Professional Growth Plan

I. Introduction

My background is in information technology and communications I spent 11 years at Alma Telephone Company in various roles but spending most of my time as the Director of Customer Service and Chief Network Administrator. In a small regional company, just as in a small technical college, I had to wear many hats. However, I’ve always had an interest in education but, after working as an adjunct part time for 5 years at Okefenokee Technical College, I transitioned into full time teaching this past March. I’m currently a full time instructor in the Computer Information Systems department at OTC. Working as an adjunct for such a long time was really an asset to me because my transition felt more like I was coming home than changing careers. Even though I have just transitioned into a full time position, I’ve already began to take on leadership roles in my college. I serve as a mentor for new adjunct faculty and was recently appointed as the advisor for our chapter of Phi Beta Lambda.

In the short term I would like to continue learning as much about education and educational leadership as I can. Coming in with an IT background, I’ve found the politics of an educational system to be quite a bit different from the corporate world I was used to and I think it’s necessary for me to have some formal training to advance my career. While I love teaching, my long term goal is to transition into administration. I really enjoyed the managerial aspects of my corporate career in IT and I would love to bring my team building talents as well as my enthusiasm for technology and multiculturalism to the technical college system.

The slef assessments, as I expected, revealed that technology was a strong point of mine but that I needed to work on a number of other areas as I progress on my path from novice to expert.

The writing assessment revealed that I had a strong command of English grammar, voice, and tone but I am not as proficient in the APA citation style...