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PL4004: Professional Development: Plan for personal and professional development to support meaningful contributions to young
children’s healthy development and learning.
Assessment Rubric
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Not Present
1
Needs Improvement
2
Meets Expectations
Topic 1: Growing as an Early Childhood Professional
Reflect upon your
strengths and areas of
improvement related to the
five Early Childhood
Professional Core
Knowledge Categories
listed on the Self-
Assessment Chart. Then,
complete a self-
assessment for at least
three of the five categories
by explaining: the
knowledge and skills you
currently possess, and
your professional
development needs in
each category.
LO1: Evaluate knowledge
and professional
development needs in early
childhood core knowledge
categories
Response is not present. Responses are vague,
inaccurate, and/or incomplete
evaluations of knowledge and
professional development
needs in early childhood core
knowledge categories.
Responses provide clear,
accurate, research-based
evaluations of knowledge and
professional development
needs in early childhood core
knowledge categories.
Topic 2: Professional Development Goals
Based upon your self-
assessment, develop two
Response is not present. Responses are vague,
inaccurate, and/or incomplete
Responses provide clear,
accurate, research-based
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SMART goals for your
professional development.
LO1: Develop professional
development SMART goals
professional development
SMART goals.
professional development
SMART goals.
Then, complete the
following for each goal in
the chart provided:
Action Steps—What
steps will you take to
reach your goal? Note:
At least one action step
for each goal should
include a collaborative
component
Collaborator(s)— Who
will support you in
completing your action
steps and/or reaching
your goal?
Resources— What do
you need to complete
your action steps
and/or reach your
goal?
Timeline—What is your
timeline for completing
the action step?
Evaluation—How will
you know you have
reached your goal?
LO1: Create professional
development plans
Response is not present. Response is a vague,
inaccurate, and/or incomplete
professional development
plan.
Response provides a clear,
accurate, research-based
professional development
plan.
Topic 3: Reaching Development Goals
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Write a 1— to 2—page
reflection that explains the
following:
The action step(s) you
implemented, and
provide evidence of
your implementation
Whether the action
step(s) implemented
did or did not support
you in reaching your
professional
development goal
The collaborative
component(s) of the
implemented action
step(s); and, whether it
did or did not support
you in reaching your
professional
development goal
How subsequent action
steps will support you
in making meaningful
contributions to young
children’s healthy
development and
learning.
LO1: Explain professional
development action steps
Response is not present. Response is a vague,
inaccurate, or an incomplete
explanation of professional
development action steps.
Response provides a clear,
accurate, research-based
explanation of professional
development action steps.
Professional Skill Assessment
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In this Competency Assessment, you will be assessed on the following Professional Skills: Written Communication and Applied and
Collaborative Learning. These skills count toward your achievement of the Competency and the Professional Skills.
Written Communication: Write with clarity, coherence, and purpose.
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Not Present
1
Needs Improvement
2
Meets Expectations
LO9: Use appropriate tone
and vocabulary for a given
audience. (Awe 3;
Awareness of audience and
discipline)
Vocabulary and tone are
inappropriate for the
audience.
Vocabulary and tone vary
throughout the writing, limiting
reader’s access to ideas.
Vocabulary and tone
communicate key concepts
that are appropriate for the
audience.
LO10: Apply APA formatting
and style guidelines. (Awe 3;
awareness of audience and
discipline and credit to
source)
APA formatting and style are
not present.
Writing inconsistently uses in-
text citations and references.
Major errors in APA style
impede understanding and/or
violate standards for academic
integrity.
Writing uses in-text citations
appropriately, includes
references when applicable,
and is formatted according to
APA style. Minor errors in APA
style do not impede
understanding or violate
standards for academic
integrity.
LO11: Use concise and clear
language (Awe 4;
Awareness of audience and
discipline)
Writing is vague, unclear,
and/or uses passive voice.
Writing demonstrates unclear
or unconcise word choice, is
redundant, and inconsistently
uses active voice.
Writing demonstrates clarity
and precision through
appropriate word choice,
avoiding redundancy or
wordiness, and the use of
active voice.
Applied and Collaborative Learning: Apply knowledge and skills in collaboration with others to solve authentic problems.
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Not Present
1
Needs Improvement
2
Meets Expectations
LO1: Recognize how
compromise, mutual respect,
and shared responsibility
help people achieve a
common goal
Evidence of recognition is not
present.
Evidence of recognition is
unclear or incomplete.
Response includes evidence
that demonstrates recognition
of how compromise, mutual
respect, and shared
responsibility help people
achieve a common goal.
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LO2: Apply collaboration
skills to create workable
solutions to complex
problems
Application is not present. Response applies inappropriate
collaboration skills or the
collaboration results in
inappropriate or unrealistic
solutions.
Response generally applies
relevant and appropriate
collaboration skills to create
workable solutions to complex
problems.
Mastery Rubric
In order to achieve mastery of this Competency, you must achieve a “2” on every rubric row in addition to meeting the additional
expectation indicated in the Mastery Rubric.
MASTERY RUBRIC
Exceeds Expectations: Connections to Experiences
LO 1: Explains
changes in own
learning, recognizing
complex contextual
factors (e.g., works
with ambiguity and
risk, deals with
frustration, considers
ethical frameworks)
and drawing on highly
relevant and well-
developed examples.
The professional development plan integrates highly relevant and well-developed examples from the self-
assessment process to evidence insight into how professional development can be used to support young
children’s healthy development and learning.
Yes
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