Professional Development Plan

EPC 4909; Semester 8

This template is designed to help you identify those areas of teaching where you want to develop further and
come up with a practical and effective strategy of how to achieve this. You are to select competencies which are
set out in your TP booklet, against which you will be assessed. This plan will support you in the collection of
data needed for your e-portfolio. You are to select a minimum of five areas for development. However, based
on lesson feedback from last semester, your MST/MCT reports and your own reflections, you may choose to
select more.

Student Name: Shamsa Saleh Salem Aljaberi ID #: H00351953

Introduce the PDP setting: 

Yas school, online class setting.

In grade one classroom.

Justify your professional development goals for this semester.

Barge (2013) states that the Professional development plan is for the teachers to develop their knowledge and

skills. In the PDP, the teacher writes what she would like to improve in her teaching. Barge (2013) believes that

a useful PDP needs to have specific goals with a particular amount of time you need to reach that goal. These

goals can include assessments that you give to the students, your management skills, and many other areas to

improve. The areas that I should work on are being more creative with my online activities, and I need to work

on managing the student’s behaviors during the online class sessions. Also, I need to reflect more on my

lessons, and lastly, I need to work on my Formative assessments. In these two semesters, I worked on the areas

that I needed to develop, and at the end of this semester, I saw a massive development in my teaching.   
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Competency Implementing learning.
Planning for learning.
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Goal Being creative in designing online activities.
Rationale Be more creative with my activities.
Proposed  - Find new online resources for creative lessons such as Kahoot and Quizlet.
actions
- Brainstorm my lessons with my colleagues to get different activities for the lesson. 

- Instead of answering questions from the learning book I can ask the students what do you
want to learn today?
I can get the students take responsibilities for their own learning by them asking the question
and searching for the answer. 

Try the Incubation Model.

Clifford (2019) states the E. Paul Torrance designed the try the Incubation model to help
teachers and students learning. The model involves 3 stages:

 Make connections between the classroom and student’s real lives. “Create the desire to
know”.
 Brainstorm and create opportunities to solve a novel problem.
 Continue the thinking beyond the lesson or classroom. Find ways to extend learning
opportunities at home.

Date Action Taken & Evidence Reflection

Semester 8
 Help from my MST to Students enjoyed the songs that helped them learn how to
find creative online pronounce the new letter that they will learn. Also, these
activities.  videos include new words that they can add to their
 MST feedback about vocabulary.
the strategies that I
use to improve
creativity in my online
classes. 
 MCT feedback.
 Colleague’s feedback
and support.
 Pictures of the
activities that I used.
 Student’s feedback on
my activities.
 Samples of the
students’ work.  
 Online learning -------------------------------------------------------------------------
games. 

Support needed:
Reading stories for the students was my favorite part of the
lesson. They were always excited to listen to my stories. The
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 The help of my MST to stories helped them add new words to their vocabulary
find new resources.   without them even realizing it.  

 Research for ways to

be more creative with
my activities during
online learning.
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The student's faces while I was reading the story for them.
They were quiet and engaged at the same time.   

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When I don't have enough time for a game, I will ask the
students to tell me a word they have learned in today's
lesson. 

Otherwise, I will display a game for the letter that they have
learned in today's lesson, and they have to tell me which
word will start with the letter that we learned in today's
lesson. 
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Which word start with the a letter?

My MST feedback on this area.

Final
reflection To conclude the journey, I thought being creative with designing the activities will take a lot
of time and effort. Luckily it was an easy task to do. As a teacher, I should always be prepared
for my lessons. Searching for ideas or games or stories for the lesson didn't take that much of
my time. Finally, having a fun lesson with fun activities that suit the students' levels will result
in the students wanting to learn and be well-behaved. Those strategies helped me as a teacher
to implement my learning better. Also, it impacted my students' understanding of the lesson.

Competency Managing Learning

Goal Develop my behavior management skills during online teaching. 

Rationale Use positive and negative reinforcement.

