Professional development

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PL4004: Professional Development: Plan for personal and professional development to support meaningful contributions to young children’s healthy development and learning.

Assessment Rubric

0 Not Present

1 Needs Improvement

2 Meets Expectations

Topic 1: Growing as an Early Childhood Professional Reflect upon your strengths and areas of improvement related to the five Early Childhood Professional Core Knowledge Categories listed on the Self- Assessment Chart. Then, complete a self- assessment for at least three of the five categories by explaining: the knowledge and skills you currently possess, and your professional development needs in each category.

LO1: Evaluate knowledge and professional development needs in early childhood core knowledge categories

Response is not present. Responses are vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete evaluations of knowledge and professional development needs in early childhood core knowledge categories.

Responses provide clear, accurate, research-based evaluations of knowledge and professional development needs in early childhood core knowledge categories.

Topic 2: Professional Development Goals Based upon your self- assessment, develop two

Response is not present. Responses are vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete

Responses provide clear, accurate, research-based

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SMART goals for your professional development.

LO1: Develop professional development SMART goals

professional development SMART goals.

professional development SMART goals.

Then, complete the following for each goal in the chart provided:  Action Steps—What

steps will you take to reach your goal? Note: At least one action step for each goal should include a collaborative component Collaborator(s)— Who will support you in completing your action steps and/or reaching your goal?

 Resources— What do you need to complete your action steps and/or reach your goal?

 Timeline—What is your timeline for completing the action step?

 Evaluation—How will you know you have reached your goal?

LO1: Create professional development plans

Response is not present. Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete professional development plan.

Response provides a clear, accurate, research-based professional development plan.

Topic 3: Reaching Development Goals

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Write a 1— to 2—page reflection that explains the following:  The action step(s) you

implemented, and provide evidence of your implementation

 Whether the action step(s) implemented did or did not support you in reaching your professional development goal

 The collaborative component(s) of the implemented action step(s); and, whether it did or did not support you in reaching your professional development goal

 How subsequent action steps will support you in making meaningful contributions to young children’s healthy development and learning.

LO1: Explain professional development action steps

Response is not present. Response is a vague, inaccurate, or an incomplete explanation of professional development action steps.

Response provides a clear, accurate, research-based explanation of professional development action steps.

Professional Skill Assessment

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In this Competency Assessment, you will be assessed on the following Professional Skills: Written Communication and Applied and Collaborative Learning. These skills count toward your achievement of the Competency and the Professional Skills.

Written Communication: Write with clarity, coherence, and purpose.

0 Not Present

1 Needs Improvement

2 Meets Expectations

LO9: Use appropriate tone and vocabulary for a given audience. (Awe 3; Awareness of audience and discipline)

Vocabulary and tone are inappropriate for the audience.

Vocabulary and tone vary throughout the writing, limiting reader’s access to ideas.

Vocabulary and tone communicate key concepts that are appropriate for the audience.

LO10: Apply APA formatting and style guidelines. (Awe 3; awareness of audience and discipline and credit to source)

APA formatting and style are not present.

Writing inconsistently uses in- text citations and references. Major errors in APA style impede understanding and/or violate standards for academic integrity.

Writing uses in-text citations appropriately, includes references when applicable, and is formatted according to APA style. Minor errors in APA style do not impede understanding or violate standards for academic integrity.

LO11: Use concise and clear language (Awe 4; Awareness of audience and discipline)

Writing is vague, unclear, and/or uses passive voice.

Writing demonstrates unclear or unconcise word choice, is redundant, and inconsistently uses active voice.

Writing demonstrates clarity and precision through appropriate word choice, avoiding redundancy or wordiness, and the use of active voice.

Applied and Collaborative Learning: Apply knowledge and skills in collaboration with others to solve authentic problems. 0

Not Present 1

Needs Improvement 2

Meets Expectations LO1: Recognize how compromise, mutual respect, and shared responsibility help people achieve a common goal

Evidence of recognition is not present.

Evidence of recognition is unclear or incomplete.

Response includes evidence that demonstrates recognition of how compromise, mutual respect, and shared responsibility help people achieve a common goal.

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LO2: Apply collaboration skills to create workable solutions to complex problems

Application is not present. Response applies inappropriate collaboration skills or the collaboration results in inappropriate or unrealistic solutions.

Response generally applies relevant and appropriate collaboration skills to create workable solutions to complex problems.

Mastery Rubric

In order to achieve mastery of this Competency, you must achieve a “2” on every rubric row in addition to meeting the additional expectation indicated in the Mastery Rubric.

MASTERY RUBRIC Exceeds Expectations: Connections to Experiences LO 1: Explains changes in own learning, recognizing complex contextual factors (e.g., works with ambiguity and risk, deals with frustration, considers ethical frameworks) and drawing on highly relevant and well- developed examples.

The professional development plan integrates highly relevant and well-developed examples from the self- assessment process to evidence insight into how professional development can be used to support young children’s healthy development and learning.

Yes

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