Make the Most of Your Check-ins with Staff about Their ITPDP

With the “sprint to the end of the school year” well underway, it can be tough to prioritize! Meeting with your teachers around their ITPDP goals can fuel their energy (and yours!). A blog post from New Leaders provides a structure for the conversation. Before the meeting, be sure you prepare:

• Review the teacher’s goals. What does this teacher want to achieve? Where are they in their progress?
• Review your notes. Use your observation notes from walk-throughs to inform the conversation.
• Plan to assure the teacher that your purpose is a dialogue in service of their professional growth and you want their voice to be the loudest.

Now the four best practices and questions!

1.  What have you learned and how have you implemented that learning in your classroom?

• • Deepen the conversation by asking about what contributed to the decision about this particular change?
  • How do you see this strategy/practice impacting student engagement and increasing student outcomes?
  • How does this strategy/practice impact you? How do you feel about it? What are you doing differently? How has your instruction changed?

2. What is the professional learning goal you’re going to set for the remainder of the school year, and how can I help you reach that goal?
   • Deepen the conversation by asking, “What do you want to achieve with this goal?”
   • Who can help you (instructional coach/another colleague)? What resources do you need?
   • How can you ensure your success?
     
     
3. Independent of professional learning work, how are you doing? And are you staying?
   • Deepen the conversation by asking, “How are you fueling your energy during the day?”
   • What’s the most rewarding part of your day? The most stressful?
   • How can I help?
   • What else should I know?
     
     
4. What is your vision for future professional learning?
   • When you think about your teaching practice or classroom over the next few years, what would you like to change or shift?
   • In the next year ahead, what would you like to continue, stop, or begin doing?
   • How would you like to grow as an educator, colleague, and person?
   • What professional development opportunities or goals will help you get closer to your vision?

It’s never too late to check-in!

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