Running head: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 1
Professional Development Plan
Stella Richards
Grand Canyon University
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2
Professional Development Plan
This is a roadmap that consists of skills, strategies, and educational needs to further an
individual’s in their career and life to achieve professional goals (Johnson & Smith, 2018).
Moreover, it is seen that the plan is a continuous process of acquiring knowledge and skills that
are associated with one’s profession and learning environment.
It has been seen that teacher performance plays a vital part in teacher education. My teaching
performance in clinical practice has shown that there are positive response patterns, and the
students are seen to pay close attention to the various aspects of the teaching process.
On this professional learning plan, the areas that I would like to improve on are such as content
coverage and delivery of teaching goals and objectives. Therefore, it is seen that the professional
learning plan helps students to focus on their learning and achieve their targets (Bynog, 2016).
The purpose of this plan is to make sure that learners can develop their skills and enjoy the
learning aspect at all times.
The Action ( I Will) Areas of Focus Rational
• Acquire information on • How students learn and • Increased educator
• Analyze develop effectiveness
• Become familiar with • Identification, instruction, • Improved results for students
•Become knowledgeable and intervention for special • Professional learning needs
about populations • Student Learning Needs
• Become proficient in • Specific academic content • Improved content knowledge
• Develop/design • Instructional strategies • Develop leadership capacity
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 3
• Enhance my understanding • Interdisciplinary content • Improved academic
of • Connection of content to life decisions
• Gain skills in experiences and career • Advocate for students
• Implement opportunities • Improved classroom
• Incorporate • Diagnostic, formative and environment
• Investigate summative assessments • Promote collaboration with
• Analysis of data to monitor other educators
student progress and to plan,
differentiate, and modify
instruction
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 4
References
Bynog, M. (2016). Development of a Technology Plan. Professional Development and
Workplace Learning, 394-407. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-8632-8.ch025
Johnson, C. S., & Smith, C. M. (2018). Preparing Nurse Leaders in Nursing Professional
Development. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 34(5), 283-285.
doi:10.1097/nnd.0000000000000460