Professional Preparation Professional Development Plan Alison Castine

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Professional Development Plan

The following Professional Development Plan is based on feedback provided in my Interim Report as I have not yet received my Final Report for Placement 1.

Focus Area for Development Goals Actions Taken to Achieve Goals Timeframe Indicators of Evidence of Learning
Improvement (including resources) Success
APST 3: Plan for To become more organised During the observation week, I will I hope to develop this I will feel confident I hope to engage my mentor
and implement in the planning stage of units endeavour to understand the many area for improvement and organised when teacher in this development
effective teaching and lessons and to learning styles and needs within the during my 9-week entering classrooms. goal and will rely on her for
and learning. incorporate effective classrooms I will teach. This will allow placement so that I can I also believe that a feedback after my lessons. I
Graduate teaching strategies such as me to create differentiated lesson plans confidently utilise this well-planned lesson will keep a record of this
Standard: differentiation. and activities. Additionally, I will skill during my leaves little room for feedback in the form of
3.2 Plan lesson organise lesson sequences and teaching career. This inappropriate in-class weekly reflections.
sequences using activities well in advance before area of improvement behaviour. Thus, I Additionally, I hope to
knowledge of student implementing lessons. Resources used will take precedence hope to see minimal provide my students with
learning, content and for this will include student folios during the first week misbehaviour in my feedback forms at the close
effective teaching which I will have access to (this has of placement. classrooms due to of the 9-week placement.
strategies. been discussed with the school) and my well-planned
the many resources I have acquired for lessons and
teaching History and English. activities.
APST 4: Create and To become more confident in During my first week of teaching, I I hope to see day-to- I will have engaged Again, I hope to engage my
maintain supportive my approach to behaviour will establish and negotiate clear day improvements in in a class discussion mentor teacher in this
and safe learning management and to utilise expectations with my students to this area as I obtain a about the development goal and will
environments. varied behaviour minimise future misbehaviour and as a better understanding of expectations I have seek her feedback after a
Graduate management strategies. point of reference when students do the dynamic in each of of my students and lesson in which behaviour
Standard: misbehave (e.g. if a student my classrooms. This what they can expect management was
4.3 Demonstrate misbehaves, I will remind them of the will be an ongoing from me. I will also implemented. This will be a
knowledge of expectations we negotiated as a class). area for improvement be able to address point of written reflection
practical approaches I will implement varied behaviour over the 9-week different types of at the close of each week.
to manage management strategies promptly, fairly placement and well misbehaviour with Additionally, in the
challenging and respectfully. Resources used for into my teaching the appropriate feedback forms given to
behaviour. this will include my STIC Handbook career. behaviour students, I will ask them to
and my mentor teacher as she management assess my fairness and
understands the dynamic of each class. strategy. response to misbehaviour.