Taken from Professional Learning Tool – University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education
Taylor MacLeod 2021
Inquiry Question 1
Goal:
Become more
comfortable various
forms of technology
to enhance student
learning and
engagement.
Planning for Learning – PSII
Related TQS Strategies Resources/ Evidence of Success Timeline
Required Supports (Specific)
2. A teacher One strategy The primary I will feel successful in I will use the
engages in career- for achieving requirement in order to this goal if I am able to beginning of
long professional this goal is to achieve this goal is utilize multiple Easter break as a
learning and spend time access and awareness technological sources “check-in” point
ongoing critical testing of digital technologies. throughout my PSII for myself and
reflection to different The university CurrLab practicum. I will allow the break to
improve teaching technologies has access to many compile a list of what I serve as a
and learning. and online resources that I was able to use and reflection period
Achievement of brainstorming intend to spend spare how I felt each for my goals and
this competency is ways they time using. I will also resource worked in the how I can adjust
demonstrated by could be useful continue to look for classroom. I will also them to be more
indicators such as to student resources through feel successful in this successful and
maintaining an learning. If sources such as goal if I am able to review at the end
awareness of they do not LearnAlberta. remain open-minded of practicum.
emerging add to student to change.
technologies to learning, they
enhance are not useful.
knowledge and
inform practice.
3. A teacher Research and Collaborate with my TA I hope to ask my TA
applies a current brainstorm and other teachers to and other teachers
and ways tech can understand various their organizational
comprehensive help enhance differentiations that methods and see if
repertoire of the learning exist for students in my they have any
effective experience for class. From there, think recommendations. I
Taken from Professional Learning Tool – University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education
Taylor MacLeod 2021

planning, students of ways to effectively have been using

instruction, and requiring engage them in Google Calendar this
assessment differentiation. elements of new practicum and I will do
practices to meet technology. I will be a mid-way and final
the learning Utilize sure to share ideas review on my
needs of every different tech with my TA before practicum’s
student. supports for applying them- this will organization compared
Achievement of planning and give me an idea of to PSI.
this competency is assessment whether or not the
demonstrated by practices students in question
indicators such as through will be engaged. The
incorporate a personal purpose of this goal is
range of research and not to use students test
instructional professional subjects but find ways
strategies, collaboration. to better reach their
including the learning potential
appropriate use(s) through technology.
of digital
technology, I hope to be able to
according to the find ways to utilize tech
context, content, into my planning. Using
desired outcomes, an online calendar,
and the learning through Google or
needs of students another app will help
and incorporating me minimize the
digital technology amount of paper I use
and resources, as while also helping me
appropriate, to feel more organized.
build student
capacity.
Taken from Professional Learning Tool – University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education
Taylor MacLeod 2021

Inquiry Question 2 Related TQS Strategies Resources/ Evidence of Success Timeline

Required Supports (Specific)
Goal:
2. A teacher Through This is a career-long The evidence of
Build professional engages in career- personal goal as we are never success here will be
competencies in the long professional research and finished learning. found through
humanities by learning and professional However, during my conversations between
exploring more ongoing critical collaboration, PSII I hope to utilize the myself and my TA. I’ve
perspectives, reflection to approach the texts provided to me in made this goal
sources, and improve teaching curriculum my C&I course, primary apparent to him, so it
approaches. and learning. with a wider sources, Indigenous is part of his feedback.
Achievement of breadth of resources, etc. to As for evidence of
this competency is perspectives better teach the success, this goal is
demonstrated by and stories in humanities. It is of my rather subjective, but I
indicators such as order to give opinion that social aim to share stories of
actively seeking more historical studies is an umbrella- every possible
out feedback to context and term for the study of perspective
enhance teaching contemporary people. Oftentimes in throughout each unit I
practice, seeking, understanding historical and teach.
critically s of society. contemporary
reviewing, and research, the voices of
applying Consider the oppressed or
educational enhancing “losers” of conflict tend
research to Indigenous to be lost in favour of
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Taylor MacLeod 2021

improve practice, voices in the the winners/privileged.

and enhancing classroom by I aim to approach the
understanding of using social sciences with
First Nations, resources unbiased approach that
Métis and Inuit created and targets multiple
worldviews, curated by viewpoints.
cultural beliefs, Indigenous
languages and Canadians. Using the CurrLab,
values. LearnAlberta, personal
research, and
professional
collaboration I will
actively seek out more
Indigenous resources in
the classroom that
focus on triumphs and
stories, rather than just
trauma.
Taken from Professional Learning Tool – University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education
Taylor MacLeod 2021

REFLECTING ON LEARNING – PSI

Inquiry Question 1
Reflection at Midway Point:
Achievements In Progress Future Considerations

Reflection at End of Term:

Inquiry Question 2
Reflection at Midway Point:
Achievements In Progress Future Considerations

Reflection at End of Term:

Inquiry Question 3
Reflection at Midway Point:
Achievements In Progress Future Considerations

Reflection at End of Term: