St Columba College Professional Review 2018

Personal Learning Plan

2018 will see a continued focus on High Quality Teaching and Learning with a ‘continuous model of improvement’ and developing a culture where teachers deepen their work
in improving their practices to enable a positive effect on students and their learning.

You are asked to identify three professional learning goals that you would like to focus on improving throughout 2018.

 The first Professional Learning goal is to look at the AITSL Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and select a standard that you would like to focus on
developing this year. This could be any of the 7 standards that is relevant to your teaching and Professional Learning.

 The second Professional Learning goal is to focus on the School-Wide Pedagogical Framework. This goal needs to focus on one of the following guiding principles;
mindset, engagement, hands-on, collaboration or differentiation. Focussing in on the SWP is one of the Strategic Plan Goals to develop a whole school approach to
teaching and learning.

 The Third Professional Learning goal is a personal area of your teaching. It could link to increasing knowledge within Positive Education, Character strengths or
developing specific classroom skills such as independent learning, critical thinking, digital Literacy or problem solving for your students.

The template is for you to complete to assist your planning.

For assistance in how to complete the sections please refer to the Teacher Professional Review document – A step by step guide.

Please email the completed template before Monday April 9 to Daniel Stratford.

Your Term 4 your professional review discussion will focus on this plan and the evidence that you have collected along the way.
 St Columba College Professional Review 2018 – Personal Learning Plan
Name: Rebecca Wood
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The goal needs to be specific,
measurable, achievable, realistic
and within a timeframe.
What strategies or steps will
you take towards achieving
this goal?
What professional What will be your This column is completed
learning will you evidence or indicators of when you have undertaken
undertake to assist in success that you have your PR discussion or
achieving this goal? achieved or working received feedback from
towards the goal? students and colleagues.

AITSL AITSL Standard 2 – My goal is to discover new and - - Utilise time with April and - Observations of The indicators of success
Know the content and engaging ways to teach grammar Sharyn by allowing them to Sharyn and April on will be measured by the
Standard how to teach it. this semester. This will allow me demonstrate and then work their weekly visits amount of change in the
1 to teach the students areas such on new ideas that I can use in and follow up students writing. The use
In particular- 2.5
as clauses, complex sentences class. discussions. of the concepts taught
Know Know and understand
and grammar features in a more should be clear
students literacy and numeracy - - Discuss with peers what - Find a PD related
engaging way. My goal is to work throughout their writing
and how teaching strategies they find works and doesn’t. to topic.
they learn
on this throughout the year and pieces. This will be also
and their application
by the end of term 3 be able to - - Read articles that discuss - Independent monitored by the level
in teaching areas
see a positive outcome. best approach. readings. of engagement in class.
These will include
images/videos of
engagement and work
samples.

SWP – Collaboration My goal is by the end of term 3
have students work more
Guiding effectively in groups by taking on
Principles
responsibilities of specific roles to
achieve the desired goal of
‘strong teams’.
- Role model weak and strong
teams. (Characteristics)
- Find out which character
strengths can they use in
collaboration.
- Give students multiple
opportunities to work in
different teams and then
time to possibly fail before
they succeed.
- Discussions with Throughout the weeks I
team about how should be able to see
they best do this continuous growth with
in each area. the organisation and
collaboration of groups
- Independent
in a variety of subject
readings.
areas. This should
- Discussion with include minimal
year 5 teachers arguments and show
to see what the constant improving signs
expectation of of a strong team.

Personal Positive Education My goal is by the end of the year -
Goal have a broader understanding on
positive education and new and
Staff more engaging ways in which I
choice
can implement positive education
in my classroom. In particular
mindfulness.
- Spread group work over a
multitude of subject of areas
so students can find their
strengths in at least one area.
Discuss with peers what
works for them in their
classroom.
- Try different techniques
throughout the day of
‘mindfulness breaks’ to
determine the best time
that these work.
- Gain a deeper
understanding of the
compass of shame and
how this can be used to
support behaviour in my
class.
- Get students to
understand the reason
behind the mindfulness
activities.
the students is at
this level.
- Bill Hansberry Evidence of this would
Positive be a decline in the
Behaviours amount of behaviour
strategies PD day issues in the classroom
– term 2 and the response of
students through
- Discussion with
personal reflection also.
Sam Stokes about
her mini PD she
presented earlier
Mindfulness will be
in the year.
evident in how engaged
- Independent the students are in the
readings. activities.
- Mindfulness PD
- Discussion with Overall calmness of the
peers. class.