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Professional growth plans must reflect the teacher's self-assessed learning needs. Source: Alberta Education Policy 2.1.5 (Teacher Growth, Supervision and Evaluation)
The self-assessment of teacher learning needs is critical to professional growth. Teachers develop their professional practice throughout their entire career. Therefore, self-assessment must be continuous and seamless with professional growth. Self-assessment can take many forms from reflective practice and journals to action research; from analysis of student achievement data to peer coaching and critical friends. Many tools exist to assist teachers in assessing their professional learning needs.
The following self-assessment tools may be used individually or in collaboration with teaching colleagues or school administrators. The tools are MS Word files that can be saved to your computer so that you can complete and print the documents.
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Tool 2.1: My Personal Qualities as a Teacher Tool 2.2: My Subject Area Expertise Tool 2.3: My Professional Identity Tool 2.4: My Parent Communication Skills Tool 2.5: The Learning Environment Tool 2.6: How I Respond to Student Diversity Tool 2.7: My Student Assessment and Evaluation Strategies Tool 2.8: My Classroom Communication Strategies Tool 2.9: Using Technology for Teaching and Learning Tool 2.10: Teaching and Learning Resources Tool 2.11: Contributing to a Culture of Learning Tool 2.12: My Classroom Management
Tool 2.13: Fostering Effective Relationships Tool 2.14: Embodying Visionary Leadership Tool 2.15: Leading a Learning Community Tool 2.16: Providing Instructional Leadership Tool 2.17: Developing and Facilitating Leadership Tool 2.18: Managing School Operations and Resources Tool 2.19: Understanding and Responding to the Longer Societal Context
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