Teacher Professional Development Log
Teacher: Rebecca Burleson School: Norwood Elementary
Grade Level(s): 2nd and 3rd Subject: Reading
School year(s) 2016 - 2017
Goal: Increase knowledge on individual deficits for phonemic awareness/phonics
Date Activity
9/5/2016 9/16/2016 Administered Beginning
Decoding Surveys (BDS) to all
IEP students and/or students
receiving phonics intervention
Attended session one of the
9/14/2016 Foundational skills instruction
PD
Attended session two of the
10/5/2016 Foundational Skills instruction
PD
10/2016 Administered phonemic
awareness screening to students
who scored under 20/50 words
correct on the BDS
11/4/2016 Attended session three of the
Foundational Skills instruction
PD
12/7/2016 Attended session four of the
Foundational Skills instruction
PD
1/11/2017 Attended session five of the
Foundational Skills instruction
PD
01/2017 Trained grade 2 teachers in
giving the Beginning Decoding
Survey and Advanced Decoding
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Benefit
To identify specific strengths and
weaknesses in decoding skills of
struggling readers
To learn different techniques to
apply when teaching PA and
phonics skills.
To learn different techniques to
apply when teaching PA and
phonics skills.
To identify specific gaps in
phonemic awareness skills for
struggling readers to modify
instruction
To learn different techniques to
apply when teaching PA and
phonics skills.
To learn different techniques to
apply when teaching PA and
phonics skills.
To learn different techniques to
apply when teaching PA and
phonics skills.
To help grade level general
educators determine specific
strengths and weaknesses in
 Survey below grade level readers

2/8/2017 Attended session six of the To learn different techniques to

Foundational Skills instruction
PD
02/2017 Administered Beginning
Decoding Surveys (BDS) to all
IEP students and/or students
receiving phonics intervention
02/2017 Shared multisyllabic teaching
techniques with grade 2 general
educators
3/1/2017 Attended session seven of the
Foundational Skills instruction
PD
4/5/2017 Collaborated with Readsters
presenter. Michael, presenter,
observed a phonics lesson and
provided feedback to enhance
instruction
05/2017 06/2017 Administered Beginning
Decoding Surveys (BDS) to all
IEP students and/or students
receiving phonics intervention
apply when teaching PA and
phonics skills.
To identify progress in students
over the school year and identify
specific strengths and weaknesses
to modify instruction
To support grade level general
educators in teaching
multisyllabic decoding to
struggling learners
To learn different techniques to
apply when teaching PA and
phonics skills.
To gain the input from an expert
in this field in order to modify
and enhance instruction and
target specific student needs
To identify progress in students
over the school year and identify
specific strengths and weaknesses
to modify instruction

Reflection/Analysis:

I really enjoyed my professional development over the past school year and would like to continue to grow in
this area next year as well. Since I was given the opportunity to attend a series of professional development
sessions, I was able to gain a lot of insight and share this insight with some fellow teachers. I hope to be able to
start fresh at the beginning of next school year with all of my new learning and continue to share this new
knowledge with other staff members. I have added a large amount of phonemic awareness activities into my
phonics instruction and have seen an impact on their independent reading growth. Out of the 14 students that I
have worked with in guided reading or phonics intervention, 12/14 have moved three or more guided reading
levels and 4/14 students have moved five or more guided reading levels. Next year I would like to start the year
with phonemic awareness screenings and beginning decoding surveys for students coming in below grade level.
As a grade level, we could also look at iReady reports and MAP reports closely to identify areas of need in
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reading. I believe that we can see more growth if I can begin the year using my new knowledge and experience
from the 2016-2017 school year.

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