Professional Growth Plan
Name: Ian Mustard
School: Chinook High School
Date: March 7, 2024
Goal 1: Incorporate and become comfortable with designing and implementing a wider range of
instructional strategies.
Strategies
- Observe lessons from different teachers
in the school.
- Create unit plans that create
opportunities for student-centered and
student-driven learning
- Increase familiarity with wide range of
instructional strategies and
organizational methods
- Meaningfully implement feedback from
mentors and colleagues
Timeline
End of PSII
Goal 2: Increasing awareness and responsiveness to the unique emotional and mental health
needs of students.
Strategies
- Familiarizing myself with student ISPs
- Increasing my familiarity with Alberta
research on youth post-COVID trauma
- Meeting with mentor colleagues to
discuss concerns and plans of action in
dealing with increased student stress
and mental/emotional exceptionalities
Indicators and Measures of Achievement
- Variety of activities and instructional
methods in lesson plans
- Increased student engagement and
responsiveness to different activities
- Increased proficiency in estimating time
required for activities
- Increased adeptness in promptly
designing lessons that are effective and
diverse in approach.
Colleagues/Mentors/Resources
Kacie Neamtu (Chinook HS)
DeAndra Sullivan (Chinook HS)
Robert LeBlanc (U of L)
Literature Discussion Groups in the
Intermediate Grades (Karen S. Evans)
Literature Circles (Harvey Daniels)
Mini-Lessons for Literature Circles (Harvey
Daniels)
Embedded Formative Assessment (Wiliam)
Indicators and Measures of Achievement
- Better student relationships in and out
of the classroom
- Students are more engaged in class
discussions as well as one-on-one
communication
- Have plans in place for dealing with
student emotionalities in classroom
 - Regularly attending the school GSA
meetings, and developing connections
to LGBTQ+ students in the
contemporary political climate
- Prioritizing researching and developing
best practice in dealing with my
students’ unique emotional needs
Timeline
End of PSII
setting
- Increased repertoire of ways to handle
student anxiety around both the
academic and social aspects of school
- Planning solutions alongside mentors
and colleagues to combat student
apathy and poor attendance
Colleagues/Mentors/Resources
Kacie Neamtu (Chinook HS)
Tanya Gill (Chinook HS)
Robert LeBlanc (U of L)
Jen LeGrandeur (U of L)
Alberta Child and Youth Well-Being Review
(Alberta Health)