Criteria
•Demonstrates habits and skills of continuous inquiry and learning.
•Works collaboratively to improve professional practice and student learning.
•Applies research, knowledge, and skills from professional development opportunities to improve practice.
•Establishes and implements professional development plans based upon the teacher's needs aligned to the Iowa teaching standards and district/building student achievement goals.
Teacher Behavior
• Takes classes
• Presents at professional conferences
• Joins professional or community organizations
• Reads professional journals
• Team meetings
• Network with others
• Team-teaching with special education teachers
• Innovative/creative lesson plans
• Present knowledge to group
• Journal entries
• Knows students and collects data from students and works on weaknesses
• Follows district guidelines/curricula
Optional Documentation
• Transcripts
• Copies of membership certificates
• Books/journals on shelves
• Degrees or certification
• Show sample lesson of collaborative activities
• Peer evaluation
• IEP (show attending meeting)
• Run off copies of books/magazines/Internet used in classroom
• Present to team/video-tape
• Student pre- and post tests
• Websites for teachers/parents/students
• Show growth in student achievement
• Evaluations
• Set own teacher goals and long range plans
Other Standard 7 Artifacts
- IEP Peer evaluation Present to team/video-tape
- Copies of membership certificates Books/journals on shelves Student pre- and post-tests
- Transcripts Degrees or certification Study group notes
- Staff development meeting notes Websites for teachers/parents/students Show growth in student achievement
- Show sample lesson of collaborative activities Run off copies of books/magazines/Internet used in classroom Set own teacher goals and long range plans
- Evaluations
