PS 3 Goals – Immanuel Christian Elementary

Goal 1 TQS Strategies Resources Evidence of Success Timeline

Goal 4 Include some Teach Mentor Lesson plans with Throughout
Throughout differentiation in - for ideas and differentiation noted. the entire
my practicum lesson plans. Writing feedback. All students working practicum
I will search things to have those the majority of the
for ways to students extend their lessons on related
challenge all learning. material.
students in
the class
Inquiry 4 Expect the best from Lesson plan Students keep Throughout
Question: each student. Never that includes working constantly the entire
In what ways let them say it is differentiation adding and improving practicum
can I good enough. In LA - their work.
challenge all writing is never done.
students, In Science – include
especially extended thinking
those who activities in the
are done workbook.
quickly?

Goal 2 TQS Strategies Resources Evidence of Success Timeline

Goal: 2 Have a reflection Journal Regular journal Throughout
Throughout journal that I write in entries and lessons the entire
my practicum at least 3 times per adjusted according to practicum
I will reflect week. these reflections.
on the
lessons I
teach and
base my
teaching on
these
reflections.
Inquiry 2 Have a list of Running list of A list with multiple Throughout
Question: strategies that are successes and successes and the entire
In what ways consistently failures unsuccessful items practicum
can reflection successful in the
improve my lessons and a list of
teaching things that do not
practice work well.
 Reflecting on Learning PS 3
Goal 1: To challenge all students
Reflection at Midway Point
Achievements In Progress Future Considerations
I have made the next unit of I am hoping to have students How can I have students put
science booklet (Electricity and use the extended thinking their full effort into the deeper
Magnetism) with extended questions in Science. thinking questions? Having
thinking questions connected to higher expectations for some
different SLOs. I have included students is a great way of
specific notes on my LA lesson differentiation. How can this be
plans on ways to keep all clearly communicated for all
students challenged. students?
Reflection at End of Term
I feel like I made good progress on this goal. This is a goal that I would love to keep in the front of my
mind as I move forward in teaching. Challenging all students is something that should try to be
incorporated into all lessons. I learned that this can be done in having extra work (my extended
questions) for some students to complete. Another way is to emphasize the different expectations for
different students. This means students can work on the same assignments but are expected to do it
to the best of their ability. This worked well in my writing projects. I always talked about students
doing as much as they were able - having some students write on 6-7 subtopics and some on 2-3
subtopics. This way the class could all do the same project and yet students worked at their own level.
This practicum taught me that differentiation does not have to mean different assignments, but that
different expectations is a great form of differentiation.

Goal 2: Reflect on lessons taught

Reflection at Midway Point
Achievements
I have been writing reflections
for over 70% of the lessons I
taught. I have started a list of
things that went well and things
that did not go well.
In Progress Future Considerations
I will continue on both of these I have done a lot of reflection
reflection tools. on classroom management. It
would be a good idea to do
some reflections on teaching
strategies and delivery of
content.

Reflection at End of Term

Reflection is a key part of being an effective teacher. This goal has forced me to do something that I
struggle with. I hope to continue this into my teaching career. Having a special journal helped me to
take the time to write down reflections on my lessons. Writing things down helped to look more
specifically what went well and what went wrong. This really led me to consider the why. My list did
not work as well as I had hoped. I often forgot about it. This is something I would love to add to as
time goes on. In future reflections I would like to add a focus onto different teaching strategies and
less focus on classroom management.