PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLANS 2015

SOPHIA GROSS (GHI) PS I

Goals/objectives:
Increase my familiarity with and ability to integrate technology meaningfully into
classroom instruction in order to engage students and appeal to diverse learning
modalities.
Timeline:
November 16, 2015 December 16, 2015
Colleagues/mentors:
TA, PS I colleagues at practicum school
Action plan:
Visit educational websites and research technology resources
o pay special attention to those with interactive online activities;
Observe classroom and school implemented technology programs and ask questions
about their use and success
Practice with researched and observed technologies to proficiently operate their
programs/applications, etc. and work toward mastery
o watch/engage with tutorials for technology software, programs and applications
Create lessons (across subject areas) that, to varying degrees (through experimentation
and feedback) integrate technology.
*Keep in mind: PURPOSE of technology use in lessons*
Indicators and measures of achievement:
Section in logbook created to catalogue technology integration lessons and personal
reflection on the successes and challenges of the lesson.
o Also: ask for student feedback, reflect on teacher associates and university
consultants observations of technology integration
Track frequency, usage, variation in technology-related activities in order to build
repertoire of engaging, implementable lesson-types
Links to KSAs:
#2) the structure of the Alberta education system:
o teacher responsibility to integrate technology into lessons
#5) all students can learn, albeit at different rates and in different ways
o strive to meet student needs and interests in technology implementation; observe
successes and make adjustments
#6) the purposes of short, medium and long-term range planning:
o initiating action plan and reflection on levels of success for future planning and
improvements
#9) there are many approaches to teaching and learning
o PURPOSE of technology is considered when attending to uses in engaging with
core content
#10) the functions of traditional and electronic teaching/learning technologies
o research, implementation/experimentation, and reflection of technologies
#15) the importance of career-long learning
o research, implementation/experimentation, and reflection of technologies update
#16)the importance of guiding their actions with a personal, overall vision of the purpose
of teaching

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consideration to PURPOSE of technology and student learning benefits current

and future applications

Goals/objectives:
Increase my understanding of physical literacy and benefits of physical activity in order
to:
o promote and model healthy lifestyle choices for students;
o create fun and meaningful PE activities;
o integrate movement activities into classroom instruction.
Timeline:
November 16, 2015 December 16, 2015
Colleagues/mentors:
TA, PS I colleagues at practicum school particularly grade 1/2 PE team-teaching
Action plan:
Consult physical activity resources (print, online, colleagues)
Gain knowledge of students current and developing interests and activities
Experiment with PE lessons with team-teacher
Implement brain-breaks and movement/action activities in classroom instruction
Maintain personal exercise as well as model and participate desired skills and behaviours
for students
Indicators and measures of achievement:
Section in logbook cataloguing physical activity lessons and classroom engagement
strategies
o Reflect on levels of student engagement (on-task frequency, understanding of
lesson/activity, etc.)
o Student satisfaction ask about likes/dislikes; fun/challenges following activities
Variation in activities:
o touch on different aspects of students developing physical and cognitive abilities
and areas for practice scaffold learning and skills
different levels of exertion, rule structures/complexities, etc.
Links to KSAs:
#1) contextual variables affect teaching and learning:
o monitoring engagement, successes, limitations in planning and delivering
activities
#5) all students can learn, albeit at different rates and in different ways
o PE activities and brain-breaks cater to kinesthetic learners and provide learning
enrichment, opportunities to refocus and optimize learning
#6) the purposes of short, medium and long-term range planning:
o initiating action plan and reflection on levels of success for future planning and
improvements
#7) students needs for physical, social ,cultural and psychological security
o establish routines and activities that contribute to a positive, engaging learning
environment
#9) there are many approaches to teaching and learning

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use physical activity to reinforce concepts, appeal to kinesthetic learners, and
promote physical and social development processes
15) the importance of career-long learning
o research, implementation/experimentation, and reflection of physical activity
lessons and strategies
#16)the importance of guiding their actions with a personal, overall vision of the purpose
of teaching
o teaching students to explore and pursue activities that are of interest to them
develop maintain in future; healthy, balanced practices
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(WELLNESS GOAL: )
Goals/objectives:
Read various texts for personal enjoyment with the aims of:
o attending to personal wellness in order to be calm and responsive in the
classroom/with students;
o be able to model and promote/advocate reading for pleasure to students in the
hopes of creating life-long learners and
Timeline:
November 16, 2015 December 16, 2015
Action plan:
Create list of texts to read for enjoyment
Acquire texts through book store purchases or library loans
Set aside reading time to relax and refocus at the end of the day/week
Indicators and measures of achievement:
Check read books off of list
Mark days that I have read (and perhaps amount of time) on calendar/in day-planner
Links to KSAs:
15) the importance of career-long learning
o engage in reading practices that will contribute to personal well-being and extend
to attentiveness and positive modeling for students
o learn and entertain ideas presented in texts that might be applicable to classroom
instruction and engagement
#16)the importance of guiding their actions with a personal, overall vision of the purpose
of teaching
o purpose of teaching to engage in and model positive behaviours and practices for
students to encourage students own learning and development
o promote literacy (and its extensions to all facets of learning and understanding)