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Professional Learning Plan

Goals for professional


learning? What outcome
is to be achieved?
Develop a bank of

classroom management
strategies to ensure that
content is delivered more
efficiently

Plan for and implement a


range of pedagogies to
cater for students with
different learning styles
and abilities

Strategies to achieve this


goal
Liaise with other teachers
and mentors to
understand what
works well in their
classrooms

Trial-and-error to see
what strategies the
class responds to and
what is most
effective in my
classroom

Become more strict with


timeframes within
the class and stick to
the timeframe
identified on the unit
guide
Understand my students,
their learning styles
and what motivated
and interests them
Spend more time
planning lessons
Spend more time

reflecting on lessons
and evaluating why
the lesson works/why
it did not work, for
future references
Continue to develop a

Resources needed to
achieve this goal
(human/physical)
Online forums for

classroom
management

strategies
Engage with students on
Moodle to share
ideas
Carefully engage with

strategies and
resources on Moodle

Who can assist in the


achievement of this goal?
How?
Supervising teacher via
feedback
Other graduate teachers

completing
placement (what has
worked well for
them)
Other teachers within the
school
Lecturers and other
educators

How will this goal be


evaluated? When?

Ideas to create a range of


creative learning

pedagogies
Engage with students on
Moodle to share
ideas and strategies
Teacher observation
during placement
Save links to effective

online pedagogies
that can be used in
the classroom

Student feedback

Supervising teacher via


feedback
Other graduate teachers
completing
placement (what has
worked well for
them)
Online forums/websites

Reflect at the end of each


lesson during next
placement
Reflect with students as
to what activities
were enjoyable and
which motivated
their learning

Evaluate at the end of


each class during
next placement
Note which classes each
strategy was
effective for and
possibly why

Differentiate activities
effectively to meet the
needs of students with
different cultural
identities and
backgrounds

Effectively use ICT to

motivate and encourage


students

bank of pedagogies
throughout
placement and
investigation
Understand my students
and the cultural
background that
influences their
learning
Liaise with particular

students other
teachers to
understand
strategies that work
well/do not work for
particular students
Reflect with students on
how they felt about
particular tasks and
how you could
improve them
Develop informal
assessments of your
teaching strategies
for students to
complete, detailing
on what activities
they find effective in
the classroom/what
they would like more
of
Research what ICT

pedagogies are being


used effectively

within the classroom


Work with other teachers
to develop a list of

Ideas to create a range of


lesson plans that can
be differentiated
based on student
needs
Engage with online

forums (such as
Moodle) to liaise with
others teachers
facing these
problems within the
classroom
Save links to effective
teaching strategies
that have cultural
links

Student feedback

Other teachers who also


teach students from
these particular
cultural backgrounds
Supervising teacher via

feedback

Evaluate at the end of


each class whether
differentiation still
achieved the
intended outcome for
all students
Reflect with students as
to what activities
were enjoyable and
which motivated
their learning

Supervising teacher via


feedback
Online forums and ICT

manuals
Other teachers who may
share resources

Evaluate at the end of


next placement
period
Assess through an
informal conversation
with students as to

Professional networks
Media
Moodle
Teacher observation
ICT mediums

Enforce a classroom ethic


that focuses on youth
participation and
constructivist approaches
to learning

Create links between new


content and prior
knowledge for students
to build upon and be
explicit about what
students should get out
of the lesson

ICT pedagogies that


may work well within
your classroom
Continue to develop ICT
pedagogy strategies
and skills through
professional
placement and
investigation
Implement a range of

creative pedagogies
that encourage
student collaboration
Implement a range of
pedagogy strategies
that focus on student
research, project
development and
leadership

Save clips and links to

ideas to implement
these approaches
Develop learning spaces
that invite
constructive
approaches to

learning and
encourage
collaboration

Develop lesson plans that


focus on building on
students knowledge
developed in the

previous lesson
At the beginning of each
lesson, explain the
learning intentions
and outcomes

At the end of each class,


reflect with students
on how this lesson
links to the previous
lesson

Unit planner with clear


outlines of what has
been learnt prior
Clear lesson plans
detailing the class
background and
previous lesson
background
Liaise with prior teachers
to grasp knowledge
of what the students
have previously
learnt within this
area

Peer completing
placement who may
share resources

Peers completing

placement whom are


looking at building
the same concept in
the classroom and
are willing to share
resources

Student feedback and


involvement
Supervising teacher
feedback and
involvement
Other teachers who may
be willing to share
resources/lesson
plans/unit planners
Working in teams with
other teachers within
the same area to
develop strategies to
connect information

which ICT pedagogies


they found enjoyable
and useful in their
learning

Evaluate at the end of


each period in the
next placement
period as to whether
students engaged
with this approach
Evaluate the overall
sense of student
engagement in tasks
at the end of next
placement period
Evaluate at the end of
next placement
period
Evaluate through student
assessment as to
whether they were
able to identity these
connections

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