Practicum goals
What areas do I want to develop professionally?
Goal #1: Classroom leadership: Assume a leadership role in the classroom by taking charge of classroom activities while showing confidence.
Goal #2: Lesson development: Reinforce expectations for appropriate student behavior
Goal #3: Closure: Consolidating concepts through summaries and reviews.
Goal #2: Lesson development: Reinforce expectations for appropriate student behavior
Goal #3: Closure: Consolidating concepts through summaries and reviews.
What will I do to meet my goals?
Goal one:
-Monitor students by circulating the classroom
-Practice in the mirror at home
-Talk clearly and slowly
-Leave appropriate time for student questions
-Make eye contact with students
-Read slowly and show inflection while speaking
-Show students my excitement about the activity
Goal two:
-Be consistent with tone of voice
-Implement repetition / give reminders “what does sitting in our desks look like?”
-talk individually with students when issues arise, immediately.
Goal three:
-Include a section on my lesson plan template (have key points indicated that summarizes the main take away)
-Leave time for students to ask questions
- Do not overcomplicate lessons, have clear/ manageable expectations.
- Learn time management strategies and try a variety of them.
-Monitor students by circulating the classroom
-Practice in the mirror at home
-Talk clearly and slowly
-Leave appropriate time for student questions
-Make eye contact with students
-Read slowly and show inflection while speaking
-Show students my excitement about the activity
Goal two:
-Be consistent with tone of voice
-Implement repetition / give reminders “what does sitting in our desks look like?”
-talk individually with students when issues arise, immediately.
Goal three:
-Include a section on my lesson plan template (have key points indicated that summarizes the main take away)
-Leave time for students to ask questions
- Do not overcomplicate lessons, have clear/ manageable expectations.
- Learn time management strategies and try a variety of them.
Possible Helpful Resources
- Observe the strategies my TA uses, and learn the steps necessary to use them on my own.
- Regular reflections
- Use the digital resources we created in Evaluation of Learning course (websites with issues and researched strategies )
- Refer to PSI textbook
My timeline for all three goals: End of PSI
Check points: I will implement three different check points. The first check point should occur around week one, the second after two additional weeks and the third within the last few days.
How will I know if my goal is achieved?
- If I have collected evidence to put in my portfolio
- When expectations no longer require reviewing, or reviewing less often.
- When safety is ensured
- When students show they are engaged in lessons
- When students are happy to come to class (at a checkpoint I could give an exit slip to students, to obtain this information)
- When my students are showing me respect