1. Individual Professional Development Planning for Teachers
School District of Lee County
Individual Professional Development Planning for Teachers

2. What is an Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP)?
A personal plan which represents explicit learning goals
Focuses on improving student learning as the overall goal
Balances with the needs of the students, school, and district
Provides structure for professional growth
Emphasize bullet three – focus on student learning/improvement as the overall goal

3. State Criteria for the IPDP
Goal(s)
Specific to the students to whom the teacher is assigned
Measurable improvements in student performance
Method of evaluation
Strategies
Clearly defined training objectives
The State identifies in the PD Protocol Standards and these four criteria are identified as the four components that are to be included in a Teacher IPDP.

4. Planned Improvements through Professional Development
Identify Needs and Develop Plan
Take and Implement Training
Evaluate Training Impact
The IPDP process is a PDSA/PDCA process that can be used to improvement your classroom systems and procedures to ensure that students are learning and that the strategies learned in training are having a positive impact on student learning. If they don’t have a positive impact, the strategies should be discontinued.
Evaluate Student Learning

5. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The School District of Lee County
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Form is located on Personnel Services website:
___________________________
_________
Teacher Name
Signature
Date
School
Administrator Name
Goal (s) Statement
(Based on Student Achievement Needs and Accomplished Practices)
Strategies
Documentation Methods
Dates
END-OF-YEAR OUTCOMES:
(Attach additional page if necessary)
Our District IPDP Form is shown here.
This form is posted on the CSDC Website under the Professional Development System link, Individual Teacher Level Information link, and also on Personnel Services website.
The first section if for your basic information. The new form online allows you to type your document and then save to your location and print.
Let’s look at how the four required components can be included in this form.
ORIGINAL: Personnel CANARY: Assessor PINK: Teacher MIS 777 S(8/99)A

6. Developing Your Goal(s)
Goal (s) Statement
(Based on Student Achievement Needs and Accomplished Practices)
Strategies
Documentation Methods
Dates
Write a SMART Goal
S – Student-Focused
M – Measurable
A – Attainable
R – Results-Oriented
T – Timebound

7. Writing Goal Statement(s)
Goal (s) Statement
(Based on Student Achievement Needs and Accomplished Practices)
Strategies
Documentation Methods
Dates
_____% or ______# of ______students will __________ as measured on _______ by _________.

8. Writing Goal Statement(s)
Goal (s) Statement
(Based on Student Achievement Needs and Accomplished Practices)
Strategies
Documentation Methods
Dates
95% of my 9th grade students will score a 3.5 or higher as measured on the School Mock Writing Assessment in March.
Relates to my
students’ learning
Measurable
Evaluation Method

9. What’s Wrong With These Goals?
My students will increase their scores in math.
I will implement a Cooperative Discipline program in my class.
100% of my students will return their textbooks at the end of the year.
Criteria for Goal
Statements
Specific to my students’ learning needs
Measurable improvements in student performance
Includes a method of evaluation

10. Reading: Our District Priority
Reading improvement is a priority for everyone
Reading can be addressed in the IPDP
A Reading Goal
To improve student performance in reading
Reading Strategies
To improve student learning in another area or discipline
Reading is a priority in our District and every teacher should consider the reading needs of their students. Since reading is the most important life-long learning skill, it is important to every content area and discipline.
The District has contacted the DOE regarding the requirement of a reading goal on every teacher IPDP. The DOE and Just Read! Florida have indicated that, while a reading goal is not a requirement, consideration of a reading goal is strongly encouraged.

11. Developing Strategies
Goal (s) Statement
(Based on Student Achievement Needs and Accomplished Practices)
Strategies
Documentation Methods
Dates
Consider reading or Marzano strategies
Focus on SSS, subject content, instructional practices, technology, assessment and data analysis, classroom management, school safety
Include specific outcomes from training that you will implement

12. Writing Your Strategies
Goal (s) Statement
(Based on Student Achievement Needs and Accomplished Practices)
Strategies
Documentation Methods
Dates
Attend Six Traits Writing Training
Implement Training Outcomes:
Six Traits of Writing; Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions
Six-Trait analytic rubric to assess writing
Strategies of modeling and revision to improve student writing
Monitor progress through monthly classroom assessments

13. Identifying Documentation Methods & Dates
Goal (s) Statement
(Based on Student Achievement Needs and Accomplished Practices)
Strategies
Documentation Methods
Dates
Inservice Record (to document training attendance)
Lesson Plans (to document implementation of training strategies)
Pinnacle Classroom Grades/ Records
Summer, 2004
Ongoing
Pinnacle Report

14. Plan, Deliver, Follow Up, Evaluate
___________________________
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Teacher Name
Signature
Date
School
Administrator Name
This is the planning part of the IPDP – do these sections now. Then implement your plan and track student progress throughout the year!
Goal (s) Statement
(Based on Student Achievement Needs and Accomplished Practices)
Strategies
Documentation Methods
Dates
END-OF-YEAR OUTCOMES:
(Attach additional page if necessary)
End of Year Outcomes are completed at the end of the year!
ORIGINAL: Personnel CANARY: Assessor PINK: Teacher MIS 777 S(8/99)A

15. To be completed at end of year prior to annual assessment
End of Year Evaluation
END-OF-YEAR OUTCOMES:
On the school-wide writing assessment in March.
23% of my students received a 5.0 or higher
25% of my students received a 4.0 or 4.5
50% of my students received a 3.5
= 98% of my students scored a 3.5 or higher
(Attach additional page if necessary)
To be completed at end of year prior to annual assessment

16. Reflecting on Results Once your IPDP is completed, it is important to:
Reflect on the results of the evaluation (end of year outcomes)
Use the results as part of the needs assessment process for next year’s IPDP development
Modify or discontinue the use of the professional development strategies if they did not demonstrate improvements in student performance.

17. CURRICULUM & STAFF DEVELOPMENT CENTER
For more information . . .
CURRICULUM & STAFF DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Click on Professional Development System and look under Individual Teacher Level Information
REQUIRED FORMS
IPDP Form
OPTIONAL FORMS
IPDP Planning Checklist
Self Assessment Planning Tool Form
Individual Teacher Standards Checklist
RESOURCES
IPDP PowerPoint for Teachers
Sample Plans
Teacher Performance Assessment Guidelines (Rubric)
To assist teachers in the development of their IPDP, we have an online tutorial program, sample plans and other planning tools. We are also creating a data collection tool for teachers to use to record their beginning of the year student data.

18. Why focus on Teacher Professional Development?
Research shows that each dollar spent on recruiting high-quality teachers and deepening their knowledge and skills nets greater gains in student learning than any other use of an education dollar.
(Ferguson, Greenwald, Hedges, & Laine as cited in Darling-Hammond, 1997, p.1)
Why is so much emphasis placed on teacher professional development?
One reason - Teacher expertise, teacher quality, is the single most important determinant of student achievement.