Action Plan | B.Ed.

Field Experience

Student Teacher: Zarmal Khan Student ID: 260806011

Program: Secondary English

Field Experience: Date: November 7 December 8

Instructions: To contribute to the goal of preparing reflective practitioners, Student Teachers will write
an Action Plan at the end of their First, Second and Third Field Experience with input from their Co-
operating Teacher and/or Field Supervisor. The Action Plan synthesizes each Field Experiences
evaluation, links each Field Experience to the next, establishes goals for improvement and forms an
agenda for discussion between
the Student Teacher, Co-operating Teacher and Field Supervisor at the beginning of the subsequent Field
Experience. For Field Experience 1 only
(excluding Physical Education students), the Action Plan will be completed during the co-requisite

Professional Seminar course.

I have shown Thorough to Advanced development in the following Professional Competencies

developed during this Field Experience:
Competency #1: I believe that I have evolved, and will continue to evolve in bettering and increasing my own knowledge.
Whether it be about subject areas and material, or about various cultures, points of view, and beliefs, I believe that I will be
able to reflect that knowledge and pass it on to y students, who will then be able to learn and understand the material in
class. I will continue to evolve, but that is a good thing, as the reason why I believe I am advanced in this competency is
that I believe that you never stop learning, and therefore, you always continue to grow.
Competency #2: I believe that my language of instruction is sufficiently developed enough that I am fully capable of
speaking and writing in a professional manner while conveying my ideas, thoughts and points of view in a clear and concise
manner. I have demonstrated this skill throughout my field experience and will continue to do so in the future.

I would like to improve my skills in the following Professional Competencies developed during this
Field Experience:
Competency #9: While I did my best to participate in the school and help out the staff and teachers as much as I could
during my field experience, 3 weeks was too short of a time, and because of that I feel as if I did not sufficiently achieve my
competency in this area yet, and so it is something I am hoping to improve on in my next field experience.
Competency #11: While I do believe I have grown a lot in the department of professional development and learned a lot, I
believe there is still much to be learned that can only come from experience, and so I am looking forward to that.
Competency #12: I do believe that I did my best trying to fulfill my ethical duties as a teacher, however, there are many
situations that I did not get to see or experience that most teachers do. Do again, until I have gained that experience, I
cannot say that I have mastered this competency yet, and so it is something I still need to work on and grow in.

I will make use of the following strategies for improvement:

Talk with and form connections with cooperating teachers, staff members, club leaders, and more people in a position of
leadership in order to understand and be a helpful part of the school community. I would also like to ask teachers for tips
and ideas for lesson plans in teaching, and would therefore like to form a deeper bond between my cooperating teacher and
myself, which I did not successfully get to do in this field experience, as for the first two weeks we were placed in different
classes every day for every period. Last but not least, I would like to learn and read more books that I could potentially
incorporate into my classroom; books that are actually used in schools today, as I do not read many classics, which will no
doubt be a part of the curriculum, and so it would be a good thing to catch up on, as an aspiring English teacher.
The Action Plan is to be discussed with your Field Supervisor and Co-operating Teacher at the start of
the subsequent Field Experience.

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