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New Jersey Professional Development Initiative for School Leaders

STEP THREE: Developing Your Professional Growth Plan
This steps supports the modification and formalizing of the plan or idea you developed in Step One, Part 3.
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SELF-ASSESSMENT
* Assistant Principal Self-Assessment Instrument from Alabama. Try Alabama's several professional evaluation: forms, evaluation, portfolios and others - they may give you ideas to pursue.
* Also see Selecting and Stating Long-Range Goals and Short-Term Measurable Objectives. Click on the link to test yourself on goals vs. objectives.

DATA RESOURCES
* NJDOE data
* NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC)
* District Project Planning Tools for School Facilities
* NJ Report Card
* NCLB Accountability Workbook
Sample Professional Growth Plan (PGP)
* from NJASA, and a template		 Template example.

Adult Learning: An Overview by Stephen Brookfield, 1995, International Encyclopedia of Education Oxford, Pergamon Press.

 Four well-researched areas delineated: self-directed learning; critical reflection; experiential learning; and learning to learn. Three newer areas: cross-cultural adult learning, practical theorizing; and distance learning.
Strategic Planning A dynamic business approach to planning.