Proposed  - According to Lynch (2018) if teachers make the class fun the students will pay attention and
actions will not misbehave.  
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Semester 8:
 
 - Use positive reinforcement to promote good behavior using praising.
 - Make sure that students understand my classroom rules and know the consequences if they
don’t follow the rules. (as I will teach them this rules will be our own rules) 
 
 
 Use ClassDojo to manage student’s behaviors. 
 Praise of students to influence good behavior. 
 Consistency of behavior management. I will use ClassDojo daily during my lessons so
they will stay motivated.  

Date Action Taken & Evidence Reflection

Semester 8  My MST support to
have my own rules For semester 8 
in the classroom
that I will call it To have a well-behaved classroom, I should have my own rules
(our own rules). for the students to follow.
 The help of my
The first rule was for them to mute their computer microphones
MST to find set in
to avoid nosiness.
class rules. 
The second rule is if the students know the answer and would
 Keep notes to like to answer. They use the raise their hand icon. Then I will ask
check the the student to unmute and answer.
student’s behavior
have improved or Further, to have a well-behaved classroom, learners should be
not. motivated to follow the rules and do their best work.
 Support from my
MST and MCT to
find different ways
to manage
student’s
behaviors. Using praises was my technique to motivate students to work. 
 MST and MCT I used words such as great job and fantastic work.
feedback about This way worked well to motivate students to participate. 
the strategies in Students were excited to answer the questions to be praised for
my behavior answering.  
management
technique. 
 Pictures of the
rules that I
created.
 Student’s feedback
on my rules (If
they like it or
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not?).

Students are sharing their work so that the teacher will praise
them for their hard work.

My MST feedback on my management skills.

Final
reflection My action research is to motivate students in the classroom by using positive reinforcement.
My main goal is to encourage students to learn using praising as a positive reinforcement tool.
I discovered with such young learners as mine. It was a useful way to manage their behavior.
Using praising implemented the students to be well behaved and be better listeners during my
lesson. Lastly, having a well-managed classroom results in a better learning experience. 
   
Competency Reflection on Practice

Goal Improving my reflective practices.

Rationale I need to improve my writing skills.

Reflecting on my lesson will help me improve my teaching skills. 
Proposed
actions  After my lesson, I will write my strengths and weaknesses for each lesson on a note.
  I used to write my reflection after a few days and when I did that I found that I forget
80% of the things that happen during the lesson.
 For that, I will write on a note what I have to improve, things that I have done better
than usual and to review my goals. 
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 According to Ward & McCotter (2004) states that reflections are a tool for student’s
teacher success. 
 Each week, I will write a reflection on one of the lessons that I have taught.

 Things that I have done well.

 Things I have to improve.
 My goals for the future. 
  

Date Action Taken & Evidence Reflection

Semester 8 -  checklist of things that I
need to improve that are in
my PDP to tick off what I
improved and to keep
what I still need to work
on.
For example: I will write
if the students behavior in
the classroom. (Have it
improved or not?)
Different ways that I tried
to managing the student’s
behavior.
Things I need to develop
in my teaching.
Things I do well in my
lesson.
How can I improve my
teaching techniques?   
 MST feedback.
 MCT feedback.
 The reflections.
Support needed:
My MST support
to have time after
my lesson to write
a reflection after
the lesson. 
After lesson reflections, help us as a teacher to know our
weaknesses and strength. Reflecting is a way for me as a teacher
to review my lesson. Reflecting on my lessons helped me spot
my mistakes and try to do a better job. 
 
 
For the after-lesson reflection, I wrote: 
 Things that I have done well.
 Things I have to improve.
 My goals for the future. 
 Things I need to develop in my teaching.
 Things I do well in my lesson.
Examples for after lesson reflection: 
Reflection 1:
I taught grade one B. It was a great lesson, in my opinion, but I
didn't have extra actives for when we finish early. When I finish
early today, I opened a video on Youtube that explains the word
family. I faced one problem with this lesson with one of the
parents. One of the parents opened her microphone and told me
to make the activity easier for her daughter. That made me think
that I should work on my activities more and on my students'
levels. 
For my next lesson, I will consider the student's levels and create
suitable activities for all levels. I will work on explaining my
activities better.
Reflection 2:

I wanted to start my lesson with a story, but my MST thought I

wanted to start the lesson with a J sound song. I played the song
twice the first time so the students can understand how to
pronounce the letter the second time so they can say the sound
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with the song.
After the song, I created a short story that includes the keywords
of the lesson. Then I read with them the words, and we did the
activities together. Lastly, for the ending, I had two minutes
only. I asked the students to give me a word that they have
learned in today's lesson. It was a good lesson. My MST and my
students enjoyed the class. For my next class, I will improve my
time management. I need to work more on my time
management.  

My MST feedback on my reflections.

Final
reflection To conclude, reflecting is a self-developing tool for teachers to get their mistakes to work on
it. As a student’s teacher, reflecting on my lessons was a great tool for improving my teaching
technique.  Lastly, I advise all students teachers to reflect on their lesson because it is an
excellent way to improve their teaching skills.

Competency Assessment
Goal Formative assessment. 

Rationale Varying my formative assessment strategies.

Proposed Be creative with my formative assessment during online lessons.
actions
According to Stigler (2010) teacher must use different ways to assess the students. 
 
According to Miller (2020) that teacher can give worksheets for the students and ask them to
take a picture and post it in the class group or Microsoft teams. 

According to Miller (2020) to check the learners' content knowledge, try websites like Kahoot
or Quizlet.

Different assessment can include:

 Written assignments
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 Online discussion 
 Presentations 
 Tests
 Quiz  

Date Action Taken & Evidence Reflection

Semester 8
 Pictures of the How did I assist the students in online sessions?
assessments that I
used.  Oral questions
 Student’s feedback  Fill the missing letter
on my  Fill the missing word
assessments.  Circle the sound you hear
 Samples of the  Circle the word you hear
students’ work.     Unscramble the letters to make a word
 Records of
 Matching
students’
 Exit ticket
performance that
show the impact of  Online worksheets
your different ways
of assessing their
learning. During the online classes, I assisted the student with oral
 MST and MCT questions and activities from the books.
feedback about the
strategies that I use
to improve
formative
assessments. 

In the online sessions, I used PowerPoints with the same

questions from the book to be more apparent.

The book includes different assessments that suit all student's

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levels.

As a teacher, I choose students to answer according to their

levels. 

Different online assessments for the students.

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My MST feedback on my assessment.

Final
reflection In conclusion, assessments are tasks created to assess the student's understanding of the
lesson. It can be as simple as an oral question or worksheet etc. The purpose is for the teacher
to know if her students get the lesson or reteach the lesson. After all, checking the student's
understanding is one of the most important parts of any lesson.  Using different assessments
during my TP impacted my student's learning experience and performance in a better way. 

References:

1. Clifford, M. (2019, December 6). 30 Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity: Creative Learning

Strategy. Retrieved February 5, 2020, from

https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/creativity/promote-creativity-in-your-classroom/

2. J.R. Ward, S.S. McCotter. (2004). Reflection as a visible outcome for preservice teachers: Teaching and

Teacher Education, 20 (pp. 243–257). USA. 

3. Lynch, M. (2018, October 24). 6 ways to improve classroom management. Retrieved February 5, 2020,

from https://www.theedadvocate.org/6-ways-to-improve-classroom-management/ 
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4. Miller, A. (2020, April 07). Formative Assessment in Distance Learning. Retrieved September 17, 2020,

from https://www.edutopia.org/article/formative-assessment-distance-learning    

5. Stigler,J.W. (2015). Formative Assessment. Retrieved February 5, 2020, from

 http://files.hbe.com.au/samplepages/CO2922.pdf