Course Name: Practicum 4a Course Code:

EPC4403

Instructor Name: Binod Gurung

Task Title:
Professional Development Plan 1
Due Date: 30/4/2020 Date Submitted: 29/4/2020

Student Name: Duaa Adbelrahman

Student ID: H00252870 Section:

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working day late will be deducted 10%, 2 days late 20%, 3 days late 30% and any work submitted more than 3
days late will get a zero mark.

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Student Declaration:
This assignment is entirely my own work except where I have duly acknowledged other sources in the text and
listed those sources at the end of the assignment. I have not previously submitted this work to the HCT. I
understand that I may be orally examined on my submission.
 Development needs
Skills you
Personal
personally know Needs of the
development Comments
you need to setting
interest
develop
MCT MST I need to improve
recommendation recommendation my assessment,
-Improve the -Provide clear -Improve my -Create more particularly the
summative instruction. assessments. -Be more creative. motivation summative
assessments. -Time management -Link the -Be more patient. displays. assessments and
-Improve my -Differentiate the assessments with -Build good -Provide a special make them relevant
reflection. activities. the lesson relationship with classroom for to the lesson
-Improve the lesson -Monitor students. objectives. students. English subject. objectives. In
objectives and -Time management. -Create reading addition, I should
mention them corner in the use the repetition
during the lesson. classroom. strategy while
-Use the repetition teaching and giving
strategy. the instruction to
make sure that all
students heard and
understood me.
Rationale / Justification Description
The first goal that I want to achieve during my TP is commitment to To maintain punctuality Goal one
the profession by maintaining punctuality. This goal is mostly about Professionalism Teaching Practice
time management and how I'm going to divide and organize my Competency
duties based on one of the teaching practice competencies, which is .Participate with my MST in the bus duty- Action
professionalism. However, I believe that I will achieve this goal .Attend school assembly-
through creating a timetable that shows my duties in each week. In .Set time for each activity during lessons-
.addition, I will use the timer during my lesson to manage my time .Starting from day two in week one Time frame
.Create a timetable that shows my duties in each week- Support needed
-Use the timer during my lessons.
.I will provide my timetable- How will you
.I will provide some pictures that show my work- provide evidence
of the success of
the action
Provide the timetable and the pictures Evidence (after
implementation)
Being professional and on time is very important for the Reflection
academic success, but it is a difficult task to accomplish
as well. According to my previous teaching practices,
planning and time management are very essential things
that allow you to achieve your objectives or goals.
Actually, I faced many problems with time
management. I was late for school most of the time and
sometimes I was unable to accomplish my lesson
objectives because I was not organizing my time.
Therefore, in my next teaching practice, I will create a
.timetable and use a timer to manage my time
Rationale / Justification Description
My second goal is related to the planning for learning teaching .Link the assessments with learning objectives Goal Two
practice competency. The goal is to link my assessments with my Planning for learning Teaching Practice
learning objectives. I chose this goal because it is the fundamental Competency
tool of any lesson success. It is necessary that the activities or the .Prepare a lesson plan for each lesson- Action
assessments are relevant to the lesson objectives to ensure that .Mention the objectives during the lesson-
students achieved these objectives and understood the lesson. Create activities and assessments relevant to the lesson -
Therefore, I will make sure to achieve this goal through planning for .objectives
each lesson using the lesson plan template, which will allow me to .Starting from week one Time frame
.prepare the appropriate activities based on my lesson objectives .Use the lesson plan template- Support needed
.Use the board to write the objectives-
.I will provide the lesson plan of each lesson- How will you
I will provide pictures of the written objectives on the - provide evidence
.board of the success of
.I will provide samples of the activities- the action
.Provide samples, pictures and lesson plans Evidence (after
implementation)
Planning for learning refers to the consideration of the Reflection
desired learning objectives as a starting point for any
lesson planning. Based on my experience, I had some
difficulties with implementing assessments linked to my
lesson objectives. I believe that was because of my
planning for learning method, I was firstly thinking
about the activities rather than looking at my objectives.
Hence, in my next teaching practice, I will consider my
objectives, and then prepare my assessments based on
them.
 Description Rationale / Justification
Goal Three To manage students' behavior. The third goal that I want to achieve in my teaching practice is to
Teaching Practice Implementing and managing learning. manage students' behavior. This goal is related to the third teaching
Competency practice competency, which is implementing and managing learning.
Action -Encourage students' good behavior through verbal I chose this goal because it plays a crucial role on achieving the
praises. lesson objectives. I believe that I will be able to achieve this goal
-Reward students' progression through giving small through implementing some positive reinforcement strategies such
gifts. as verbal praise, black board and rewarding strategies.
-Implement the black board strategy to manage students'
behavior.
Time frame Starting from week two
Support needed -Use a black board
-Provide some candy, pencils and other small gifts.
How will you I will provide some pictures of the use of the black
provide evidence board during the lesson and pictures of the gifts.
of the success of
the action
Evidence (after Provide pictures from the lessons and pictures of the
implementation) gifts.
Reflection Managing students is not an easy mission to do during
the classroom. It requires lots of effort and patience.
Actually, in my last teaching practice when I observed
my peer, I noticed the significant and positive influence
of the positive reinforcement on students' behavior. My
peer was able to fully engage the students during her
whole lesson through several positive reinforcement
strategies. Therefore, in my teaching practice, I will
apply the same thing with my students to manage them
during my lesson.
 Description Rationale / Justification
Goal Three To monitor students The fourth goal that I want to achieve in my teaching practice is to
Teaching Practice Monitoring, assessments and evaluation. monitor students while working. This goal is linked with the fourth
Competency teaching practice competency, which is monitoring, assessment and
Action -Observe students while working in groups. evaluation. I chose this goal because it is connected with managing
-Divide the roles on students. students. It allows the teacher to manage students and assess their
-Ask them questions related to the tasks. understanding at the same time. However, I believe that I will
Time frame Starting from week one. achieve this goal by observing students while working and asking
Support needed Like using timer or timetable them some oral questions to check their understanding.
How will you -I will take pictures while monitoring students.
provide evidence -Provide some oral questions to ask them while
of the success of working.
the action
Evidence (after Provide pictures and list of questions.
implementation)
Reflection Monitoring students is very important. It provides an
opportunity for the teacher to make sure that students
are in the track and to check their understanding. In my
last teaching practice, I was not monitoring students
while working in the whole class, which made me lose
my classroom management. Hence, I wasted a lot of
time trying to manage them. In addition, sometimes I
was not able to achieve my lesson objectives because I
had no time to implement all the assessments to check
students understanding. Therefore, in my next teaching
practice, I will monitor students while working.
 Description Rationale / Justification
Goal Three Improve my reflection The last goal that I want to achieve during my teaching practice is to
Teaching Practice Critical reflection. improve my reflection. This goal is a part of the fifth teaching
Competency competency, which is critical thinking. I chose this goal because
Action -Reflect immediately after the lesson. reflecting is a beneficial way that allows teachers to think about the
-Ask more questions while reflecting. areas that requires or need to be improved. I think reflecting on my
-Focus on the areas that need to be improved. lesson immediately and sitting with my MST to discuss about
everything happened in the classroom will help me to improve
Time frame Starting from week one reelection.
Support needed -Use the lesson plan template to reflect.
-Sit with my MST and discuss about the areas that
require more improvement.
How will you -I will provide a sample from the previous teaching
provide evidence practice and compare it with a new reflection.
of the success of
the action
Evidence (after Provide samples of reflection.
implementation)

Reflection The main aim of the critical reflection is to improve

teacher teaching and students learning. In my previous
teaching practices, I used to describe what happened in
the class more than reflecting about why these things
happened. It requires the teacher to ask more "why"
questions and try to improve her way and strategies of
teaching. However, in my next teaching practice, I will
work hard to improve my reflection.