Personal+and+Professional+Goals+08-09

The following are the personal and professional goals ** GOAL/OBJECTIVE #1: Collaborative: **** Goal statement: __To establish a positive, cooperative, working relationship with my grade level science partner and team. We will plan together, develop units, instructional strategies, develop common assessments, align our entire program with the SAS EAGLES, as well post the results on Atlas Rubicon.__ ** Daily check in meetings before classes. Video / Skype conversations on PD Curriculum days. We will meet for unit development and plan for assessment two days per week. We will develop common instructional maps and calendars to be posted on Blogs and Edline. || Time – We have established grade level team meeting schedules to allow our dedicated days for planning. SAS Standards and Benchmarks Wireless laptop computers – Atlas Video conference room / Skype || Posted units on Atlas Notes from meetings Administration visit to meetings All assignments and grades aligned with EAGLES Alignment with EAGLES within our GradeOuick. grading forms. || __** GOAL/OBJECTIVE #2: ** **School-wide improvement initiative**: ** Initiative: **__ **Effective use of technology for improvement of communication and student learning** **. 2) Goal statement: _ To effectively implement the use of new wireless computer systems / computer programs /LCD/ and SMART board technologies in developing new instructional strategies for learning subject area benchmarks and standards. Additionally, I will improve effective communication with parents, students and administration using these new technologies. ** Use of new teacher laptop for communication with parents and students – Edline, and Blog development. Use of Gizmos || Inservice / training on blogs, and wiki development. Working wireless network and sets of computers Professional Development funds for attending technology workshops – Learning 2.0, and EARCOS || Student developed blog sites / SLCs Student developed wiki sites/ NGO Teacher communication posted on Blog Direct observation of teacher use of technologies in classroom. Professional Development funds used to attend Learning 2.0 Technology Conference. Attendance of EARCOSTeachers conference - Kota Kinabalu || To read research-based alternative assessment articles and books. Grade level, department, and school wide discussions on assessment. Attend any assessment workshops of presentations offered at SEATCO this year. Being the Grade Level Team Leader this year, gives me a chance to have powerful conversations about how students learn best and development of effective assessments. Teachers Teaching Teachers. (TTT) || Membership on the Facilitator Seminar Team Professional Development funds to attend the SEATCO conference in Malaysia. Team time dedicated to discussions of assessment. Books and internet sources. Discussion time with subject area teachers Discussion time with administration i.e. Lynn Colman / Pip and others who attended the summer assessment conference in Portland. || Active membership and participation on the MS Leadership Team. (Tuesday morning meetings) Active participation in vertical discussions with the building level science teachers on learning and assessment. Meeting notes on assessment. Use of a variety of methods of assessment in science classes. Feedback of SEATCO sessions ||
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 * Effective use of grade level laptops for research, developing communication links for students including Blogs, and Wikis.
 * GOAL/OBJECTIVE #3:** ** School-wide improvement initiative and/or Personal: ** ___ ** I will learn more effective methods of alternative learning assessments and feedback systems to improve student performance. I will work collaboratively with my counterparts at the Puxi campus to develop one common assessment per major quarter unit. **
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 * Survey a variety of assessment methods used by other school staff.