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Looking Forward Plan
Brittini Wade
National University
June 11, 2019
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Abstract
Setting some goals for myself will help me to move forward in my teaching profession.
This paper briefly discusses my five year professional growth and development plan.
Increasing my knowledge in the field of education and moving toward a leadership role is
what I hope to have happen in the next five years.
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Timeline Professional Goals
2019 • Complete my Master’s Degree at National
University
Year 1 • Improve in meeting the Teaching Performance
Expectations
• Attend counseling workshops to improve the
enrollment process for my students
• Attend a leadership training class
• Add onto my eportfolio at the end of each
teaching year
2020 • Become successful in the school wide
assessment coordinator role
Year 2 • Move into a more established leadership role by
becoming a lead teacher
• Be a part of a WASC accreditation team
• Improve in meeting the Teaching Performance
Expectations
• Add onto my eportfolio at the end of each
teaching year
2021 • Mentor new educators in their credentialing
program or BTSA program
Year 3 • Improve in meeting the Teaching Performance
Expectations
• Add onto my eportfolio at the end of each
teaching year
2022 • Move into a more established leadership role by
becoming a site coordinator
Year 4 • Improve in meeting the Teaching Performance
Expectations
• Add onto my eportfolio at the end of each
teaching year
2023 • Continue to find workshops and conferences to
attend
Year 5 • Improve in meeting the Teaching Performance
Expectations
• Add onto my eportfolio at the end of each
teaching year
Rationale
Once I am finished with my program at National University, I will focus on improving in
meeting the Teaching Performance Expectations. I am working toward being a lead teacher at my
school where I can then move into a site coordinator role. With this leadership position comes
great responsibility and I would like to attend a leadership class to support this journey. I would
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also like to continue my professional development through various workshops, conferences, and
by being a part of a WASC accreditation team.
Goal 1
My main goal for this next year of teaching is to complete my Master’s degree. I would also like
to attend a counseling workshop to support my students for when we enroll them into their
classes each semester. In order to move forward into a leadership role, I would like to begin
taking leadership training classes as well.
Goal 2
During this time period, I would like to become a lead teacher. I want to work toward being able
to support my peers in their credentialing programs. I also would like to be a part of a WASC
accreditation team that will use my knowledge and skill sets to determine if a school can be
WASC accredited. I will need to attend a special training in order to achieve this. I also would
like to be more confident in the assessment coordinator role that I have just started this year. I
think this will help with understanding the assessments and the importance of interpreting the
results to drive instruction.
Goal 3
For this academic school year, I would like to be certified to mentor my peers in their
credentialing program. I want to be able to reflect on my own teaching practices and support my
co-workers while they are going through the different steps within their program.
Goal 4
I would like to eventually become a site coordinator for the junior high and high school program
at my school. I think this leadership role would allow me to put my best teaching practices to
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good use by supporting the staff throughout the year. I think this would be a great fit for me as I
gain more experience.
Goal 5
I want to continually find conferences and trainings to improve my teaching and leadership role.
I would like to keep up on the best teaching practices by reading relevant journals or books. I
also want to make sure that each year I update my eportfolio with new artifacts to showcase my
professional development.
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References
Commission on Teacher Credentialing. (2016). California teaching performance
expectations [PDF file]. Retrieved from https://www.ctc.ca
