COURSEWORK PLAN OR PROPOSAL

Professional Development Plan

Course Code: EPC4403

Instructor: Dr Pauline Keith
Student Name: Latefa Waheeb Ali Qassim Alsahili
Student ID: H00298281
Section: 12AB0ED
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Table of Contents
Professional Development Plan ...................................................................................................... 2
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Professional Development Goals .................................................................................................... 6
First Goal ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Second Goal ................................................................................................................................ 6
Third Goal ................................................................................................................................... 7
Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................... 7
References ....................................................................................................................................... 8

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Professional Development Plan

Previously stated development needs Skills you

Personal
personally know Needs of
development Comments:
you need to the setting
MCT recommendation MST recommendation interest
develop

Explain the purpose of - Communicate

Time management is a target - Transition I hope that I
the activities to the with school will be able to
for growth. between
students. faculties. achieve the
Teacher needs mini plenary activities. - MST
Lesson was not well - Using teacher three goals
during the lesson. - Lesson Time - Colleague
facilitated. voice. that Ive set
Teacher could be louder and management - Timer
You have stood in - Get rid of my and will
encourage all the students to - Giving clear improve them
position during the entire shy
participate. instruction. if needed.
lesson. personality.

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Concise Reflections & actuality

I feel that it is more important for me to be able to manage the

- I will implement some transition transition between activities since one of the main reasons for
Goal 1:
strategies between activities. not being able to do for example at least 2 activities in one lesson
is because of lack of transition management.

- Using timer.
Use a timer, where it will determine the time of the activities that
Action 1: - Asking my MST for a feedback after the
the students should spend time on doing it.
lesson.

The reason for having 2 weeks for me to be able to manage

transition in those two weeks, is because there are some
Desired time frame: - 2 weeks duration
strategies Ive got to use and if they didnt work I would be able
to use other strategies instead.

- A wide screen Timer (computers timer) I need these supports because it will help me during transitioning
Any support needed
- MSTs feedback between activities.

Data collection tools

to be used to provide - Pictures (students / their work) I chose those tools because this is the best ways to show my
evidence of the - MSTs feedback efforts.
success of the action

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Concise Reflections & actuality

I want to improve my time management because sometimes I

Goal 2: - I will improve my time management
spend a lot of time at the beginning of the lesson or at the middle
during the lesson.
of the lesson.

- Adding a certain time for each part of the I will time my whole lesson by adding a specific time for each
lesson plan. part in my lesson plan. An alternative is that I will use the white
Action 2:
- Writing a bulletin mini plan on the white board to write the time and what am I going to do during that
board. time or use a note memo and keep it in a place beside me to
- Keeping a memo about the timing. remind me about timing.

I chose this duration (2 3 lessons) because I know that at least I

Desired time frame: - 1 week duration (2 3 lessons) have to get used to managing my lessons time to be able to
deliver it smoothly.

- Classroom Clock
I need these supports because it will help me managing time
Any support needed - MST
during the lesson.
- Colleague

Data collection tools

to be used to provide Getting my MSTs feedback will help me to improve things that
- MST or colleagues feedback
evidence of the I need to improve them.
success of the action

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Concise Reflections & actuality

The reason for choosing this as my third goal is because

sometimes I find difficulties when I give instructions for the
Goal 3:
- I will improve my activities instructions. students, as they seem not right, even I sometimes find myself
saying instructions that are not clear. Thus that is why I wanted
to improve the way I give instructions.
- Demonstrate an example of the activity.
- Let the student do an example of what Demonstrate an example of the activity.
Action 3:
the instruction was. Let the student do an example of what the instruction was.
- Show some written instruction / pictures Show some written instruction / pictures for a clearer instruction.
for a clearer instruction.

I decided that this goal will take 1 2 lessons duration, as it only

Desired time frame: - 1 2 lesson require from me to think of how to deliver instructions clearly so
there wont be any confusion during the activity.

