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CourtneyDvorkin
Establish
ed Date
Review
Date
Review
Date
mdkl
September8th,2015
October30th,2015
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December,7th,2015
Goal#1
Goal Use technology more often and more effectively in the teaching/learning process
Related KSA(s)
5:Allstudentscanlearn,albeitatdifferentratesindifferentways.
10:Thefunctionsoftraditionalandelectronicteaching/learningtechnologies.
Indicator(s) of Success
Planningfor,andusingtechnologyonadaytodaybasisinsomeformat
BeingabletoseethevariouswaysinwhichIhaveusedorimplementedtechnologyintotheclassroomthrough
maintainingaworkinglistthatIregularlyaddtoandcanreflecton
Action
Talktomultipleteachersaboutthe
variouswaysinwhichtheyuse
technologyintheirclassroom.
Maintainaworkinglistonthe
differentwaysIhaveused
technologyintheclassroomand
brieflyreflectontheoutcomes.
Reflection:
Resource(s)
Otherteachersintheschool
Timeline
Talkto3teachers(separatefrommypartner
teachers)byOctober8th,2015.
Continuetotalktoteachersasthesemester
progresses.
GoogleDocoflist
EnsurethatIamactivelydocumenting
differenttechnologytechniquesasIuse
themintheclassroom.
Goal#2
Goal Focus on providing students with more meaningful and higher level questions
Related KSA(s)
4:Thesubjectdisciplinestheyteach.
9:Therearemanyapproachestoteachingandlearning.
11:Thepurposesofstudentassessment.
Indicator(s) of Success
Bypreplanningkeyquestionsforlessons,Iwillbesuretoprovidestudentswithmoremeaningfulandhigherlevel
questions
Studentsrespond(whetherverballyorthroughtheirwriting)withanswersthatarebeyondasurfacelevelreasoning
throughexpansion,depth,criticalthinkingandreasoning
Action
Researchvariousquestioning
strategiesandfindwhatworksfor
me.
Preplancriticalquestionsfor
lessonstoensurethattheywillbe
meaningfulandeffective.
Reflection:
Resource(s)
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/new
classroomquestioningtechniquestoddfinley
http://teachertools.londongt.org/?
page=questioningTechniques
http://cet.usc.edu/resources/teaching_learning
/docs/Asking_Better_Questions.pdf
http://citl.illinois.edu/teaching
resources/teachingstrategies/questioning
strategies
Usewebsitesabovefor
techniques/strategies,andensurethatI
buildkeyquestionsrightintomylesson
plans
Timeline
Tryaminimumof3different
questioningstrategies(ortweak
usedonestofitformyself)by
midOctober.
Thisisongoing.
Goal #3
Goal To establish and maintain a working relationship and an open line of communication with
parents
Related KSA(s)
12:Theimportanceofengagingparents,purposefullyandmeaningfully,inallaspectsofteachingandlearning.
Indicator(s) of Success
Ifeelcomfortablecontactingparentsabouttheirchild(ren)andviceversa
Whencontactingandinformingparentsisaprimarythoughtandactionthatcomestomindwhensomethingarises
Havingamutuallyrespectfulrelationshipwithparents
Action
Takeanactiverolein
emailing/phoningparentsat
thefirstsignofissues
arisinginordertoconfront
theissuebeforeitbecomes
aproblem,ortoprovide
themwithextrainformation
onwhatisgoingonatthe
schoolandintheclassroom.
Talkingtopreviousteachers
ofstudentsinordertogeta
feelfortheparents,their
involvement,andbuildinga
relationshipwiththem.
Makealistofthemost
effectiveparentcontact
methods.
Resource(s)
Timeline
Bythestartoffallbreak:havecontactedall
parentsinordertointroducemyselfeitherby
phonecalloremail.
ConnectCharterwebsitepagefor
teachers(forparentinfo)
October/November:Followupwithparentsif
concernsariseorcontinue.
Willalsohaveconferencestotouchbasewith
parents.
ConnectStaff
Willhavedevelopedalistofthemost
successfulparentcontact/involvement
strategiesusedbyteachersatthisschool.
Reflection: