Professional Growth Plan: Professional Semester II

Education 3601- Principles of Curriculum and Instruction

By: Eric Harty
Goal no.1 Health

Action Plan

Goal Statement:

I will participate in 5 extracurricular activities a week that relate to

health and wellness.

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?

I will be able to take the time I

In regards to a specific date for this
need for myself during the
goal, I believe that health and
week. The indicators for
fitness is an ongoing lifelong
success will be a lowered
pursuit, and if I can start
mental and physical stress
implementing these routines in my
level, and an overall wellbeing daily life now, I hope to be able to
that I know my students will
maintain these routines throughout
benefit from.
the busy times ahead!
It was when I had an ACL surgery five years ago that I finally started
to take my health seriously. During this recovery time that it was very
difficult for me to do really anything active which took its toll on not
only my overall health, but my overall well being. After many months
of physio therapy, I was finally back on my feet and have never taken
my health for granted since.
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 motivated
2. I have access to many
facilities
3. I am naturally active
4. I enjoy many sports
5. I have many active friends
Actions/steps to be taken
(What will you do?):
1. I will attend the gym on
mondays, wednesdays, and
fridays.
2. I will participate in two other
physical activities throughout
the week. Ex. Skiing, jogging,
basketball, badminton, etc.

1. Time constraints and a busy

schedule
2.
3.
4.
5.
Timeline:
(By when?)
1. Starting Jan 12
2. Starting Jan 12th

Goal no. 2

Action Plan

Goal Statement:

To Pass my piano proficiency exam.

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)

I will be able to be comfortable I will achieve this goal by June 30th

enough at a keyboard to play
different chord qualities in root
position, play through scales
and chord progressions with up
to four sharps and flats, be able
to sight read comfortably off a
lead sheet and provide
accompaniment, and be able to
play and perform basic piano
repertoire at a grade four level.
I believe the piano is one of the most versatile instruments in regards
to accompaniment and as a teaching tool. To point out the most
obvious reason why this goal is important to me is simply that I need it
to start PSIII!

Rationale:
Why is it important?

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?

Assets

Liabilities

1. I am motivated
2. I have access to a piano class
every monday.
3. I have a strong music
background.
4. I have access to friends who
play the piano.
5. I have a good memory
Actions/steps to be taken
(What will you do?):
1. I will attend the piano
sessions every monday.
2. I will pick up a key for a
practice room.
3. Learn the I-IV-V7 prog and
scales Up to 4 # and b's.
4- Learn the O Canada
arrangement.
5-Play two RC grade 4 pieces.
6-Be proficient in all the
requirements for my test.

1. My limited experience reading

bass clef.
2. Busy schedule
3. Lack of experience on the piano

Timeline:
(By when?)
1. Jan. 19th
2. Feb. 2nd
3. Mar. 1st
4- Apr. 1st
5- Jun. 1st
6- Jun. 30th

Goal no. 2

Action Plan

Goal Statement:

I will become fluent in basic transposition by the time I begin my PSII

practicum.

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?

I will have a basic

understanding of transposition
and the fluency to apply it
quickly to a score and to
specific instruments.

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?

I will achieve this goal by March.

9th.

This goal is important to me because: I believe this goal to be

important mainly because if I ever am in a band setting, or even
teaching any class or student with a transposing instrument, I want to
develop the fluency to fully understand transposition. If I am wasting
time in class trying to figure out a specific note and how it is played,
that can be very detrimental to not only my own teaching, but to the
students learning as well.
Assets
Liabilities
1. I am motivated
2. I have access to transposition
guides.
3. I have a strong music
background.
4. I have access to friends who
have a strong understanding of
transposition.
5. I have a good memory
Actions/steps to be taken
(What will you do?):
1. I will find my transposition
notes from conducting.
2. I will pick up band scores
from the music Ed room.
3. I will becomes fluent in how
to transpose to Bb, Eb, F, and
bass clef instruments from
concert pitch.

1. My limited experience with

transposition
2. Busy schedule
3. Lack of experience applying
transposition to wind instruments.

Timeline:
(By when?)
1. Jan. 19th
2. Feb. 2nd
3. Mar. 9th

Goal no. 2

Action Plan

Goal Statement:

To develop strong questioning techniques and implement them into

my lesson plans and unit plans.

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?

I will be fluent in blooms

taxonomy and through
reflecting on lessons, I will
have a strong sense of what
questioning techniques worked,
and which ones did not.

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?

I will achieve this goal by April.

24th.

I believe it is extremely important in becoming fluent with different

levels of questioning, and having that strong background to
differentiate on the spot if needed for different students. For example
is a certain student is struggling to grasp a concept, it is important to
have the ability to ask your question in a different way that does make
sense to that student.
Assets
Liabilities
1. I am motivated
2. I have access to questioning
guides.
3. I have experience with
questioning techniques through
teaching.
4. I have access to blooms
questioning guides.
5. I have access to the program
of studies, and can apply these
questioning techniques to
different Learning Outcomes.
Actions/steps to be taken
(What will you do?):
1. I will read through my
questioning handouts.
2. I will apply these
questioning techniques and
implement them into my unit
plan.
3. I will reflect on the questions
that did, and did not work
within my lesson plans which
will further my understanding
of differentiation, as well as
discuss with my UC and TA
their own techniques and
feedback for questioning.

1. My limited experience with the

program of studies for music.
2. Busy schedule
3. Lack of experience applying
these questioning techniques to a
music classroom.
4. Lack of fluency with the blooms
guide.

Timeline:
(By when?)
1. Feb. 13th
2. Mar. 9th
3. April. 24th