Another aspect of the Technology Integration Self-Assessment is the
ability to create your own professional development plan. I hope some of
you have had a chance to take a look at this feature. 

Once you have completed the assessment, you can proceed to choose a few
competencies that you'd like to learn more about this year. (We encourage
people not to choose more than four, because to learn a new skill or area
takes time.) 

The steps are:
- Choose the competencies you want to work on
- Choose the learning strategies you will use for each competency
- Choose or add your own objectives
- Add a timeline or due date for each objective

Once these steps are completed, you can save or print your plan, and
choose to receive montly email reminders if you wish.

This is a new way of planning professional development. What do you think?
Would you use an online professional development plan? Can you see
teachers going back to update and edit the plan a few times during the
year? Is a professional development plan something you might share with
colleagues? Work on as a group? Share with your administrator?

I don't want to send an attachment to the list, but if you would like to
see a sample of the professional development plan, email me off list and I
will send you one.

Marian
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Marian Thacher, OTAN
mthacher at otan.us
P.O. Box 269003
Sacramento, CA 95826-9003
(916) 228-2597
www.otan.us

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