Teacher Professional Growth Plan

PSI Student Teacher: Nicole Trainor Semester: Fall 2020

School: É cole Westhaven School Teacher Associate: Maude Corriveau
Professional Goal Statement #1:
My goal during my PS1 practicum is to learn how to accommodate my students’ different learning styles.

Teaching Quality Standard Competency:

#4. Establishing an Inclusive Learning Environment. -Recognizes and responds to specific learning needs of individual or small groups of
students and, when needed, collaborates with service providers and other specialists to design, and provide targeted and specialized
supports to enable achievement of the leaning outcomes.
Inquiry Question:
In what ways does accommodating my students’ different learning styles improve student learning?

Possible Resources:
PS1 textbooks: 50 Literacy Strategies, Language and Literacy, Embedded Formative Assessment.
class notes
school resources available
support from my UC and TA as well as my peers who are also in their PS1
Learn Alberta website

Strategies: Timeline(s Indicator(s) of Success

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1. Talk to my TA about any students that may have learning Ongoing I will be able to identify the students’ strengths and
preferences. Ask TA if we could perform a student self- weaknesses according to their learning style.
evaluation with the students during class time.
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/kes/pdf/or_ws_tea_ My lessons will accommodate the learning style that the
elem_03_learnstyl.pdf class most strongly associate with.
- This should allow me to understand what type of
modality works best/ is the most engaging for my I will differentiate learning activities based on my
students. students’ capabilities and learning needs.
- This will help me better plan future lesson plans and
what style I choose to present my learning activities.
- Visual, Kinesthetic, Audio, Reading/Writing.
 2. Keep a logbook of all my students and make notes of
their learning modality and what assignments they did
their best work on. Make anecdotal notes during the class
to keep track of the assignments.
3. Use the Instructional Planning Guide when I implement
differentiation in my learning activity.
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/kes/pdf/or_ws_tea_
elem_02_diffinst.pdf
Formative Reflection: To what extent are my strategies helping me achieve this professional goal? How are my strategies influencing my classroom
practice? To what extent are my strategies impacting student learning?
Summative Reflection:
Professional Goal Statement #2:
On going My logbook will be neat and organized with each of my
students having sections with observation notes on
their work and progress throughout my time in the
classroom.
This should include their self-evaluation sheets and
what modality works best for each of my students.
Students’ learning needs will be effectively represented
Ongoing and accommodated in my lesson plans.
Students’ modalities will be considered before lesson
planning begins.
 My goal during my PS1 practicum is to become more comfortable and organized in the planning and design of effective learning
activities that address the learning outcomes in the program of studies.

Teaching Quality Standard Competency:

#3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge. A teacher applies a current and comprehensive repertoire of effective planning,
instruction, and assessment practices to meet the learning needs of every student. Achievement of this competency is demonstrated when a teacher:
Plans and designs learning activities that:
- Address the learning outcomes outlined in programs of study
- Reflect short and medium and long-range planning

Inquiry Question:
In what ways does effective lesson planning improve my teaching practice?

Possible Resources:
University of Lethbridge Curriculum Laboratory resources
class notes and textbooks (50 literacy strategies and Embedded formative assessment)
UC and TA feedback
school resources available
LearnAlberta website
logbook, daily planner, and Planning worksheet with before and after sections

Strategies: Timeline(s) Indicator(s) of Success

1. Become more familiar with the Program of Studies for the Ongoing
subjects I will be teaching. My lesson plans will include objectives to reflect the
- Use the Planning Guide tool on the Learn Alberta GLOs and SLOs.
website. Learning activities will reflect the Program of Studies
- Print out the GLOs and SLOs for the French and math and the Learn Alberta planning guide tool will be
programs for grade 2. utilized

2. Do a self-reflection after each lesson plan is created and
after each lesson plan is performed in class.
- My logbook will include a section for my Lesson Plans.
- Each lesson plan will have 2 sections, one for before
and how I felt making the lesson plan and one for after
Ongoing My notes that I leave on my lesson plans both before and
after should steadily become more positive and less
prescriptive. I should feel more at ease when performing
a learning activity with my class and feel comfortable to
point out my errors and what I did well.
 the learning activity has taken place.
- Before will include how long did the creation take, how
did I feel while writing it, any concerns I have before
preforming the task.
- After will include how long did the activity take in
comparison to the time I had allotted, how my students
reacted to the activity, my feelings towards it, anything
I would change about this activity.
- I found an online template for this, but I want to adjust
it to make it my own, this will be printed and added to
my logbook.
2.1 Make section in the logbook to keep note of anything my TA
does in her lessons that I enjoy and want to transfer into my own
teaching.

3. Use a weekly planner to map out what lesson I will be Ongoing My planner will be organized and prepared with
teaching every week. appropriate lesson plans for each day of the week that I
- Try to plan out all lesson plans Wednesday and will be teaching.
Thursday for the following week, this way on Fridays I Meetings after school to go over what I have prepared
can look for resources in the school and get the for the following day’s lessons will use our time together
material I need prepared. effectively.
- The following week, the day before I plan to run the
activity, I will go over my planning with my TA. Any
changes or problems can then be fixed the night before
and logged for future references.
- This should help free up weekends to look for any
additional resources or activities I want to try.

Formative Reflection: To what extent are my strategies helping me achieve this professional goal? How are my strategies influencing my classroom
practice? To what extent are my strategies impacting student learning?

Summative Reflection: