Sample Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP) Goals
7/2015
SMART Goals
Examples of SMART goals are provided below. We suggest that every educator include at least one broad SMART goal on
their IPDP similar to the one below.
RECOMMENDED SMART GOAL
Action you will
Describe an Area of
Focus for the Learning
Include the Rationale Add the Activities
Completion
to learn about
best practices in special
education
In order to provide quality
education and be compliant
with state and federal
professional development
in-services, webinars, and
SMART goals should follow the general structure illustrated below.
I WILL
(State the Action)
SAMPLE AREAS OF FOCUS
(Ohio Standards for the Teaching
Profession)
RATIONALE
(Ohio Standards for Professional
Development)
• Analyze
• Become familiar with
• Become knowledgeable about
• Become proficient in
• Develop/design
• Enhance my understanding of
• Gain skills in
• Implement
• Incorporate
• Investigate
• Learn about
• Learn how to
• Mentor
• Participate in
• Research
• Study
• How students learn and develop
• Identification, instruction and
intervention for special populations
• Specific academic content
• Instructional strategies
• Interdisciplinary content
• Connection of content to life
experiences and career opportunities
• Diagnostic, formative and summative
assessments
• Analysis of data to monitor student
progress and to plan, differentiate, and
modify instruction
• Instructional design and delivery
• Resources to support learner needs
• Safe learning environment
• Strategies to motivate students to work
productively and assume responsibility
for learning
• Strategies to share responsibility with
parents/caregivers to support student
learning
• Collaboration with other educators on
projects to promote student success
• Collaboration with community agencies
to promote student success
• Positive impact on profession (e.g.
mentoring another teacher)
• Increased educator effectiveness
• Improved results for students
• Professional learning needs
• Student Learning Needs
• Improved content knowledge
• Develop leadership capacity
• Improved academic decisions
• Advocate for students
• Improved classroom environment
• Promote collaboration with other
educators
• Better use of educational resources
• Improved capacity to analyze and
interpret data to promote student
success
• Improved capacity to assess student
progress
• Promote professional growth