EPC 4406 – Professional Development Plan

Skills you
Personal Needs
personally
Development needs development of the Comments
know you need
interest setting
to develop

MCT MST Make sure To make sure to have

recommendation recommendation To develop
Develop new to organize
the extension activities for
and
strategies for materials
Support the Incorporate each level in the class.
implement of the
formative lessons
students with extension/ (Master / develop /
challenging before and
vocabulary words challenging and
to have the emerging). These
of the lesson activities for the hands on
summative vocabulary
during center students who in both activities are for the
activities for
assessments. languages’
activity time. finishes early students who finishes
the students. Arabic and
(Higher ability) English. early and to develop

hands on activities.
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Description Rationale / Justification

Goal One To provide the students with vocabulary of the I chose this goal because, it will help the students to
lesson during center activity time. understand the concept of the lesson better. Also,
Teaching o Planning for learning providing the vocabulary words will scaffold the students
Practice o Implementing learning
to do the activities and to have time to figure out the steps
Competency o Reflection on practice
o Managing learning and what they are supposed to do during the activities.
o Commitment to professionalism. Also, it will encourage the students to participate more

Action I will use a strategy called (Vocabulary self- during the lesson because they will understand the
collection) This strategy is adapted by Haggard. concept of the lesson better. Furthermore, they will have
(burg, 2015). This strategy has four steps that
a background knowledge about what they will learn about.
we must follow in order to help the students
understand and practice the vocabulary words I believe by implementing this goal it will be very beneficial
of the lesson. The first thing that I will do is to for the students learning because they are not just learning
ask the students to work in pairs. Then each pair words, they will learn different skills. Such as: reading skills
will choose two vocabulary words of the lesson.
will develop. Students will recognize the vocabulary and it
Then, Ask the students to write the words that
the chose in small whiteboard. The next step is will help them to read more fluently. (Huyen & Nga, 2010)
for the students to present the word for the
class and to explain and tell them about the
word. The teacher role in this strategy is to
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monitor the students and be as a facilitator to

support the students.

Time frame During each one of my lessons during center

activity. And it will be for each level in the class
(Master / Develop / Emerging).

Support needed For this goal to implement it I need different

types of materials. Such as: Cards that have the
vocabulary words of the lesson, small
whiteboards. Also, I will ask my MST to observe
me while I implement this strategy. To write
about this strategy so, I can see from someone’s
else perspective. So, I can learn from her
expertise.

How will you I will provide evidence by taking pictures of the

provide strategy that I will implement. Also, I will
evidence of the provide the vocabulary for the students during
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success of the the center activities. Moreover, I will have

action different documentation from my MST and MCT
feedbacks. Also, I will write about this strategy
in my lesson reflections after each lesson.

Evidence (after
implementation)

These are different vocabulary list that I created during my

lessons to implement my goal. The first picture Which is
“Biggest, strongest) The students were learning about the
characters of the story. The second picture students were
learning a reading text was about ants. The third picture the
lesson was about the ( ay) sound I created a PowerPoint to
include the vocabulary for the sound.
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These are different vocabulary list that I created during my

lessons to implement my goal. In the first picture the
students were learning about different insects. The second
picture the students were learning about the ai sound.

Description: I did different actions and

implantation to accomplish this goal. For each
lesson I taught I provided the vocabulary list for
the students during the center time activities.
For instance: I taught a lesson in English about
Reflection
informational text about insects. In this lesson I
provided the vocabulary list for the students.
Each table in the classroom were having the
vocabulary to support them during the lesson.
Furthermore, another lesson that I did was
during my online teaching. The lesson was about
the long a sound. So, I did a PowerPoint were
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the students were having the vocabulary of the

lesson in front of them during the lesson to help
them remembering and understanding the
words. Another lesson that I did and provided
the vocabulary is when the students were
learning about the ai sound. I am including the
vocabulary of the lesson in the PowerPoint that
I created to help the students recognize the
sound and learn the vocabularies of the lesson.

Evaluation: My implementation for this goal

during my teaching practice. I believe that I
achieved what I aimed for because the students
were more independent during the center
activity time. I think that will help them to be
more confident to take role in there learning
during the lesson. Furthermore, I notice that the
students during the lesson were more active
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and engage during the lesson. I believe because

they were having support with the vocabulary as
a result, they understand the concept of the
lesson.

