Teacher professional growth plan 2013-14

Reflection: Reflect on last year, including professional development

• DH role
  • I started in January 2013, as an interim DH & I am now the full time Department Head with our French Curriculum Leader
  • I had a very big learning curve
  • Thankfully, we have an amazing French program’s Curriculum Leader
  • I updated and streamlined:
    • Created a Language Department site
      • Sharing of assessment rubrics and ideas
      • Backward design concept / reports
      • e-portfolios
    • I designed a “Collective Doc”
      • “No luck – Collective Doc!”
      • We have our meeting agendas there
      • We have a table of content of our Shared Docx
      • Links to meetings / summaries
    • The conference budget (everyone has already gone to at least one conference this year)
      • Planned and organized 3 successful retreats
    • The 3 languages budgets (on Google docx)
    • I successfully involved all the language teachers in the CAIS process and used the opportunity to create a collaborative approach to challenges
    • I organized all our meetings / meetings summaries on an online spreadsheet with a clear structure for easier access and referencing
    • Updated our Language Department’s handbook (IP)
    • Revised our Department Vision (IP)
    • Updated and organize all inventories
    • I created a shared folder for the department:
      • ideas for technological processes
      • monitoring activities for each department
      • sharing course outlines, descriptions, report comments, etc.
      • communication our final assessments plans
  • The French Curriculum Leader and I updated and streamlined:
    • The French budget
    • Created an online scope and sequence (with the collaboration of the teachers)
    • Organized and communicated the course load distribution (who teaches what; how many preparations, etc.)
    • Did the French program inventory
    • The French Curriculum Leader:
      • Was in charge of the placement of students for the French program (a big responsibility)
      • Created a Google calendar for the department
• Last year was very successful: Film
  • Fabulous CHS Student Film Festival – great films – great speakers – good use of the new auditorium sound system
  • Continued excellent with the integration of instructional films for biology, chemistry, languages, debating, world history and our first attempt at an online resume
    • Students won $1000 for a UBC physics contest video
  • Outstanding movies reflecting on various social issues, personal values and artistic endeavors
  • Personally, I have learned how to better use the new cameras; successfully utilized the student created instructional film about the use of our equipment (Survival guide to film production) as a teaching tool; integrated the camera operation quiz that I designed in Moodle; navigated through the updates and changes of our editing software FCP-X; used the sound studio with students more than ever, created clay animation with the Video Club and finally mastered how to optimize green screen application
• Last year was very successful: Spanish
  • The Spanish class created a very impressive final project after studying historical films
  • Highly personalized program, with themes and approaches designed specifically for the students; pacing also individualized
  • One student has confirmed that she is becoming a Spanish teacher (at UBC)

Goals (continuous): (Remember to include IT)

• To empower students with the use of the HD cameras
  • Measurement: the result  – film / public, students and teacher feedback
• To empower students with the use of the latest FCP-X
  • Measurement: the result  – film / public, students and teacher feedback
• To facilitate the creation of award winning productions as well as co-curricular opportunities in my film classes
  • The outcome: which programs cooperated? How did we combine assessment? Student feedback / teachers’ feedback
  • Continue producing instructional films
• To optimize / continue my curriculum maps
• To continue finding ways to optimize the 1:1 computer implementation
• To organize, again this year, a fabulous Spanish day

Plan: Actions

•  To facilitate the implementation of the goals in the film program:
  • I have changed the course descriptions to include more professional skills development
  • The film program works directly with the Communication Department this year. We collaborate to create:
    • organizing & filming / editing & distributing music concerts
    • organizing & filming / editing & distributing the play
    • organizing & filming / editing & distributing the play
    • organizing & filming / editing & distributing… many more official school events
  • I started using the flipped classrooms concept in my film classes (student video: Survival guide to film production)
  • Continue offering a workshop for student services / grade 9 / media literacy (+ national week)
  • Continue mentoring the Spanish teacher closely (grade 9-10-11)
  • Facilitating fun films for assemblies…
• Spanish
  • I started using the flipped classrooms concept in my Spanish 12/AP program (online tutor)
  • Re-designed the AP course to satisfy the new AP curriculum – the course was approved
    • Implement the AP program that I have re-designed (for the new AP exam)
  • Continue to personalize the program, with themes and approaches designed specifically for the students; pacing also individualized
  • Continue to differentiate learning: Sp 12 and Sp12AP
• French
  • For the first time, I am using an online book
  • Revised and implement the Pre-AP program I designed (online magazines, etc.)
  • Engage the students culturally with the use of songs, poems, debates, etc.
  • Use E-portfolios to archive their artifacts

Timeline: Resources

• We need: 
  • Pending:
    • Animation studio: New software must be purchased and animation booth renovated to accommodate the cameras
  • We need:
    • Decent headphones for the cameras;
    • speakers;
    • small camera for animation;
    • 2 tripod;
    • boom poles;
    • reflectors: aluminum screens
  • We need additional memory cards and tripods (IP) to support the production of films outside the program
• We continue to use:
  • Student film festivals and competitions
  • E-portfolios: (CHS template): https://sites.google.com/site/digitalfilmeportfolio/home
  • Recording studio: Garage Band
  • Etc.
• Languages:
  • Lab
  • We are investigating the idea of a virtual or partly virtual language lab at this time
    • Plan: New language lab software and hardware (if necessary) in Sept. 2014
• Activities: Video Club
  • Work with the Communication Department to film events + VC members – successful!