All teacher education majors are required to track and document their professional development activity.
Professional development experiences should be relative to the NC Professional Teaching Standards and your personal goals for student teaching and your first year in the classroom.
A minimum of 20 completed Professional Development Activities related to one or more of the Teaching Standards must be completed by the end of the Student Teaching Semester.
Identify Professional Development Opportunties
Engage
Engage is a portal for students to identify campus events and activities. Our office has compiled a list of pre-approved professional development events via Engage.
Online Opportunities
View our list of online professional development opportunities.
Attend Professional Development Opportunities
Always be sure to register your attendance for professional development events through Engage or the organization that is hosting the event.
Document Your Professional Development Reflections
After attending a professional development experience, students must complete a reflection about the experience.
The professional development reflection is comprised of these three prompts, know as a 3-2-1 Exit Ticket Reflection, and you will write a reflection for every professional development event you attend.
- Three (3) New Ideas/Concepts/Practices I learned at the PD Event
- Two (2) New Ideas/Concepts/Practices I'd like to know more about
- One (1) New Idea/Concept/Practice I will implement in my teaching practice that's related to my PD Goals
Students may use the tracker or can choose to create their own document for managing reflections.