Professional Growth Plan

Annual Professional Growth Plan for 2018 Name: Ashley Enslen

Topic- Assessment
Goal: Incorporate a variety of valid, reliable and fair assessment strategies to evaluate student
learning in social studies education.
Rationale: I have chosen assessment as my main area of focus for my professional growth during
my final practicum, as it is one of the areas that I feel I need to work on as a professional
educator. It is an area that I do not feel entirely confident about, and for this reason I believe it
deserves the most attention. Through applying the strategies listed below, I am aiming to further
educate myself about various different ways to use assessment for, as, and of learning.

TQS: This Professional goal meets the following teaching quality standards:

(a) All students can learn, albeit at different rates and in different ways. They know how
(including when and how to engage others) to identify students’ different learning styles
and ways students learn. They understand the need to respond to differences by creating
multiple paths to learning for individuals and groups of students, including students with
special learning needs;

(i) There are many approaches to teaching and learning. They know a broad range of
instructional strategies appropriate to their area of specialization and the subject
discipline they teach, and know which strategies are appropriate to help different students
achieve different outcomes.

(k) The purposes of student assessment. They know how to assess the range of learning
objectives by selecting and developing a variety of classroom and large scale assessment
techniques and instruments. They know how to analyse the results of classroom and large
scale assessment instruments including provincial assessment instruments, and how to
use the results for the ultimate benefit of students;

Strategies Timeline Resources

 Research various different  Jan- April  ATA Library,
summative, formative and self- Alberta
assessment strategies that can be Assessment
used for daily lessons and Consortium,
summative assessment tasks. Seminar notes,
Create a reflective portfolio to Texts, Ect.
document the assessment
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Place lesson plans and other
samples on Professional
Portfolio.
 Attend at least one PD session  Teachers  ATA Teachers
with a focus on assessment. Write Convention (Feb Convention
a reflective journal entry on the 2018)
PD session. Place on professional
portfolio.
 Frequent feedback between  Jan- April  Self-Assessment
students and teacher- rubrics, student
communicate with students about work
what types of assessment they
like/ do not like. Ensure that there
are plenty of opportunities for
student self-assessment. Collect
self-assessment as evidence of
learning, along with student
work. Include samples on
professional portfolio.
 View educational videos on the  Jan- April  ATA Library –
topic of assessment. Reflect on a Educational
minimum of 5 videos, rate them Videos-
according to my preference, and Assessment
write a summary on each. Place
this on my professional portfolio
under the ‘PD’ tab.
 Self- Reflection Journal – Keep a  Jan- April
daily, hand-written journal
documenting some of the days
activities, highlighting assessment
strategies that were used. Reflect
on student actions, behaviours
and receptiveness, what worked
and did not work, etc.

Indicators of Success: (developed as goal is written)

a) What will successful completion of my goal look like for my Professional Practice?
 A comprehensive ‘Assessment’ section under the Professional Development tab
on my online Education Portfolio to refer back to in future teaching endeavours.
 A reflective journal documenting the assessment strategies used during the
practicum.

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Annual Professional Growth Plan for 2018 Name: Ashley Enslen

Topic: Education Initiatives

Goal: Become familiar with the characteristics of the ‘7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ and
strive to implement habits in daily lessons.
Rationale: As Dr. Gerald B. Probe Elementary is a ‘7 Habits’ School, I see it as part of my
professional responsibility to learn and understand the characteristics related to this particular
initiative while completing my final practicum. This will allow me to align lesson objectives
with the 7 ‘Habits’ that my students will already be familiar with, allowing opportunities for
personal growth and development while students are striving to meet curriculum objectives. This
goal will also help me to further my own professional development and future teaching
opportunities, as developing an understanding of a common school initiative will further enhance
my skills as an educator.

TQS: This Professional goal meets the following teaching quality standards:

n) The importance of contributing, independently and collegially, to the quality of their school.
They know the strategies whereby they can, independently and collegially, enhance and maintain
the quality of their schools to the benefit of students, parents, community and colleagues;

o) The importance of career-long learning. They know how to assess their own teaching and how
to work with others responsible for supervising and evaluating teachers. They know how to use
the findings of assessments, supervision and evaluations to select, develop and implement their
own professional development activities;

Strategies Timeline Resources

 Read ‘The 7  Have  Book – ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
Habits of book People’ & Kids Version also – compare and
Highly complet contrast
Effective ed by
People’ by Feb 5
Stephen R. 2018
Covey. Write a (370
brief pages-
summary/refle approx.
ction of the 30 days-
material read read 10-
each day. 15
Complete a pages a
book report day)
once finished.

 Rethink  April 21  Leader in Me Website (Link through email)

Leadership 1:00 pm
Webcast – The
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Listen to
webcast and
write a
summary on
what was
covered.

 Review Online  Jan-  Various online resources such as Woodland

resources on April Elementary’s guide found at
the topic and https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=15
create a 46940
comprehensive
guide on
Professional
Portfolio

 Make a visual  Jan-  Online Resources related to character

organizer April education, ATA library, Curriculum Library,
about etc.
Character
Education and
what it
involves. Place
on Portfolio.

 Implement  Jan-
strategies in April
day-to-day
lesson
activities. Use
lessons as
samples to
place on
professional
portfolio.

Indicators of Success: (developed as goal is written)

a) What will successful completion of my goal look like for my Professional Practice?
 Book Report on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
 Creation of an ‘Education Initiatives’ section on professional portfolio
 Creation of a visual organizer on character education.

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