PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLAN

Goals
1) Create engaging lessons so students can relate and connect to subject material.

Actions & Strategies

Evidence of Progress
-When students begin to take on responsibilities in the classroom and guide their own learning.

-Changing the pace during every lesson, and don't have the students execute one task for too long. -Combining individual tasks with group tasks. -Provide the students opportunities to use technology to enhance their learning experiences. 2) To get students to move -Getting students to beyond memorization of facts unconsciously use critical but reach underlying deeper thinking and problem solving. meaning. -Getting students to reflect frequently (ex., learning journals, exit cards). -Incorporate various questioning techniques on a daily basis so inferencing is a part of daily learning. 3) To create a safe and secure -Getting the students to feel learning environment where part of a community and students can share and active members by assigning collaborate with others. tasks/roles in the classroom. -Getting students to work as a team; each one is needed to reach a common goal 4) To gather and gain a variety -Creating online educational of teaching resources to add accounts (ex., Twitter, to my list of teaching Learnist, Pinterest). strategies. -Add other teachers in order to collaborate and share lessons and teaching theories.

-When students are able to state the significance of concepts instead of what it is. When they can apply what is learned to the real world.

-When students begin taking on leadership roles. - When students begin using peer-to-peer instruction, and open discussion.

-When I am part of a global teaching community. -When I have created and compiled enough resources to feel comfortable teaching a variety of subjects.