EPC 4406 – Practicum 4

Assessment 1 – Professional Development Plan

Name: Shamma Faisal Alhammadi

ID: H00349617

Instructor; Dr. Slim Khemakhem

 Professional Development Plan (PDP – Part 1):
Shamma Faisal Alhammadi – H00349617

The PDP stands for a professional development plan. It means, according to Guzder (2020), "a
documented record of an individual's career aspirations and progressions". Moreover, creating a
PDP will help the teacher/student teacher develop skills and achieve a particular detailed goal
and include developing skills, challenges, and supports. In my point of view, creating a PDP is
slightly related to creating a lesson plan in the way of being professional, managing, and being
prepared in facing any challenges. As well as PDP, it is required to develop new teaching,
knowledge, techniques, and it keeps changing and updated (Davies, 2019). As a student-teacher,
the PDP will benefit's me in different actions. Such as, developing skills, new methods,
Professional attitude and will help me in the future to become a successful teacher. In other hand,
by creating the PDP will gives me advantages in managing and achieve certain areas that I need
to work on and to build these areas to become more successful and creative. Such as, time
management is one of my goals that I need to achieve, and by using the PDP will helps me as
student teacher in and managing and accomplishing my goal in supporting and using certain
strategies that is related to my goal. Moreover, as a student teacher the goal might takes longer
depending on the ability and the supporting and the students level. However, hard work and
having a different strategy will get the teacher into achieve and more on accomplishing the goal.
In this semester, I will be focusing on my goals that I need to achieve and develop, and these
goals are the feedback from my MST and MCT for the previous semesters I have been trained in
schools.

Previously stated development Skills you

needs personall
Personal
y know Needs of the
MCT development Comments:
MST you need setting
recommenda interest
recommendation to
tion develop
Give my
The student can Using students an - Lesson
work on being different opportunity plan
more strict with strategies to build their
  - Activities  
the students in in getting own
- resource
terms of classroom students knowledge
management. attention and - strategies
able to
 handle
energetic and
cheeky
students
Professional
Development
Target Managing learning 
(aligned with
TP
competency)

Concise Reflections & actuality

Goal 1:  Classroom management
 
Action 1: - I will set a new rule and creating a good classroom
 Since its online and I was
environment for students in creating positive peer
facing some difficulties in
relationship and having a classroom rules in
managing the classroom. acclimatization. However, its
- According to Mulvahill (2018), “It boils down to through classroom
having a structured learning management I change a little
environment with clear rules that promote learning as bit of my action plan since its
well as consequences that online teaching and I taught
diminish or eliminate behaviors that get in the way of through Microsoft Teams.
learning.” But the affection with the
- Since its on online, I will use a website study game students was managed. I
for students who used pictures for the online
finished his/her work to motivate the other students in classroom rules and before
finishing their work starting my lesson I use a
- According to Guido (2018), by applying this video that is a part of the
activity gives the students lesson to engage the
their free time and contribute classroom management. students. At some points, I
- I will start my lesson with a song or pictures that let my students to talk and
will get students interest and predict what the lesson will
engaged about the lesson. be and by doing this strategy
- According to Guido (2018), the target of this the students will get the
classroom management is to gain encourage to answer and
students’ interest and get their curiosity.
think as well. Also, I plan my
- I will give the students the opportunity to talk and
lessons as a fun and
encourage to lead.
enjoyable lesson in way of
- According to Guido (2018), “Promote growth
creating game that makes
mindset, and inject variety into
your lessons, by allowing students to work ahead and the students excited for the
deliver short lesson.
presentations to share take-away points.

Desired time  Semester 7, 8

frame:
 45min per class
Any support
needed MST supports, student’s collaboration PPT
Data  
collection
tools to be
used to
provide - Activities
evidence of - Recorder
the success - Lesson plans
of the action - Documents

Evidence
(after
implementa
tion)

Through my classroom
management, my MST wrote
a comment of my lesson and
it shows that my lesson was
smooth, and the students
are engaged and motivates.
Moreover, the students are
more into focusing with the
After implementation, I can see that the students are creativity and the colorful in
engaged and got excited after 2 weeks of my teaching, way to get their attention.
yet I taught once a week. Also, this is my MCT So, I create a colorful PPT
feedback on my lesson. and adding some pictures
and affects for the students
to not get bored and get
engaged before starting the
lesson. My students were
motivating and wants to
share and participate with
the teacher and so on. Some
of the evidence are missing
because of lack of days and
at some point the MST as
well. The days were too
heavy that I couldn’t done all
of the actions and plans.

