PSIII- Professional Growth Plan
Goal One: Differentiated Instruction with a focus on my
English Language Learners and my low-leveled readers and writers. Rationale: This internship will be the first practicum in which I have had students who are coded and students who are at various different educational levels. In the past I have learned to differentiate my lessons by keeping them filled with hands on and movement activities, to visual and auditory activities. This goal is important to me because I want all of my students to participate and be active learners in my class, some just require different strategies. Strategies: The most important strategy I believe is getting to know my students and building relationships with them. This is important because it will help me understand their needs and their ways of grasping new knowledge. This practicum I will have a classroom full of diverse learners, and I want to be able to reach them. One strategy I will try are tiered lessons plans this will allow me to challenge my strong learners and still have my weaker learner taking part in the lesson, but finding ways that will challenge them. Some of my weaker readers and writers have stronger oral skills, so one way to assess their learning will be to have conversations with them and keep track of what they said. Indicators of Progress: I will know I am achieving my goals when all the different levels of learners in my classroom are participating in the lesson I am teaching, and learning from it. Whatever kind of learner they may be, I want them to rise to be the best learner I know they can be. |
Goal Two: Maintain a healthy balance between school and personal life and taking better care of myself.
Rational: I am the type of person who tends to get stressed out very easily and I carry that stress with me. When I am stressed out my body does not function properly, I become exhaused emotional and it leads to me not eating properly. With me teaching half-time, this goal is very important to me. Strategies: For addressing this goal I have come up with 2 strategies. The first strategy is limiting the amount of work I bring home with me after school and on the weekends. I do believe that you have to bring some work home sometimes, but I still want to be able to enjoy my life outside of work. One way I will help limit the work I bring home is by making sure I am using my planning time effectively. For the most part, I do not teach in the mornings so I will use this time to plan, mark assignments, make changes to lessons, and work on my Professional Development project. I will also take some time at the end out each day to self reflect on my lessons and prep for what I will need the next day. My second strategy is to try and work towards a healthier lifestyle by eating healthier and doing daily physical activity. This will not only help my body physically, but it will also help reduce my stress. Indicators of Progress: : I know I will have achieved this goal when I feel better about myself all around. I will be less stressed when it comes to planning about getting projects completed because I will be using my time effectively and taking better care of my body. |