Student Name: Kolton Krein School: Vulcan Prairieview Elementary School

Grade/Subject: 5 / 6

Goals & Action Plan Resources Time Frame Reflections

Corresponding (What I will do to meet goals) Needed (how long) To be completed prior to summative
(people/books/inter evaluation
KSA’s (Did I meet my goals? Why /Why not?)
net/etc.)
 Improve my  Record myself while teaching.  Video  2-3 weeks Before every lesson I would practice
public speaking  Review recordings individually camera / and saying what I wanted to say, paying close
abilities, with and with my mentor teacher for phone ongoing. attention to any filler words I used, then
special emphasis further feedback. camera. eliminating any filler words that I used.
on removing  Make it a habit to rehearse what I Consequently, I also found myself thinking
fillers like “Uh” want to say prior to giving lessons. of different words to use instead of
and “Guys”. “uhm”, “guys”, or “so” throughout my
 KSA #15 lessons. Over the course of PS1, my
practicum teacher, Mrs. Beagle, also
tallied the number of times I used filler
words in my lessons and they have
decreased significantly. I think it’s
important to continue improving my
speaking abilities, as students have
seemed to respond much better to my
clear and precise speaking that is void of
filler words.
 Become more  Using a timer, I’ll see how long it  Internet.  5 Weeks A few strategies have allowed me to
efficient at takes to plan a great lesson, then  Planning achieve success at lesson planning in PS1.
constructing try and decrease the length a little recourses For one, identifying my students’ needs
lessons plans. each time. (Curriculu and preferences early helped ensure a
 KSA #6.  Ask for advice and tips from m consistent structure in my lesson planning.
 KSA #9. mentor teacher about how to be laboratory With a consistent structure, I was able to
 KSA #13. more efficient – and also effective , learn focus more time on planning the tricky
 KSA #15. – at planning lessons. alberta, aspects of a lesson: I could plan the basic
 Utilize a variety of recourses in etc.). structure of my lesson in my head very
order to figure out which ones  Phone for quickly, then modify and look at small
work best for me. a parts such as transitions, fillers, when or
stopwatch how to give certain instructions, and
differentiation. Moving forward, I think a
major area to focus improving on is
allocating precise timing to my activities (I
usually go over my anticipated time).
 Learn all of my  Memorize the class list.  Receive  First day. I prioritized learning all of my students’
students’ names  Since all my students’ names are class list. names on the first day and achieved this
and be able to written on the left corner of their goal. Throughout the day while I was
recall at least one desks, I will continuously review assisting and observing, I mentally quizzed
unique thing their names while assisting and myself on every students’ name.
about each of observing. Furthermore, I played a “get to know you”
them.  Have a conversation with each bingo game which gave me one unique
 KSA #7. one of my students throughout fact to associate with each student. This
 KSA #8. the day (especially during recess was great launch for forming strong
and lunch). relationships with my students. I
continued to greet my students at the
door every morning, have conversations
with them throughout the day, and say
goodbye to them on their way out. The
relationships I made with these students
resulted in easier classroom management
and teaching of material.