Personal Development Plan.
Looking ahead, I can tell you one of my major professional goals is to become a High School Video Production teacher. Now in order to obtain this goal there are a number of things or steps in front of me that I will need to accomplish.
First of All, I will need to receive more formal education in the form of an “off-site program that is specifically designed for my needs.”(Noe) In order to become a High School Video Production teacher, I will need to obtain my Career Technical Education (CTE) certificate. CTE courses are designed to prepare students to be members of the work force and teaches them many of the skill needed in order to find work when they graduate from school. In order to teach these course, teachers need to obtain their CTE certificate. The CTE certification process prepares educators to teach 21st century skills to both middle school and high school students. By completing this program, I will be qualified to teach any video production course at any high school in the state of Washington.
Part of the purposes of the CTE programs are for students to learn these skills from trained professionals, from individuals who have worked or are working in these fields and for them to be trained on the last strategies and equipment. The second step for my personal development will be through job experiences, possibly asking for new job assignment. “New job assignments help take advantage of employees’ existing skills, experiences, and contacts, while helping them develop new ones”(Noe). In order for me to continue to develop my skills I need to continue to work in the field of video production. To do this, I will continue working at my second job, as a sports videographer at Xfinity Arena in Everett, Washington. During the upcoming hockey season, I will shadow or follow the Technical Director, in hopes to possibly learn the job and understand its function. This will allow me to continue to improve my skills, while learning and working with the same tools and skills that I hope to be teaching my students.
The third step in my development plan is to find a mentor, a CTE teacher who is willing to help me through this process. “A mentor is an experienced, productive senior employee who helps develop a less experienced employee”(Noe). There are a number of CTE teachers in our school district and more importantly, one who is teaching the program I hope to be teaching. By developing a mentoring relationship with him, I might be able to learn from his leadership, and have a greater understanding of what needs to be done and how to accomplish it.
The final step of my development plan is an opportunity for Assessment. “Assessments are used for several reasons. Assessment is used to identify the strength and weaknesses of an individual. Assessments help employees understand their tendencies, needs, the type of work environment they prefer, and the type of work they prefer to do.”(Noe) I am currently teaching a similar style of courses or program at the middle school level. By allowing the administration or possibly the High School CTE teacher to come in and observe my course and teaching, I can develop a greater understanding of my own strengths and weakness, while also getting a better understanding of how my program meets the needs of a CTE program.
By following these four steps, I should be prepared to teach a High School level CTE Video production course, and thus ready to fulfill the dream that I have been trying to achieve for the past 10 years.
By following the link below, you can observe a presentation for my school district that I created in order to convince them to institute a district wide Employee Development Plan.
Noe, R. A. (2013). Employee training and development (6th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
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