Spanish-American Institute
To: All Faculty and Staff ~
From: Carolyn Prager, Dean of Academic
Affairs
Re: Preparation
for Annual Faculty Professional Development Conferences
Date: October 29, 2007
We will soon begin scheduling individual annual Faculty Professional Development Planning and Evaluation conferences.
Individual faculty professional development conferences involve two steps:
q reviewing the most recent professional development plan for how each faculty member met his or her individual goals for 2006-07 and
q compiling a new individual professional development plan for the next 12 months or so.
Reviewing 2006-07 Professional Development Plans: Please make sure that you provide Dr. Prager with documentation to support your previously agreed upon 2006-07 professional development goals. Acceptable documentation includes:
q for courses, a transcript or certificate.
q for workshops attended elsewhere, an official agenda, a certificate of attendance, or a brief report with the dates and topics of the workshops.
q for volunteer work, a letter from the volunteer agency describing your volunteer activities.
q for out-of-classroom activities with students, a brief written statement with dates and activities.
q for a review of professional literature, a written log with dates and titles of readings.
q for a review of teaching websites, a written log with dates, locations, and website topics..
q for trying new classroom teaching strategies, a written log with implementation history and outcomes. .
q etc.
Copies of 2006-07 Professional Development Plans: Please ask Dr. Prager if you need another copy of your 2006-07 Professional Development Plan.
Thank you.