What is my learning goal?

At the beginning of every week my resource groups review the learning goals that I've set. We review these goals through out the week and talk about the progress we made towards achieving them. This got me to thinking... now that I'm in my seventh year of teaching I really wanted to start setting some learning goals of my own.

Where do I want to go as a Resource teacher?
What do I want my students to be able to accomplish?
How do I want to advance as an educator?

One of the hardest things I've struggled to come to terms with in education is that there really isn't room for advancement. I have absolutely no desire to go into administration. I've been a team leader the past three years and getting my Masters isn't in the books for a couple more. If I want to advance it's going to have to be on terms that I set.

Goals:

• Develop checklists or assessments that will help me track progress in the younger grades.

• I want green! District assessments color code student results based on mastery. I'm tired of seeing red for 90% of my students. I get that I'm working with a population that is already at a disadvantage but I know there are creative ways out there that I can use to help level the playing field.

• Network: I am by no means one of those creative teachers that has great and cute ideas. I am a scavenger. I will search far and wide to find resources I can use to support my students. One way I want to enhance my teaching is by taking a more active role in the online teaching community.

So here it is. The first step in entering the bloggosphere!