PSIII Professional Growth Plan

Goal no. 1

Action Plan

What will you accomplish?

(Goal statement)

I will develop strong, positive classroom management

practices that maintain a classroom culture that has a
balance between fun and business.

What does it look like when youve

accomplished your goal?
I.e., How will you know you have achieved
your goal?
What are the indicators of success or
progress? (Assessment)
Rationale:
Why is it important?

When students as well as myself Timeline:

have developed a level of
(By when?)
acceptable behavior that
maintains a balance between
December 19, 2014
business and fun (a positive yet
productive classroom climate).
It is important because classroom management is a major
aspect of being a successful music educator. Also, I
believe that having a fun and comfortable classroom with
a sense of professionalism can result in an extremely
successful learning environment.
Assets
Liabilities

Pre-assessment:
What assets and/or liabilities currently exist?
How can you take advantage of your assets
and minimize your liabilities?
Who or what can help?

Action plan:
How will you accomplish your goal?
What will you do?
By when?

1. I am excellent at reinforcing
procedures and routines
2. I constantly monitor student
behavior
3. I have great social skills/
sense of humor and can relate to
the students
4. I reinforce expectations for
appropriate student behavior
5. My University consultant,
colleagues and TA can assist me
6. I have accumulated teacher
resources over the past year that
can assist me in classroom
management practices (ie.
Kagan)
Actions/steps to be taken
(What will you do?):
1. Create classroom rules that
will best cater to this learning
environment
2. Establish clear expectations of
expectable behavior and rules to
students
3. Reward appropriate behavior
intrinsically and extrinsically
(reinforce expectations)
4. Establish and practice routines
with students

1. I can be a little
passive when
responding to
inappropriate
behavior.
2. I tend to lean more
towards the fun rather
than the business side
of classroom
management
3. I do not have a
full book of
classroom
management
strategies
Timeline:
(By when?)
1. August 26, 2014

2. September 2, 2014
3. September 2
December 19, 2014
4. September 2
September 17, 2014

Goal no. 2

Action Plan

What will you accomplish?

(Goal statement)

I will improve my conducting skills; ie. posture, pattern

size, memorization of scores, and left hand effectiveness.

What does it look like when youve

accomplished your goal?
I.e., How will you know you have achieved
your goal?
What are the indicators of success or
progress? (Assessment)
Rationale:
Why is it important?

When I and confidently and

effortlessly conducting through
pieces and students are
responding musically to the
gestures presented.

Pre-assessment:
What assets and/or liabilities currently exist?
How can you take advantage of your assets
and minimize your liabilities?
Who or what can help?

Assets

Liabilities

1. I have completed conducting I

and conducting II during my
undergrad
2. I worked extensively on my
conducting during my PSII
3. I also worked extensively on
my conducting during the
secondary music summer session
4. My TA can work with me to
improve my conducting
Actions/steps to be taken
(What will you do?):
1. Attend the Long and
McQuade workshop in Calgary
2. Effectively prepare all scores
3. Constantly receive verbal and
writen feedback from students
4. Practice conducting in the
mirror and give self assessments
5. Video tape rehearsals in order
to critique conducting patterns
and gestures

1. I have a problem
with having to large
of a conducting
pattern
2. I have limited
experience
conducting jazz
3. My left hand is not
very expressive

Action plan:
How will you accomplish your goal?
What will you do?
By when?

Timeline:
December 10, 2014

It is important because the majority of class is taught on

the podium and thus effective conducting is an integral
aspect of music education.

Timeline:
1. August 26, 2014
2. August 27, 2014
3. September 2
December 10, 2014
4. September 2
December 10, 2014
5. September 2
December 10, 2014

Goal no. 3

Action Plan

What will you accomplish?

(Goal statement)

I will maintain a healthy balance between my teaching

and personal life.

What does it look like when youve

accomplished your goal?
I.e., How will you know you have achieved
your goal?
What are the indicators of success or
progress? (Assessment)
Rationale:
Why is it important?

When I am completing all my

desired schoolwork while still
spending quality time with
friends and family.

Pre-assessment:
What assets and/or liabilities currently exist?
How can you take advantage of your assets
and minimize your liabilities?
Who or what can help?

Assets

Liabilities

1. I have a driving passion to

succeed in school while
maintaining healthy
relationships
2. Technology has made it much
easier to communicate with
loved ones that are far away
3. My relationships have
survived two out-of-zone
placements before
4. I have a supporting family and
a supporting staff at OHS

1. My girlfriend and
dog live in
Lethbridge
2. The pressures of
school make it easy
to forget about
friends and family
3. I am a notorious
procrastinator
4. In the past, I
typically went from
one extreme to the
other (intense school
while neglecting
friends, followed by
intense socializing
while neglecting
school)
Timeline:
(By when?)
1. Aug. 28, 2014

Action plan:
How will you accomplish your goal?
What will you do?
By when?

Timeline:
Sept. 3 Dec. 19,
2014

It is important because maintaining balance between

home life and work can have major positive mental and
emotional health benefits.

Actions/steps to be taken
(What will you do?):
1. Create a detailed calendar that
organizes all important events
and deadlines
2. Create a schedule for when I
will go down to Lethbridge and
when my girlfriend will come to
Didsbury
3. Unit Plan
4. Plan lessons at the school (in
order to leave work at work)

2. Sept. 1, 2014

3. Aug. 25, 2014

4. Sept. 1 Dec. 18,
2014