- Pictures
Any support needed Those two will help and support my activity instructions.
- MST

data collection tools - MSTs feedback Getting feedbacks will help to improve things that I need to
to be used to provide improve them.
- Pictures
evidence of the Using pictures and students work will show whether I succeed
- A sample of students work
success of the action in achieving this goal or not.

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Introduction
In this report, I will write about my three of my personal goals, which I have struggled
with during my previous TP experience. The goals are transitions between activities, lesson time
management and giving clear instructions. Also, I will provide some suitable strategies that are
useable to meet my goals.

Professional Development Goals

First Goal
Since my MST observed that sometimes I dont use strategies during transitioning from
activity to another. So, my first goal for this PDP is to implement strategies to manage time
between activities is because after hearing my MSTs feedback, it gave me an idea about how I
want to improve transitions and what are some strategies that are going to be useful for me to
implement during the activities. Also, using strategies would help me to be able to manage the
activities as it will reduce the usage of the time that is used for transitioning between the
activities.
My desired time to set this goal is for two weeks. So, for achieving this goal, the strategy
that Im going to use is: using a timer. So, during the activity, I will set a timer on the computer
screen or use an alarm, therefore when it is the time to transfer from an activity to the next one, I
will see if the students moved from the activity to another one or not, that is also part of the
transition.
Since I sat this as my goal, I will also need my MSTs support as there must be someone
who gives me some feedback about my implementation of the strategy, so I will ask her to give
me her feedbacks to know whether my strategy worked or not.

Second Goal
My second goal for this PDP is improving time management during a lesson. The reason
for setting this goal is because every time during the lesson, I would lose my track of time, for
example, in my lesson plan I sat a duration of 5 minutes for the opening, but I would use more
than five minutes and that will affect the rest of my plans for the lesson, as there might be no
time for completing at least two activities.

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I thought that two to three lessons would be enough for me to accomplish this goal, even
if it was not a full success, at least I would be able to have an idea about it. Thus, for achieving
this goal, I thought about some strategies that are going to help me in completing my goal. The
first one is that I would time my lesson plan, where I will write the time that is needed for each
part of the lesson. Another strategy is to keep a memo beside me that reminds me of the time.
As I sat this goal, I thought that I might need some support either from my MST or my
colleagues, so that during the lesson they might send me a sign, to remind me for example that I
have to finish the engagement part so that I will start with the activities. After the lesson, I might
need some feedback from my MST or colleague, so I can improve my performance next time.

Third Goal
As for my third goal, I thought of getting with improving my instructions, and how am I
delivering them. I chose this goal because I always find some problems when I want to give
instructions whether they were for activities or other classwork. Sometimes, they are not clear
for the students so I thought of coming up with some strategies to make it easier for me to give
clear and easy instructions for the students.
For me to be able to achieve this goal, I thought of some strategies for this goal. One of
the strategies is giving instructions while demonstrating the activity as it will be easier for me
and for the students to understand what I want them to do. Also, I thought of letting one or two
students who understood the instructions to tell or show their friends about the instructions, as it
is easier for students who didnt listen from the first time to hear it again and have a better
understanding of the instructions.
Of course, I need my MSTs help, especially when she feels like the instruction is not
clear, or it was delivered in a wrong way so that there wont be any confusion during the
activities.

Conclusion
In this report, I mentioned some goals, and the reason for choosing them specifically is
because I wanted to improve them. As in my opinion, I think that these goals are the most
desirable goals that I want to achieve, thus after achieving them or being able to succeed in
implementing them, I will be able to persuade other goals to do them.

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References
5 Time Management Tips for Teachers. (2013, January 11). Retrieved from Concordia
University Portland Online: http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/educator-tips/five-
time-management-tips-for-teachers/
Alstad-Davies, C. (2014, October 27). Three Ways Teachers Can Give Instructions to Students.
Retrieved from A+ Teachers' Career Edge: https://resumes-for-
teachers.com/blog/classroom-management-tips/three-ways-teachers-can-give-
instructions-to-students/
Finley, T. (2017, March 13). Mastering Classroom Transitions. Retrieved from Edutopia:
https://www.edutopia.org/article/mastering-transitions-todd-finley