Professional Growth Plan

Name Semester Fall 2019

Student Hannah O’Brien Review Date 1
Beginning of Practicum
/Teacher with TA and UC
Name TA Review Date 2
Mid-term Review
with TA and UC
Name: UC Review Date 3
End of Practicum
with TA and UC

Goal #1
Stay organized and on top of all planning.
Make this a SMART goal. How can this be actionable? What does “stay… on top” of planning
mean in practice?

Related TQS(s)
3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge

Indicator(s) of Success
 TA will have all of my lesson planning well in advance
 UC will have all my other planning well in advance
 My notebook and binder will be well-organized
Action Resource(s)
Plan out lesson plans a week in advance.  Day Planner
 Teacher Associate
 Teacher Associate
 Online resources to help with
Do not procrastinate lesson planning. lesson planning
 My PS1 peers
 Curriculum Lab
 Pinterest
Clearly communicate with TA and UC
about dates and plans.  TA
Email lesson plans to TA the day before  UC
the lesson.  Email
Timeline
Every Friday I will go through
and plan what needs to be
done each day for the
following week.
Talk to TA a week in advance
about which lessons I will be
teaching. Take the weekends to
plan out lesson plans for the
week and adjust during the
week if needed.
Discuss plans with TA after
school every day and

 Apple Health app

Every day I will make sure that I
Try to get 7 hours of sleep a night and  My PS1 peers
am eating healthy and getting
track nutritional intake.  Friends and family
enough sleep.
 My billet family
Reflection

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Goal # 2
Incorporate foundational FNMI knowledge into my teaching.

Related TQS(s)
5. Applying Foundational Knowledge about FNMI.

Indicator(s) of Success

 TA and UC acknowledge sufficient foundational knowledge

 Students demonstrate knowledge/understanding of FNMI content
 At least five lessons that I plan per week will incorporate FNMI perspectives and knowledge
Action Resource(s) Timeline
 U of L Library
Research FNMI literature, ideas for games This can and should be an
 U of L Library online journal
and activities, and general perspectives to ongoing process but begin the
subscriptions
get a better personal understanding. week before practicum begins.
 Curriculum Lab

 FNMI Curriculum Collection

Research how to integrate FNMI
 Buffalo Trails Public Schools Site
ideologies and perspectives into the
 Curriculum Lab
classroom. When lesson planning for the This can and should be an
 Pinterest
week, ensure there is at least one lesson ongoing process.
 TA and UC
that incorporates FNMI content.
 Education professors
 My PS1 peers
Discussions can and should be
an ongoing process.
 My PS1 peers
Discuss with X how to incorporate FNMI Discussions with TA should
 TA and UC
content. occur every day where I can
 Education Professors
then talk to her about how to
 District FNMI coordinator
integrate FNMI knowledge
appropriately.
After every day, reflect on how
Constantly reflect on FNMI integration in
 TA and UC the FNMI integration went: any
my journal and lesson plans.
 My PS1 peers successes, any failures, any
 My journal changes to be made moving
forward.
Reflection

ED3505 – Teaching Seminar

Goal #3
Actively learn effective classroom management techniques and teaching strategies.

Related TQS(s)
3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge

Indicator(s) of Success

 I can effectively keep the students engaged and on task

 I am trying multiple different teaching strategies and classroom management techniques,
regardless of if they work or not
 Students are demonstrating learning from lessons that I teach
Action Resource(s) Timeline
I will be observing 1/3 of the
time for my PS1. Every block
Take notes on classroom management as I  TA and UC
that I observe, try to take
observe it, and then have a conversation  Other educators in my
something in, starting from my
with other instructors after their lesson practicum building
very first week. This should
about their management approach.  Education professors
also always be an ongoing
 PD sessions
process.

 TA and UC
 C & I notes about teaching
Implement a variety of different methods When lesson planning for the
strategies
and techniques while instructing week, I will clearly incorporate
 Curriculum Lab
different types of strategies.
 U of L Library and online journal
subscriptions
 Curriculum Lab
 U of L Library and online journal
subscriptions
I will do additional research
 TA and UC
Research different teaching strategies and into this before my practicum
 Other educators in my
classroom management techniques begins but also every weekend
practicum building
when I plan my lessons for the
 Pinterest
following week.
 Education professors
 PD sessions

Reflect on observed and implemented

techniques and strategies in my journal  My journal
Every day after school.
and lesson plans.  TA and UC
 My PS1 peers

Reflection

ED3505 – Teaching Seminar

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