Future action:

I will improve this goal by having small activity

at the beginning of each lesson were the
students will get a chance to practice the
vocabulary of the lesson. For instance: I can get
the students to compete between each other by
matching the pictures with the words to check
their background knowledge. The thing that I
implement, and I believe it worked is when I give
the students the vocabulary list of the lesson.
During my teaching in the school and online.
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Description Rationale / Justification

Goal Two Incorporate extension/ challenging activities for the students who I chose this goal because there are
finishes early. some students who find’s the venter
Teaching o Planning for learning activities easy for them and they do it
Practice o Implementing learning
faster than the other students. Also, I
Competency o Reflection on practice
o Managing learning chose this goal because I want the
o Commitment to professionalism students to extend the learning

Action For this goal I will provide extra activities about the lesson topic. I will experience about the lesson topic.
make sure to keep the activities in a place in the classroom while the Furthermore, it will give me a chance to
students are doing the center activities. So, they don’t get confused
learn about the student’s ability and
or distracted. Furthermore, I will make sure when the students get
into the extension activities that I model for them and show them the development. Also, I want to organize
steps of each activity. Furthermore, Students must follow the and see the levels of the students in the
instruction for each activity. Moreover, After I model the extension classroom. To help me in the future in
activities for the students before I send the students to do them. I will
my planning for different topics and
ask the students different questions such as: What do we use first?
Or what is the first step that you will do? lessons.

Then I will ask each group leader to get the materials and the Furthermore, I believe the extension
activities for their groups. So, I can manage the students while they
activities will allow me to implement
are waiting to have the activities.
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Time frame During each one of my lessons during center activity. And it will be the social interaction theory of learning
for each level in the class (Master / Develop / Emerging). (Vygotsky). The great thing about
Support To implement this goal, I will provide different types of extra learning center activities is that they
needed activities depending on the lesson’s topics. For instance: Puzzles,
are structured so the students must
matching cards. Also, First I will model the extension activity for the
students before I give it to them. Also, I will talk and discuss with my interact with each other. Furthermore,
mentor teacher about the types of activities that I can implements for it will enhance and develop a positive
the lesson to be as an extra activity. Because I believe if I learn more relationship between the students in
about the student’s abilities, level and interest it will help me to be
the classroom. According to Vygotsky
more creative when I develop the extension activities for them. So,
they can learn and have fun at the same time. theory” learning is social in nature.
Also, it will help the students to develop
there cognitive thinking by
communicating with other students in
the groups. Also, this way will help the

How will you I will provide evidence by having examples of students work and the students to be more confident during
provide extra activity that I made for them. Also, I will provide my MST and the learning process. (Biddle & Mette,
evidence of MCT feedbacks. And finally, I will support this goal by presenting my
2016)
the success of lessons reflections along with it.
the action
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Evidence This One of the activities that I did. It’s a

spinning wheel. Students was in pairs.
One student has to spin the wheel and
read the question the second students
have to answer the question. And the go
back and forth between each other’s.

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/helpAHedgehog/index.html

This is the online game that I used

as an extra activity were the
students practice their reading
skills and learning new vocabulary
at the same time.
This is an activity that I created in
the PowerPoint. The lesson was
about present continuous. The
student has to look at the picture
and say what the girl or the boy is
doing then they have to create the
sentence using percent continuous.
Reflection Description:
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To achieve and implement this goal I included different extension

activities that are related to the learning outcome that the students
were learning about. There are different activities. For instance, a
spinning wheel, online games and interactive activities in the
PowerPoint. When we’re doing teaching practice in the school
sometimes during the lesson the students will take longer to finish
the center activities of the lesson. So, they will not have the chance
to do and practice the lesson skill using the extension activities.
However, When I tried and implement this goal during the online
teaching practice. It worked very well because I used different online
games and the class work that the students have to complete was not
a lot.

Evaluation

This goal helped me to learn more about the student’s levels in the
classroom. Also, what types of learners they are. For instance: I learn
about the students who can understand the activity just by reading
the instruction and they can do it by themselves. Other students can
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work together to find out how to do the activity. Finally, the last group
they just did the activity without reading the instruction or asking
questions. That tells me as a teacher that some students in the class
they need more guidance. Furthermore, I notice that when I give one
student a job to be a leader to hand out the activity and to manage
the students. That as a teacher if I give the students a role in the
lesson, they will feel confident and that will help their self -esteem.
As a result, I saw that they did really well in the activity.

This goal helped me as a teacher to have more time to assess the

students a during the lesson. As a teacher it’s helped me to see the
students how they implement the content of the lesson. And it gives
me a chance to correct misconceptions. Also, to see the students who
needs more support during the lesson.

