Best Practice Professional Growth Goals
Integrate ReadingApprentice strategies into biology lessons to increase content-area literacy.
Perform statistical analyses on unit assessments to improve assessments, tailor questions to fairly assess student understanding, and eliminate bias in assessments.
Consistently use pretest and frequent formative assessment data to make instructional decisions, improve instruction, and address student proficiencies in achieving learning targets.
Use the inquiry model as a model for designing lessons so students are learning from data and observations, and as a platform for asking questions that can be answered empirically.
Design and share lessons and instructional resources with other teachers via Google Drive to improve understanding and practice in biology instruction.
Engage students in self-questioning, peer- and self-assessment to gauge understanding and increase learning.
Integrate district-provided technology to increase student engagement, increase collaboration on projects, effectively communicate with students and parents, and efficiently assess students. Includes Promethean ActivInspire, iBlog, iLearn, Gmail, and Google Docs.