STEP 4: CREATE AND IMPLEMENT YOUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
1- Develop initial Professional Development Plan
Before attending PDP Meeting at the end of Semester 1
Intern identifies problems of practice using the Professional Development Plan Worksheet
Steps 1 and 2.
During Semester 1 PDP Meeting
Intern, Mentor Teacher and Supervisor discuss intern’s responses to Steps 1 and 2 of the
Professional Development Plan Worksheet and help intern fill out Step 3.
Supervisor will share the observation process that emphasizes focused observations and
data collection to support the intern’s specific problems of practice.
2- Implement Professional Development Plan
Intern implements plan developed in PDP meeting from semester 1 that addresses intern’s problem of practice (including data collection) to inform daily direction/ instruction.
3- Plan observations with mentor and supervisor
During Mentor and Supervisor Observations
Intern sets up scheduled Mentor and Supervisor according to dates in Handbook.
Mentor and Supervisor will collect data during their scheduled observations and share it with intern during the post observation conference. This data informs dialogue designed to help the intern plan next steps surrounding the current problem of practice.
The cycle will continue through the rest of your observations for the semester. At the end of the second semester of your full-time internship experience, you will share the results of your professional development plan in at least one of the following ways:
1) share at a team meeting
2) make a powerpoint to share with your peers
3) upload a presentation and post a response to someone else’s study
3) share at seminar
4) record a presentation of your study and share it with your university supervisor
5) present at the Inquiry Showcase in Gainesville
*More specific details for presentations will be posted on the course site.
Portions of this document are from the “Inquiry Write-Up Tutorial” developed by Nancy Fichtman Dana and Rachel Wolkenhauer as well as the “Professional Development School Community Field Advisor Resource Guide 2012-2013” developed by Kevin Berry, Kara Dawson, Darby Delane, Angela Gregory, SharenHalsall, Angela Hooser, David Hoppey, Jennifer Jacobs, Martha League, Dimple Malik, Mark Richner, Renee Simmons, Keith Tilford, Aisha Wood-Jackson, and Diane Yendol-Hoppey. The Lastinger Instructional Coaching Process (Ross, 2011) graphic is from the Lastinger Instructional Coaching Institutes (Lastinger Center for Learning, 2013) and was developed by Dr. Dorene Ross, Jamey Burns, Dr. Alyson Adams, Kathy Dixon, Jeff Dow, Lauren Gibbs, Mary Kay Rodgers, Rhonda Williams, and Rachel Wolkenhauer.