Professional Development Meme 2009

I’ve been tagged by Tracy Rosen, who came across this at Clif’s Notes recently. I love reading Tracy's blog. It is very inspirational and creative.

Directions:

Summer can be a great time for professional development. It is an opportunity to learn more about a topic, read a particular work or the works of a particular author, beef up an existing unit of instruction, advance one’s technical skills, work on that advanced degree or certification, pick up a new hobby, and finish many of the other items on our ever-growing To Do Lists. Let’s make Summer 2009 a time when we actually get to accomplish a few of those things and enjoy the thrill of marking them off our lists.

The Rules:

NOTE: You do NOT have to wait to be tagged to participate in this meme.

* Pick 1-3 professional development goals and commit to achieving them this summer.
* For the purposes of this activity the end of summer will be Labor Day (09/07/09).
* Post the above directions along with your 1-3 goals on your blog.
* Title your post Professional Development Meme 2009 and link back/trackback to http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/2447.
* Use the following tag/ keyword/ category on your post: pdmeme09.
* Tag 5-8 others to participate in the meme.
* Achieve your goals and “develop professionally.”
* Commit to sharing your results on your blog during early or mid-September.

My Goals:

* Read the book Why Students Don’t Like School and participate in the book club conversation around it over at Dangerously Irrelevant
* Be prepared to lead my AVID 3 class through their junior year. Put into practice all the tips I learn while going through Summer Institute through the class College Readiness and Preparation.
* Develop a plan to kick off, introduce, and make interactive my World History and AVID classes while using technology in these ways - My Blogs and classroom website, podcasting, podcasting my notes, and using Twitter in my classroom discussions around Socratic Seminar.

Tagging:
Ms Teacha (MsA)
Tamara Eden
Ms_Teacher
Mr D @ TeachForever