish and maintain partnerships among school, home and community, and within their own schools k) Teachers are career-long learners. Create Reformed PowerPoint of Literacies (visuals) Share at PD portion of staff meeting; ICT Checklists Compile [|ICT Outcomes]; Share with staff Ongoing informal staff feedback – interest/effectiveness || Sept Sept Oct Nov-Feb Oct-June || Create overview of Literacies H/O Flickr; screenshots TL Course Materials || 2. Attend [|Dr. Ross Todd] Presentation at School of Library and Information Sciences U of A || O23 – N15 PD Day Nov 23
 * **Subgoal #1: Increase Staff Awareness of Literacies & Tech Outcomes** || **Timeline** || **Resources**  ||
 * Technology Meeting
 * **Subgoal #2: Increased awareness of information literacy** || **Timeline** || **Resources ** ||
 * 1. Moderate opening keynote for David Loertscher – Redesigning the School Library From the Ground Up, Your School Library (YSL) #3: Designing the Future – Professional Development for Teacher Librarians International Online Conference; view presentations on PD Day

Dec 4 || Sosius.com Voicethread.com

Supply Teacher || Ongoing throughout the year || Supply Teacher for the Day ||
 * ** Subgoal #3: Increase SmartBoard Skills ** || **<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; msoansilanguage: EN-CA; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-CA;">Timeline ** || <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; msoansilanguage: EN-CA; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-CA;">**Resources** ||
 * Participate in reciprocal interdistrict visitation with grade five buddy teacher; view modelled strategies for using the SmartBoard throughout the school day. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> Dec 11;

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