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ETFO Tips for Completing the Annual Learning Plan
1. Your Annual Learning Plan is teacher directed and teacher authored. The
role of the principal is to be consulted and to sign the ALP.
2. A minimum of two professional growth goals are required.
3. Choose objectives that are personally and professionally relevant, related to
your daily teaching and that are achievable.
4. When selecting your learning objectives, you may wish to consider school
and board improvement goals as well as your own professional interests.
The inclusion of school and board goals is not mandatory in the legislation.
5. It is important that objectives are broad-based to allow for flexibility and
modification that may result from ongoing professional reflection or situational
changes.
6. When determining the professional activity to support each objective, be sure
to consider your workload, personal obligations and wellness.
7. Go to the meeting with the principal with your ALP completed in draft form.
Be prepared to take the lead and discuss the various aspects of your ALP
and how your professional growth objectives are relevant to your work. If the
principal doesn’t agree with your objectives or will not sign the ALP, contact
the Federation for advice.
8. A meeting is not required in non-evaluation years. The principal must sign
the ALP each year.
9. You may be encouraged to gather parent and student input in developing the
ALP. It is up to the teacher to determine the appropriateness of the option to
gather parent and student input into the development, review, and updating of
the ALP each year.
10. Contact your local ETFO office if you have any questions or concerns about
any aspect of the process.
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Annual Learning Plan (ALP)
Teacher’s Last Name Teachers First Name
Principal’s Last Name Principal’s First Name
.
Name of School Name of Board
Description of Teacher’s Assignment (Grade(s), Subject(s), Full/Part-time,
Elementary/ Secondary, etc.)
Background to Inform Professional Growth Goals, Action Plan, and Timelines
Recommended professional growth goals and strategies from the summative
report of my most recent performance appraisal:
Professional learning and growth that I have experienced over the past year(s):
Parental and student input to inform my professional learning and teaching
practice:
Annual Learning Plan Page 2 of 3
Professional
Growth Goals
Professional
Growth Strategies
to help Reach
Goals
Rationale for
Professional
Growth Goals and
Strategies
Action Plan and
Timelines
Other Comments (Teacher):
Other Comments (Principal):
Date of Next Review and Update of the Annual Learning Plan
Principal’s Signature
My signature indicates that the teacher consulted with me to review and update the
Annual Learning Plan.
Teacher’s Signature
My signature indicates that I reviewed and updated the Annual Learning Plan in
consultation with my principal.