Leadership in Digital Learning

Professional Development Plan

Chrissy Dobie
Appalachian State University
CI 5630 - Instructional Technology
Summer 2019
North Carolina Digital Competencies for Classroom
Teachers, Category: Leadership in DigiTal Learning
Teachers will demonstrate leadership in accelerating their integration of digital teaching and
learning pedagogies.

Competencies:

● Engage in virtual and face-to-face learning communities to expand mastery in technological

applications for professional growth and student learning.
● Take initiative with own professional growth in inform practice.
● Demonstrate leadership for technology innovation beyond my own classroom.
● Engage in peer collaboration problem solving through continuous planning, designing, testing,
evaluation, and recalibration of teaching methods using appropriate digital technology.
● Promote open, lifelong learning as a iterative process of success, failure, grit, and
perseverance.
Competency #1: Engage in virtual and face-to-face learning communities to expand mastery in
technological applications for professional growth and student learning.

Expected
Resources
Goal: Activities/Actions: Outcome/Evidence Timeline:
Needed:
of Completion:

1. Create a 1. Social media

professional account has
social media been activated
Participate in account and actively
social networking, (Twitter) to following
Access to
Personal Learning discuss others.
internet,
Communities technology in Ongoing
computer/laptop,
(PLC), and face- education. 1. Actively
ect.
to-face to share meeting with
best practices. 1. Connect with other teachers
PLC’s and through
face-to-face technology
meetings. (ZOOM).
Competency #2: Take initiative with own professional growth in inform practice.

Expected
Resources
Goal: Activities/Actions: Outcome/Evidence Timeline:
Needed:
of Completion:

1. Attend Professional
1. To gain
Development
knowledge
opportunites that are
Attend from others. Access to
offered through the
Professional internet,
school district and/or Ongoing
Development 1. Credit given computer/laptop,
North Carolina
Opportunities for completion ect.
Universities
of professional
pertaining to
development.
technology.
Competency #3: Demonstrate leadership for technology innovation beyond my own classroom.

Expected
Resources
Goal: Activities/Actions: Outcome/Evidence Timeline:
Needed:
of Completion:

1. Researched
and
1. Research implemented
Learn about technology and technology
technology trends to use in tools and Access to
tools/trends classrooms. strategies. internet,
Ongoing
and share my computer/laptop,
knowledge with 1. Implement my 1. Tools and ect.
my PLC’s. knowledge with strategies
the PLC. have been
shared with
the PLC.
Competency #4: Engage in peer collaboration problem solving through continuous planning,
designing, testing, evaluation, and recalibration of teaching methods using appropriate digital
technology.

Expected
Resources
Goal: Activities/Actions: Outcome/Evidence Timeline:
Needed:
of Completion:

1. To collaborate
with others to
Meet with PLC’s increase our
to gain better knowledge in Access to
Attend regular
knowledge and technology in internet,
meetings with Ongoing
training on the use the classroom. computer/laptop,
PLC’s.
of technology in ect.
education. 1. Able to train
others in new
technology.
Competency #5: Promote open, lifelong learning as a iterative process of success, failure, grit,
and perseverance.

Expected
Resources
Goal: Activities/Actions: Outcome/Evidence Timeline:
Needed:
of Completion:

Continue social
Continuously
networking about
learn from other
education and Continuous Access to
educators
technology, education in internet,
through social Ongoing
collaborating with my technology from computer/laptop,
network, PLC,
PLC’s, and attend other educators. ect.
and Professional
Professional
Development
Developments.
Leadership in Digital Learning
By: Chrissy Dobie
Appalachian State University
CI 5630 - Instructional Technology
Summer 2019