Professional Growth Plan

Laurel Tester PS III 2020/21

Ensure that classroom assessments effectively accompany students’ overall learning.

Goal 1:
TQS 3: Demonstrates a Professional Body of Knowledge
TQS 4: Establishing Inclusive Learning Environments

Strategies Indicators and Measures of Achievement

- Use formative and summative assessments to inform further - Students achievement – improvements to student
instruction performance informs the efficient use of assessments
- Use formative assessments to inform students’ learning - Students engagement – increase in engagement informs
- Build a toolkit of formative and summative assessments interest in overall learning and effectively of assessments
- Align assessments with learning outcomes - Variety of assessments forms – increased number and
- Develop test/assignment blueprints variety in assessments informs growth in toolkit
- Learn how students prefer to show their knowledge and
learning
- Ask for feedback from Teacher Mentor, University
Consultant and students
Timeline Resources
- October - Colleagues and peers
- Construct a plan for building assessment toolkit - Learn Alberta Resources
- November - Embedded Formative Assessment
- A minimum of 5 formative assessments developed by Dylan Wiliam
- 3 summative assessments developed - Online resources
- December
- 5 additional formative assessments developed
- 2 additional summative assessments developed
Achievement – Variety of assessments
- Google form entrance slips - Observations
- Written entrance slips - Group work
- Exit slips - Skits
 - Discussion questions
- Think, pair, share
- Manipulatives to demonstrate knowledge of concepts
- Formative worksheets – feedback given to students
Develop an inclusive classroom supporting the needs of students in and outside of the
classroom.
Goal 2:
TQS 2: Foster Effective Relationships
TQS 3: Demonstrates a Professional Body of Knowledge
TQS 4: Establishing Inclusive Learning Environments
Strategies
- Develop and consistently maintain an online learning
platform
- Keep the Grade 9 D2L Shell up to date with class
material for students to access at any time
- Post weekly updates collaboratively with the Grade
9 team
- Incorporate additional online learning tools for students to
access
- Worksheets, activities, simulations, videos, visuals,
PowerPoints, …
- Weekly Check-ins at the end of every week
Timeline
- This goal will be completed by the end of the PSIII semester
in December. It will be developed through the months of
October, November and December.
- Weekly Check-ins at the end of every week – ensure that
the weeks tasks have been uploaded for students
- Matching activities
- Individual check-ins
- Jeopardy game
- Mini quizzes – entrance slips
Indicators and Measures of Achievement
- Ability of students to complete work and develop
understanding when unable to attend school physically
- Ability of students to complete work and develop
understanding in addition to in-class learning
- D2L shell is updated and current after each day of
school
Resources
- Colleagues and peers
- Desire2Learn and other online resources used by the
Calgary Board of Education (Power School)
- .cbe.ab.ca and educbe.ca email for communication with
students outside of classroom hours
- Free online programs available to students and teachers
(Weebly, Google Forms, PhEt, …) – develop a database
of online learning tools accessible to students
 Achievement
- Daily and weekly updates posted to D2L
- Extra weekly assignments and materials posted in the classroom
- Each week, ensured materials were up to date on D2L
- Used digital and non-digital learning activities (labs, presentations, simulations, videos, group work, guided study sheets and
assignments, …)