Professional Growth Plan

Reflecting on Program Competencies and Learning Outcomes:

Strengths Areas of Challenge

- Translate curricular outcomes into short term and long - Turning curriculum outcomes into specific I can
term plans. statement with student friendly language.
Planning for
Learning - Planned for differentiated instructions by using a - Creating lessons that hit more than one outcome.
variety of resources such as technology, verbal, videos,
musical and interpersonal communications. - Repeating outcomes in many lessons so that students
get a clearer understanding.
- Flexible in plans, can change them to better suits
students needs.

-Willing to provide extra time when needed

-Uses a variety of resources for optimal learning - providing more useful formative feedback.
experiences.
Facilitating Learning -Collecting assignments to provide feedback on instead
-Checked for understanding using exit slips or other of just conversations as they work.
methods (thumbs up or down, repeat instructions)
- Creating more challenging worksheets or assignments.
-Uses technology to my advantage (google classroom,
plickers, videos)

- Created units but changed them as I felt necessary.

-Provides feedback in a timely manner. - Developing a rubric with no gaps in assessment.

 Assessing - Allows for corrections to be made before final mark.
Learning - Allows for rewrites when need marks are lower than
they should be.
- Knows students strengths in all subject areas and allows
them to use their strengths when possible.
- Marking things in a significant timely manner.
-Recorded summative grades
-Implementing a variety of classroom management skills
to see what would work best.
Creating a Learning
Environment - Does not treat all students that same when it comes to
management but sure that it is fair for all students.
-Reflecting together with colleagues.
Assuming - Attending conferences or optional learning experiences.
Professional
Responsibilities - Collaborated and shared ideas with fellow teachers.
- Reviewing for all quizzes including math.
- Choosing students to answer questions more fairly
(keep a record, ask to hear from someone you havent
heard from.
- Being consistent with setting rules and following them.
- Eye contact
- Create a general set of rules but apply it to each student
with different modifications.
- Finding resources to work with the chronically
inflexible
-Foster relationships from the moment students enter the
classroom every day.
-Being confident in my lessons and sharing my ideas
with colleagues.
- Involvement in the community.
Areas for Further Development 1. Classroom management- working with the chronically inflexible and finding a variety of resources.

2. Assessment- creating rubrics that are clear and fair to all students with no gaps for questions grades.

3. Building relationships- fostering an immediate connecting with students.

Goal Setting:

Goal 1
Classroom management- working with the chronically inflexible.

Action Plan Resources and Support Anticipated

Find a technique for helping to meet a certain expectation Ross Greene-The Explosive Child Book and website
with the most potential and stick to it for a certain amount of http://www.livesinthebalance.org/
time. School administration and fellow colleague
Implementing a variety of resources that could help your
student; remain calm, calm themselves.
Collaborate with student/parents/colleagues for what they
need and consequences for their actions.

Success will look like . . . Reflection

Student will be able to gain control of their actions through
help of teachers, parents and school staff.
Student will have an understanding of what their actions do.
I have developed an interest of how to implement certain behavioral
techniques into my future classroom. Not one plan of actions will
work with everyone, as a teacher you must be willing to modify
every plan of action or implement something new. Although I havent
been able to use many of the techniques I have looked into, I do plan
to use them in my future classroom.

Goal 2
Building relationships.

Action Plan Resources and Support Anticipated

Kagan and Tribes activities.
Going above and beyond to support each student (ex: attend Community involvement
soccer games, community involvement)
Make a connect with each student as they enter the classroom
every day.
Work on team building and doing activities to get to know all
students right from the start, and activities that help students
get to know each other.

Success will look like . . . Reflection

Students will understand that I have certain expectations that
need to be met
Students will know that I hold them accountable for things.
Students will know that they are important and as a teacher
we want what is best for them and will do whatever it takes to
see them move forward and succeed.
Throughout this practicum I did began to foster relationships over
time. I have realized that being an introvert made it more complicated
to build these important relationships with students. As I began to
come out of my shell so did my students and our communication
skills began to build.