PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLAN

Name: Aidan OBrien

School Year: 2014/15
Goal: To improve my classrooms management skills, by continuing
existing classroom rules and routines and practicing proactive
management strategies
Strategies For Goal Achievement

Timelines

Colleagues/Mentors Comments

Carefully observe existing

classroom rules and routines and
how my TA uses them. So that I
can be consistent with existing
expectations.

PS1

I hope to ask my TA for

clarification of class rules and
how they came up with them and
what potential issues they are
most effective in addressing. I
will ask my consultant for
contrast and clarification

Form positive relationships with

students with clear expectations. I
will quickly learn to anticipate
and address management issues
proactively.

PS1

Ask TA for information on

student interactions and how
these affect class dynamics.
Reflect on my own observations.

Use my own lesson time to

experiment with using embedded
management techniques in my
lesson plan. Such as behavior
expectation and lesson ordering,
flow and reducing down time in
transitions.

Ongoing

Elicit TA and consultant feedback

on how lesson planning structure
and stated expectation can be
made more effective. I hope that
through some experimentation
and trial and error I will continue
to move towards a management
style that is comfortable and
effective for me.

Indicators and Measures of Goal Achievement:

If I am successful in being consistent with existing classroom management routines,
students will continue to observe classroom rules and routines while I am teaching. I will
be successful in using embedded lesson plan management techniques when students
understand them clearly and I can accurately predict challenges in a particular lesson and
address them proactively in my planning.