Professional Growth Plan

Name

Gabi Dumestre

Established
Date
Review
Date

October 18, 2014

December 8, 2014

Goal
1. By the end of PS1 I hope to have built good relationships with all of the students
2. I would like to have established a strong teacher presence.
3. I would like to have had exposure to various teaching resources, in order to feel more
confident in my teaching abilities.

Related KSA(s)
a) Contextual variables affect teaching and learning.
c) The purposes of the Guide to Education and programs of study germane to the specialization or
subject disciplines they are prepared to teach.
e) All students can learn, albeit at different rates and in different ways. They know how (including
when and how to engage others) to identify students different learning styles and ways students
learn. They understand the need to respond to differences by creating multiple paths to learning
for individuals and groups of students, including students with special learning needs
f) The purposes of short, medium and long term range planning.
g) Students needs for physical, social, cultural and psychological security. They know how to
engage students in creating effective classroom routines. They know how and when to apply a
variety of management strategies that are in keeping with the situation, and that provide for
minimal disruptions to students learning.
h) The importance of respecting students human dignity. They know how to establish, with
different students, professional relationships that are characterized by mutual respect, trust and
harmony;
l) The importance of engaging parents, purposefully and meaningfully, in all aspects of teaching
and learning. They know how to develop and implement strategies that create and enhance
partnerships among teachers, parents and students;
m) Student learning is enhanced through the use of home and community resources. They know
how to identify resources relevant to teaching and learning objectives, and how to incorporate
these resources into their teaching and students learning;
o) The importance of career-long learning. They know how to assess their own teaching and how
to work with others responsible for supervising and evaluating teachers. They know how to use
the findings of assessments, supervision and evaluations to select, develop and implement their
own professional development activities;

Measuring tool
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Ill be able to see if I am completing my goals via:

o My daily reflections: Putting my thoughts down on paper will help me evaluate my
own performance to see if I am completing my goals
o Verbal/Written feedback from my TA: Any comments that my TA has about my
performance should help me assess whether I am reaching my goals or not, as well
as the assessment of my teaching that she fills out near the end of my practicum.
o Verbal/Written feedback from the university consultant: The university consultant
will be coming in once a week to observe me teaching and to chat with me, so well
be able to converse about whether I am reaching my goals or not.
o Student Experience: Informally assessing (observing) whether the students had a
good experience with me in their classroom during my practicum will be key in
knowing whether I reached my goals or not.

Action Plan

To reach my goal of building good

relationships with all of the students I
will:
o Be friendly, confident, and
enthusiastic.
o I will try to get one on one time
with the students whenever I can
o I will try to give extra help to the
students who need it
o I will make an effort to get to know
the students and find out their
interests so that they see I care
about them
o I will come prepared to every class
so that students can trust/respect
me
o If there are any issues with a
student I will deal with it privately
with the student or with my TA so
as not to embarrass the student
and create negative feelings
To reach my goal of establishing strong
teacher presence, I will try to:
o Be confident
o To speak in a strong voice
o To be prepared for every classthis entails having lesson plans
or whatever else is needed
prepared and practiced before
class
To reach my goal of having exposure
to various teaching resources, I will:
o Look at the resources that we
learned were available to us in

Resources

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Timeline

My TA
The University of
Lethbridge
consultant
The students.

My TA
The University of
Lethbridge
consultant
The students.

My TA
The curriculum
books/online
resources found on

I hope to start building

relationships/establishing
teacher presence from day 1
and improve in both these
areas every day. This will
entail getting to know the
students right away (learning
their names for starters),
making interactive lesson
plans throughout the whole
practicum, and always
getting to know the students
better- this will allow me to
employ differentiated
teaching if necessary. By the
end of the practicum I hope
to have established great
relationships and strong
teacher presence.

I hope to learn a few new

resources in my first week of
practicum simply by
observing my TA teach. As
soon as I start to teach

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class, and see if I which ideas I

can use for my lessons.
Ask my TA which resources are
her favorite/does she find most
helpful.
Observe which resources she
uses in class, observe which
ones seem to me like the best,
and record it in my logbook
reflections.

the Alberta
Education website

lessons (probably in the

second week), I will ask her
which resources she finds
most useful. Throughout the
practicum, as I am making
lessons, I will be referring to
the online resources that I
already know of.

Reflection
To be completed upon the last day of practicum.

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