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Alexa Williams (001122620)

PGP- PS2
Goal no.1- Professional
What will you accomplish?
(Goal statement)

What does it look like when youve

accomplished your goal?
I.e., How will you know you have achieved
your goal?
What are the indicators of success or
progress? (Assessment)
Rationale:
Why is it important?

Pre-assessment:
What assets and/or liabilities currently exist?
How can you take advantage of your assets
and minimize your liabilities?
Who or what can help?

Action plan:
How will you accomplish your goal?
What will you do?
By when?

Action Plan

I will be able to use assessment in every class

to check for student learning.

My students know the purpose

Timeline:
of the lesson before we get
(By when?)
going. Everything that is
Each lesson and at
happening in the lesson is
the end with the final
relating back to those topics.
assessment.
Students feel more
knowledgeable when they leave
the class.
It is important because it is an effective measurement of
student learning as well as a reflection on my teaching
practice. It will make me a better teacher.

Assets

Liabilities

1. Understanding the Big

Picture myself
2. The amount of feedback I am
willing to give someone.
3. The history I have of teaching
music lessons
4. My networking abilities to
help me with accomplishing this
goal.

1. Depends on
student engagement
or presence.
2. Classroom
management and
time management.
3. Whether students
are prepared for
learning that day.
5. Patience-reteaching
Timeline:
(By when?)
1. March 6, 2015
2. March 9 April
24, 2015
3. March 9- April 24,
2015

Actions/steps to be taken
(What will you do?):
1. I have developed a
assessment tool kit in
Evaluation that will provide
ways for me to assess student
learning.
2. I will complete lesson
planning with assessments
embedded into the each lesson
plan.
3. Making sure that I am reach
my conclusion for each lesson so
that students can ask questions if
needed.

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Goal no.2- Professional

What will you accomplish?
(Goal statement)

What does it look like when youve

accomplished your goal?
I.e., How will you know you have achieved
your goal?
What are the indicators of success or
progress? (Assessment)

Rationale:
Why is it important?

Pre-assessment:
What assets and/or liabilities currently exist?
How can you take advantage of your assets
and minimize your liabilities?
Who or what can help?

Action plan:
How will you accomplish your goal?
What will you do?
By when?

Alexa Williams (001122620)

Action Plan

My classroom will be a positive and

productive learning environment.

My students will be comfortable Timeline:

in the classroom as it will be a
(By when?)
safe place open to all. There will Completed by March
be open communication lines
25, 2015
from students to teachers and an
honest policy. Together we will
come up with 3-5 classroom
expectations (behaviors,
atmosphere and work ethic
based).
The importance of a positive and productive learning
environment will impact the student learning that takes
place. Also by making relationships the most important
part of my teaching practice it will emphasize that I am
focused on teaching the student and not just the
curriculum.
It is also important for students to see their teachers as
people too, so I need to be myself. Bringing in my
strengths and weaknesses and allowing myself to be fun
and goofy as well as serious.
Assets
Liabilities
1. Patience
2. Fun loving attitude.
3. Acceptance for individuals
4. Respect for my students and
for other teachers.
5. Respect of the learning
environment.
6. Establishing a mutual
relationship of respect in the
classroom.
Actions/steps to be taken
(What will you do?):
1. Share this goal with my TA
2. Ask for strategies
3. Be confident in myself &
abilities
4. Admit when I am wrong
5. Learn all student names.
6. Getting to know you games
or activities at the beginning of
each class for 2 weeks, and
occasionally thereafter.

1. Some students you

dont connect with.
2. Classroom
management
techniques are
limited.
3. Being more
focused on successful
lesson plans rather
than on the student.
Timeline:
(By when?)
1. On Feb 13 with my
TA
2. Remember that
respect is something
that grows over time
with trust.
3. When I dont know
an answer-tell the
students I will find
out.
4. Get names and
faces down in first

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Alexa Williams (001122620)

day.
5. March 9th 2015,
have 10 different
getting to know you
activities.

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Alexa Williams (001122620)

Goal no.3- Personal

Action Plan

What will you accomplish?

(Goal statement)

I will be rested and stress free throughout PSII.

What does it look like when youve

accomplished your goal?
I.e., How will you know you have achieved
your goal?
What are the indicators of success or
progress? (Assessment)

Rationale:
Why is it important?

Pre-assessment:
What assets and/or liabilities currently exist?
How can you take advantage of your assets
and minimize your liabilities?
Who or what can help?

Action plan:
How will you accomplish your goal?
What will you do?
By when?

At least 3 times a week I will

Timeline:
make time to play instruments.
(By when?)
One night a week I will take off
This is scheduled
to enjoy myself in whatever
every week. I will
capacity arises. (movie, drawing, write out a weekly
music, etc)
plan and choose the
I will know that I have been
night off every
successful because I have been
Sunday.
doing time management well so
I have a guitar and
that I can keep stress low and
piano at my house, I
have the one night off a week,
will take advantage
and time every day to enjoy
of these daily.
myself.
It is important to re-charge myself and to have a day to
look forward to where I can kick back and relax, it will
also help me to regroup and give attention to my work
and my students. It is also a good way to know that you
are using time management to schedule in breaks.
Assets
Liabilities
1. I have things that I enjoy
2. I collaborate with colleagues
to do some music jamming
3. I have other hobbies besides
music (drawing, working on
cars, etc.)
Actions/steps to be taken
(What will you do?):
1. Choose songs that I want to
learn.
2. Choose a book before
practicum for free reading.
3. Makes plans with friends to
jam.

1. Feeling
overwhelmed
2. Procrastination
3. Wanting to push
things so I can do fun
things.
Timeline:
(By when?)
1. Choose 1 song a
week during the
planning session on
Sunday night.
2. Book chosen by
March 9, 2015