Professional Growth Plan

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Established
Date
Review
Date

Kyle Visser

November 1, 2015

Goal
Integrate a variety of technology into the classroom, to help kids learn
Related KSA(s)
KSA 5: All students can learn, albeit at different rates in different
ways. Know how (including when and how to engage others) to identify ways
students learn and the different learning styles. Respond to these differences
KSA 9: There are many approaches to teaching and learning. Know a
broad range of instructional strategies appropriate to your area of
specialization and subject discipline taught, and know which strategies are
appropriate to help different students achieve different outcomes
KSA 10: the functions of traditional and electronic teaching/learning
technologies. They know how to use and how to engage students in using
these technologies to present and deliver content, communicate effectively
with others, nd and secure information, research, word process, manage
information, and keep records
Indicator(s) of Success
All students successfully complete the learning objectives because of the use of
differentiated teaching using technology

Action

Resource(s)

Timeline

Use many of the apps, and site

learned in technology to teach a
certain concept

5 weeks

SMART notebook
Mathletics
Reading eggs
RazKids

Reflection
There are a variety of ways in which this goal was met during my practicum experience. I
believe, that over that last 5 weeks I have experienced many ways in which the students,
and my teacher associate use technology into the classroom. For example she lets the
student have 1 hour a week to use the computers to research any topic of their liking. This is
called genius hour. One big way that I integrated technology into the classroom is the use of
SMART notebook. This helped me to see where the students where at in the class, as well as
helped integrate participation and class discussion into the class. Here is an example of a
SMART notebook lesson that I used to help teach word problems to my grade 2 class.

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Instructor Kurtis Hewson

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Instructor Kurtis Hewson

Another way that I successfully used technology in the classroom was the use of videos off of
YouTube. For example while learning about the days of the week, it was easier for the
students to learn a song then to memorize the days of the week without. Therefore I used
YouTube to show a video with the song days of the week to the tune of the Adams family.

YouTube, can help the visual and auditory learners in the classroom, because they have a
chance to see and hear the song/the concept.
The last way in which my T.A. and I integrated technology into the classroom was through the
programs called reading eggs and Mathletics. These programs stick students at their ability
levels and it helps them practice the concepts they need to know. Here is what the reading
eggs site looks like:

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Goal
Use a variety of classroom management strategies
Related KSA(s)
KSA 7: Students needs for physical, social, cultural and
psychological security. Know how to engage students in creating effective
classroom routines. Know how and when to apply a variety of management
strategies, in keeping with the situation, that provide for minimal disruptions
to learning.
KSA 8: Importance of respecting students human dignity. Know how
to establish, with different students, professional relationships that are
characterized by mutual respect, trust and harmony
KSA 9: there are many approaches to teaching and learning. They
know a broad range of instructional strategies appropriate to their area of
specialization and the
Indicator(s) of Success

Students will demonstrate staying on task during class

Action
Use management strategies to stay on
task
Use management strategies to grab
the students attention

Resource(s)

Class dojo

Gotchas
Sticker rewards
Hands on top
Clapping
Count down

Timeline
5 weeks

5 weeks

Reflection
In the past 5 weeks I have really learned a lot about classroom management, and ways in
which to integrate classroom management strategies into the classroom. During practicum is

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it very difficult to integrate your own strategies, therefore you need to learn the strategies
from you T.A. some ways that I learned was the call hands on top the students then must
reply that means stop and place their hands on their heads. This management strategy is
used to help grab the students attention so that we can transition from one activity to the
next. Here is a picture to help visualize what it looks like in the classroom.

The next management strategy that I used quite a bit in my classroom was counting down
from 10. This helped speed up the transition from one activity to the next if they were going
to slow. The one thing about this strategy is that sometimes I felt like I was counting down
more than once. However when I wasnt this helped to ease the transition from one activity
to the next

The nal management strategy that I used was classroom dojo. This is a site that helped to
keep students on task. If they are working hard, and on task they can earn more points the
more points they earn the better chance that they will receive a prize. As noted before this
strategy is used to help keep students on task and working hard especially when you want
them working quietly.

ED3505 Teaching Seminar

Instructor Kurtis Hewson

ED3505 Teaching Seminar

Instructor Kurtis Hewson