Teacher Professional Growth Plan

Name of Teacher: Mr. Peter Vooys Dates: January 9-April 13, 2017
Goal: To build competence and confidence in teaching elementary music.
TQS focus: KSA D) the intern teacher demonstrates consistently that they understand the subject disciplines
they teach
Sub-goal 1: The intern teacher will become familiar with the Elementary music curriculum, and music pedagogy,
and will design multiple high-quality unit plans, with all required components.

Strategies to Achieve Resources to be Timeline (for each Descriptions of Outcomes at Year

Goal Used strategy and/or Indicators or End (a brief
resource) Measures of Success reflection on your
(how will you learning and its
measure your implications for you
learning and/or know as a teacher)
how successful you
are?)
Read through the Alberta Grade 1-6 Completed Growing confidence The intern teacher
Alberta Education Music Program of December 22, 2016. and competence in will be increasingly
Music Program of Studies. understanding and comfortable with the
Studies, and other interpreting the Elementary Music
supplementary Program of Studies Program of Studies,
pedagogical and increasingly
resources. confident in
implementing it in
designing learning
activities.
Design units and -Program of Studies Completed Completion of quality The intern teacher
lessons using -Prior knowledge. Spirituals/Gospel Music unit plans, and will be increasingly
outcomes from the Unit on January 1, growing familiarity capable in designing
Program of Studies. 2017. Teaching this with Elementary units and lessons
unit from January 9- Music Program of using the Elementary
February 23, 2017. Studies, based on Music Program of
 Grade 1/2 Singing feedback from my Studies.
unit completed TM and UC.
January 4, 2017.
Teaching this unit
from January 9-
February 21, 2017.

Teaching practice Unit plans, lesson January 9, 2017- Increasing The intern teacher
gained through plans, observations April 13, 2017 competence and will be more
direct teaching of and suggestions confidence teaching competent and
Grade 1/2, 5, and 5/6 from TMs. Music, based on my confident in teaching
Music classes. comfort level and Music.
feedback from my
TM.

Reading through an -Teaching Towards Book was given by Application of ideas The intern teacher
elementary music Musical Ms. Candice Yip, and from given resources will possess and
pedagogy book. Understanding: will be finished by to intern teachers apply a greater
Handbook for the March 15, 2017. teaching practice. depth of knowledge
Elementary Grades of music pedagogy
by Amanda P. to his teaching
Montgomery. practice.

-Other resources are

also being reviewed
and may be added to
this list in the
upcoming two
months.

Sub-goal 2: The intern teacher will become more competent and confident at leading an ensemble, through the
study of the art of conducting, and work with the Grade 8 and 9 Senior Band.
Strategies to Achieve Resources to be Timeline (for each Descriptions of Outcomes at Year
Goal Used strategy and/or Indicators or End (a brief
resource) Measures of Success reflection on your
(how will you learning and its
measure your implications for you
learning and/or know as a teacher)
how successful you
are?
Observation of, and Ms. Candice Yip, lead January 9-April 13, Application of The intern teacher
direct instruction teacher mentor and 2017 techniques learned will be more
from Teacher Mentor. director of Junior and from teacher mentor confident and
Senior bands. to the intern competent at
teachers own teaching band
teaching practice.
Direction of Ms. Candice Yip, Consultation with Ms. The intern teachers The intern teacher
approximately of teacher mentor. Yip is ongoing, from comfort level with will be confident
each Band class, January 9-April 13, conducting would enough with
receiving feedback 2017. rate as a 1, on a conducting
from teacher mentor, scale of 1 to 10, at techniques to teach
and applying her the beginning of the choir class, which
suggestions to school semester. As more closely
subsequent lessons. of January 18, this matches his skill set,
has increased to a but requires similar
2. The intern skills in conducting.
teacher will
complete a bi- The intern teacher
monthly check of his may also be
level of competence confident in
and perceived accepting substitute
competence, as teacher positions as
evidenced by his a band teacher, and
practice, and may consider
through feedback searching for a band
from Ms. Yip. teaching job, which
 would require further
As the intern teacher study over the
is previously summer.
untrained in
conducting,
achieving a
confidence level of
7 and a
competence level of
6 or 7 will count
as a success.

Comfort/Confidence
January 10: 1/10

January 18: 2/10

Competence
January 10: 1/10

January 18: 2/10

Reading book on Learning to Conduct Book was given by Increased The intern teacher
conducting and and Rehearse by Ms. Yip on January competence in will have a greater
rehearsal direction. Daniel L. Kohut, and 16, 2017. Book will conducting and body of knowledge
Joe W. Grant (Book) be finished by rehearsal direction, of conducting and
February 10, 2017. as evidenced by rehearsal direction to
personal confidence apply to teaching
and feedback from practice.
teacher mentor.
Score study of sheet -At Twilight by Tyler Intern teacher Increased familiarity The intern teacher
music to be S. Grant (sheet started work on with piece of music, will be able to apply
conducted and music) score study on and the techniques score study skills to
performed. -Prior knowledge December 29, 2017 of score study. future scores.
 and will continue
until April 2017.

Signatures:
Intern Teacher:__________________________________________
Teacher Mentor: ________________________________________
University Consultant:_____________________________________