Annual Professional Growth Plan Incorporating Reflection

Annual Professional Growth Plan for 2015 to 2016 Name: Hayley Dunmire
Assignment and/or Career Goal: Teacher
Goal: Inclusive Education Strategies: to better learning for students with specific needs
Teaching Quality Standard Reference: http://www.education.alberta.ca/media/6734948/english
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All students can learn, albeit at different rates and in different ways. They know how
(including when and how to engage others) to identify students different learning styles
and ways students learn. They understand the need to respond to differences by creating
multiple paths to learning for individuals and groups of students, including students with
special learning needs;

The purposes of short, medium and long term range planning. They know how to
translate curriculum and desired outcomes into reasoned, meaningful and incrementally
progressive learning opportunities for students. They also understand the need to vary
their plans to accommodate individuals and groups of students;

There are many approaches to teaching and learning. They know a broad range of
instructional strategies appropriate to their area of specialization and the subject
discipline they teach, and know which strategies are appropriate to help different
students achieve different outcomes;

Teachers know there are many approaches to teaching and learning. Teachers appreciate
individual differences and believe all students can learn, albeit at different rates and in
different ways. They recognize students different learning styles and the different ways
they learn, and accommodate these differences in individuals and groups of students
including students with special learning needs.

Teachers create and maintain environments that are conducive to student learning.
Teachers establish learning environments wherein students feel physically,
psychologically, socially and culturally secure. They are respectful of students human
dignity, and seek to establish a positive professional relationship with students that are
characterized by mutual respect, trust and harmony. They model the beliefs, principles,
values, and intellectual characteristics outlined in the Guide to Education and programs
of study, and guide students to do the same.

*I have chosen a few references from the Alberta Teaching Quality of Standard that my goal
touches on
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Strategies

Timeline

Get to know your students

personality, behaviour and skills
o Understanding what sets
them off, what calms them
down
o Triggers for setting student
off
o Methods of communication

Create both short and long term

goals to help the student succeed
their learning objectives
o Communicate goals with
parents and students in a
clear concise manner that
they are able to understand
and comprehend
o Creating formative and
summative assessment to
ensure students success is on
track

Create goals
on students
needs and
the
particular
goal being
asked ie)
semi
weekly,
monthly etc.

Making a visual
chart to help show
students success and
final goals

Monitoring the progress of the

student through daily observation
and communication
o Ensure behaviour and
development is progressing
in a positive manner

After every
meeting

Communication can
be done with
student, parents,
other teachers, and
therapists

Building a positive relationship with

student and the ideas associated with
what I will aid them with

Ongoing

Engage student with

activities
o Building a
positive
learning
space and
environment

Ongoing

Resources

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Talking to the
parents
Spending time with
the child
Doing research on
the specific special
need

Reflection/Indicator of Success
a) How successful have I been in meeting my goal?

b) How has my professional practice improved?

c) How has student learning improved?

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