Comprehensive School-Level 3-Day Professional Development Plan

Directions: The final signature assessment in this course is to write a comprehensive, school-level instructional leadership professional development plan. This plan includes multiple elements in which you have been working on throughout the weeks. This week you will focus on building your final 3-Day Professional Development Plan including your fourth element called Teacher: Improving Teachers’ Instructional Practices.

Each week throughout the course you prepared and submitted a draft of three out of the four elements of the plan. Use your readings, lectures, and exemplar examples of key components to build a strong more comprehensive plan. Use the feedback you received throughout Weeks 1, 2 & 3 to guide you in making improvements to your 3-Day Professional Development Plan. We should see growth from your previous draft submissions. You will submit this plan as your Signature Assessment for this course.

1. Four elements of the comprehensive professional development plan, include:

1. Initial Information: Professional Development

· Include topic, audience, date, time, resources, cost, and collaborative team that assisted in identifying the area(s) of need etc.,

2. Student Achievement: Evaluation of data sets that impact and identify the needs for content specific professional development and monitors professional improvement in the teaching and learning process.

· Goals: Statement of goals for school-sponsored and/or school-supported data to identify needs and drive instruction.

3. Content: Components of professional development plan that are content specific and address needs based on student needs information. Using curriculum alignment strategies, goals, curriculum mapping, research, and best practices. (e.g., using data to guide instructional content, curriculum alignment, facilitating implementation of rigorous content, content-based learning and assessment, evidence-based content to improve teaching and learning).

· Objectives: Statement of objectives for school-sponsored and/or school-supported content that provides an appropriate level of rigor to improve teaching and learning.

4. Teacher: Implementation of collaborative structures, professional learning communities, professional development processes, and use of tools and applications to facilitate and support teaching and learning. (e.g., using data to guide instructional practice, alignment of instruction to curriculum, facilitating implementation of rigorous instruction, instructional based learning and assessment, evidence-based strategies to improve teaching and learning).

· Focus of Topic: Description of focus that will be undertaken to achieve the professional development goals and objectives that address instructional improvement and promote student achievement.

Part 1, 2, 3, 4: 3-Day Professional Development Plan:

Directions:

A. Complete the table. Use 12 pt. black font: Times New Roman. The table cells will expand to fit your text.

Part 5: Reflection: Evidence on the Impact of K-12 Student Learning

Directions:

A. Reflections W4LO1:(CLO1 & 4), W4LO3: (CLO5): Complete the following reflection to articulate and provide evidence on the impact of effective professional development on K-12 student learning. Identify an area to focus on by choosing one of the following: Data to Drive Instruction or Curriculum Alignment or Instructional Practice. Use the Reflective Model of What? So What? Now What? found in the Resource section of your course.

B. Cite any sources and/or readings used as evidence to support your statements in APA format.

Reference

Bambrick-Santoyo, P. (2018). Leverage Leadership 2.0: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools (p.365-366). John Wiley & Sons.

ELA Mini-Lesson Plan

Part 1: Mini-Lesson Plan

Part 2: Reflection