It gives me a chance to ensure that every student in my class meet

the goal of the lesson based on their levels. Every student is different
from one another so, I have to give the students chance to practice
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different activities to assess the lesson content in a different way to

help them learn based on their learning style.

When I implement this goal during my online teaching practice I

notice that it worked because the students have more access to the
activities for instance: online games, Also when one students finish
the work early that they supposed to finish during the online session
I was giving them activities to practice the reading skills. For instance,
the (Help the hedgehog game). This game the students got a chance
to practice

Future action:

I will improve this goal by giving the students a chance to choose what
they want to do after they finish the lesson activities. That will help
them to be more creative. Also, I will improve this goal by adding
different skills in the activities that I will choose for the students. To
help them develop in different areas of learning. For instance:
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Cognitive development, fine motor skills development and problem-

solving skills.
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Description Rationale / Justification

Goal Three Make the activity instruction easy to follow I chose this goal because, in my previous teaching

Teaching o Planning for learning practice. I notice that the students are asking me questions
Practice o Implementing learning as soon as I finish the instructions for each group activity.
Competency o Managing learning
So, I wrote this goal to help me as a teacher and to support
o Commitment to professionalism
the students more. Furthermore, I want the students
Action For this goal I will provide instruction for each
during my lessons to be more independent. To read and
activity that I will make for the lesson. The
instruction will be simple English and it will be figure out what they are going to do in the activity. Also, it
organized in steps. Such as step 1 :. / Step 2: … . I make the instruction easy to follow and clear for the
Furthermore, I will model the instruction for the
students. They will be more engage during the lesson. Also,
students before they do the center activities by
themselves. Also, After I model the instructions I will know where are my students level during the lesson
for the students. I will ask the students is. Furthermore, this goal will help me to teach my students
questions about what they are supposed to do to be more independent learners and not relay on the
in each activity so, it will help me as a teacher if
teacher all the time. Instructions giving has a direct effect
the students understood what they are
supposed to do. For instance: What is the first on the learners because if the instruction wasn’t clear. The
step you will you in your center activity? I will
ask the students to tell me the instruction in
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both Arabic and English so I can see it they got students will get confused and they will lose the learning
what they are supposed to do. experience. (Sowell, 2017)
Time frame During each one of my lessons. During the
modeling time and center activities.

Support needed I will provide the instruction activities in both

languages (Arabic & English) before the lesson.

How will you I will provide evidence by having written

provide instruction in both languages (Arabic & English).
evidence of the Also, I will model and demonstrate the steps and
success of the instruction for the activities for the students
action before they do it themselves in the center. For
instance: While I read the instruction, I will do
the action as well. Like: First use the cards to
match the words with a picture. I will pick the
card and show them how to match it. So, they
know exactly what they are supposed to do.
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Evidence (after
implementation) In the first activity I used cards that have
questions the students have to follow the
numbers to find the answers.

In the second activity the students have to

follow the written instructions and the steps to
complete the questions.

In the Third activity that I did is I showed the

students exactly how and where they can find
their activities in the LMS website. The
activities that they are supposed to finish
during the lesson time.
Reflection Description:

To achieve this goal, I did I research to find more

activities about the learning objective that I will
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be teaching. Then I was making sure to find and

make creative activities that are fun and
informative at the same time. So, the students
will benefit from them. Then, Before I send the
students to do the activities. I was making sure
to model the activity for them. By showing each
step that they have to follow to complete the
activity.

Evaluation:

During the implementation of this goal. I think it

helped to develop the student’s knowledge
about the lesson content and it will give them a
chance to be more independent learners during
the lesson. Also, to make the lesson content
easy for them. And to have more classroom
management during the lesson. Because if the
students learned and they know what they are
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supposed to do they will not interrupt or disturb

the class.

Future action:

I will make some improvement in this goal by

using new strategies that will make the
instructions of the lesson fun and easier for the
students. For instance: Adding more pictures
into the instructions. That will help the students
to be more active to read the instructions. Also,
I can use technology such as the smartboard to
create a fun interactive way to show the
students the instructions of the activities.
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Reference

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Huyen, N. T., & Nga, K. T. (2010). LEARNING VOCABULARY THROUGH GAMES. Asian Efl journal, 5-7.

Sowell, J. (2017). Good Instruction-Giving in the Second-Language Classroom. Retrieved from americanenglish:
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