   

Previously stated development needs Skills you Personal Needs of the Comments:
personall developm setting
 y know
MCT MST you need ent
recommendation recommendation to interest
develop

Using
Take your time
strategie - Lesson
to explain the
s in managed plan
  activities to kids,  
managin to monitor - resource
don’t do it so
g the - strategies
fast.
time

Professional
Development
Managing learning
Target (aligned
with TP
competency)

Concise Reflections & actuality

Goal 2: Time management
 
Action 2: On my online teaching
practice, I can tell that
time management its
- I will research about how to manage the time by using much flexible in way of
different strategies. presenting the timer
- The strategies; set a timer for each transition, make a while they are working
time checklist for each activity. on their task and telling
- I will start by organize my time by breaking it up into them that you have
a specific part, such as 5min greeting my students and around 3 min and so. At
asking them what they will do and 15min showing
first place I wasn’t able to
them my objectives.
manage the time
According to Chong (2018), “It also helps to be able to
look ahead each day and know how you will spend your because of the students
day achieving your goals. Plan your day either the night are hard to catch them or
before or the first thing that morning.” contact them. However,
- Since its online I will create a timer game when the by presenting a timer and
students are on task to keep them on track. telling them how much
- According to Taylor (2019), by setting the lesson out, time they need to do it or
students will understand that the lesson is arranged, to work on is more
and you can reach every learner in the best possible fixable for the teacher
way. and the students.
Desired time  Semester 7, three weeks
frame:  
Any support MST supports, students being presenting, and peer
needed student teacher to observe.
Data - Activities  
collection
tools to be
used to
provide
evidence of - Recorder
the success - Lesson plan
of the action - Check list
Evidence
(after
implementa
tion)

I used on my Phone,
Youtube, Website. On my
point of view, by keep
changing the timer the
students being motivate
in work by their best to
submit before the time
ends. Also, each activity
got different timer to
engage the students.
   

Previously stated development Skills you

Personal
needs personally
developm Needs of the
MST know you Comments:
MCT ent setting
recomme need to
recommendation interest
ndation develop

Reflect more deeply

about students’
levels before - Lesson
Understand
planning activities plan  
students’ level.
for them especially - Activities
for the low-level
group

Professional
Development Target Planning for learning
(aligned with TP
competency)

Concise Reflections & actuality

Goal 3: Plan and implement Differentiated Instruction  
Action 3: - I will assess my students to determine their level.  Throughout online, it
 might be difficult but
challenging in understand
the students level since
it’s difficult to
communicate and catch
up the students through
Microsoft Teams. Yet, I
- I will use Bloom’s taxonomy theory in creating plan what I have observed,
different activities that is suitable for each level and and I asked my MCT about
the students and so.
create an extra activity if needed. Moreover, I create
- In such as, low-level I will create for them the different activities and
verbal questions for the
learning outcomes to insure their understanding.
students that are suitable
- According to Weselby (2020), “cover various levels for their level. Also,
Students likes to try new
of Bloom’s Taxonomy (a classification of levels of
things in way of trying
intellectual behavior going from lower-order thinking some activities that is high
skills to higher-order thinking skills).” than their actual level. To
be clearer is that through
- Every week I will create a small activity for students Microsoft Teams I put two
to check their level and by doing it I can create an links on the chat for the
students to work on online
activity that matches their level.
worksheet, the first
- I will create different activities that includes the six worksheet is for the low-
level, According to Weselby (2020), “The six levels medium and the second is
for the high level. Add to
are: remembering, understanding, applying, that, I can tell that the
analyzing, evaluating, and creating.” In such as, students in low medium
takes the risks to work on
create a PowerPoint or a game that includes different the second link that is for
levels. the high level.
Desired time  Semester 7, 8
frame:
 
Any support
needed MST supports, students being presenting.
Data
collection
tools to be
used to
provide - Activities
evidence of - Recorder
the success - Lesson plan
of the action - Documents  
Evidence
(after
implementa
tion)

As on the pictures, the

students work with their
score and by every
students with their score
as long as it’s up to 6 and
above It shows that the
students are understand
the lesson and the activity
matches their level as
well.
   

Previously stated development Skills you

needs personally Personal
Needs of
MST know you development Comments:
MCT the setting
recommenda need to interest
recommendation develop
tion
Got variety of
strategies in
- Resourc
Understandi giving my
Positive es
ng the students  
rewards - Activiti
students positive
es
rewards and
feedback
Professional
Development
Reflection
Target (aligned
with TP
competency)

Concise Reflections & actuality

Goal 4: To variety of positive feedback strategies for more
student’s engagement.
Action 4: - Before starting the lesson, I will present for the
students a positive word that will motivate them
for the coming lesson.
- I will give every student a verbal positive
reward to engage them and doing their best
during the class or on task.
- According to Stenger (2014),” Feedback is an
essential part of learning, but not all of it is
 
 At first place I get close slowly
with my students and by step
by step I let the students get
along with me in way of
creating a fun lesson and
activity and using videos and
playing games with them.
 While playing game with them I
gave them oral feedback and
oral positive feedback to
motivates them and to enjoy
the lesson with the teacher. At
some point, I planned a PPT
productive. We’ve collected five best practices and using a sounds and effects
for giving.” with positive feedback and I can
- I will be careful in giving students feedback in see the students get excited
way of not let them feel nervous, but I will let and feel the confident and
them feel the opposite. encourages the other students
- In online teaching I will send for each students a to participates. Also, by hyping
positive or sticker that motivates them. the students and showing them
- I will create a weekly star chart for each student that they are the best and they
to motivates them and by the end of the week I can do more than their certain
will design a certificate for a star student. ability.
Desired time  Semester 7, 8
frame:
 
Any support
needed MST supports, students collaboration.
Data
collection
tools to be
used to
provide - Pictures
evidence of - Recorder
the success - Lesson plan
of the action  
Evidence This is the feedback of my MST
(after about my lesson. And through
implementa this comment it gives the
tion) motivation and the encourage
to do more and to be more
creative.
   
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Mulvahill, E. (2018, February 27). What is Classroom Management? Retrieved September 14,
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