PPDP+Course

=**Arts Educator 2.0: Personal Professional Development Plans**= The goal for this course is to determine each of your professional development needs. Once identified, you will craft a Personal Professional Development Plan to adress those gaps in your knowledge. Implementing your plan, you'll locate appropriate learning resources, conduct your own professional development, and finally reflect upon that learning through a reflection and/or culminating project. Your mentor will guide you through the steps in this process.

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//Mentor Visitation 1//
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 * Visitation by the mentor to the participant's school site
 * Discussion of participant's professional learning goals and needs
 * Development of items for the PPDP based on those needs

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 * Visitation by the mentor to the participant's school site
 * Discussion of participant's professional learning goals and needs
 * Additions are made to the PPDP as needed

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 * Participant identifies professional learning needs and goals
 * Participant creates PPDP on their Wikispace with support from the mentor

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 * Once approved, participant carries out the goals of the PPDP
 * Participant locates learning materials and opportunities aligned with the PPDP
 * Participant utilizes the Wikispace to document the PPDP learning process and to capture learning artifacts

//Project and/or Reflection Upon New Learning//

 * Participant utilizes their Wikispace to bring together their new learning in a project and/or reflection
 * The new learning is synthesized in a way which provides the instructors with evidence of new learning
 * Participant evaluates his or her own new learning, which is then corroborated by the mentor

Participants will receive two (2) credits after completing: participation in two site-based visits with their mentor, creation of a PPDP out of reflection upon practice in conjunction with recommendations from the mentor, implementation of the PPDP, creation of a reflection and/or project to document new learning, pre-test, post-test, the IU1 evaluation, and an online survey. All submitted work should conform to APA or MLA guidelines for fair use and proper citation of referenced material.