ah ‘av Disposition Goal Mandy Dedekind SMART Goal: To improve my instruction when teaching in the way of being clear, concise, confident, and in an articulate manner so that children know what to do and can achieve the success criteria, Rationale: I felt like I could improve in my delivery of lessons with being concise and clear with my teaching. Megan observed a lesson and came to the same conclusion. Learning is more effective when instructions and purpose are clear to the students. I also felt that my assertiveness needed work, and by aiming to improve my delivery of instructions I would also improve my assertiveness. Action PI What do I need to do specifically to achieve this goal? Action Plan Steps: Evaluation: 1. Discussion w/ Megan about methods 1. 31/05/16 I had a discussion w/ Megan and practices for good teaching and she shared with me her methods for communication. communicating ~ be assertive, diff Ea ere tee tear Between normal instructions and teacher and take note of my instructions and communication 2. 01/06/16 After observing me, Megan alte! picked up on tendencies in my instructions Sa that could use improvement: “How does language affect the result? E.g. doing ve. 4. Teach a lesson and audio record it learning, you can/if you want vs. please ‘i do this. She made notes of the things that 5. Usten to my aulo recording and I analyse my effectiveness w/ giving oa Guels Sores I pee instructions. Focus on language use ert le leet tt a ee taain.od Barco nan con vee ‘each but you can work in pairs if you Sag ver myo con ves want..Daes anyone want to make up @ a {uestion.-Do you want t write..you guys Gan write the outcomes. Bullet point notes and identity areas of improvement 6. Observe a lesson that Megan teaches with a focus on her instructions / language 7. ‘Teach another lesson, audio record itend/or get Megan to make observation notes 8. Continue with feedback re: this goal for the rest of practicum so that I can analyse whether I have achieved my goal.