Hamda Saghaiyr H00272763

As a student teacher, I meet many challenges in my teaching and

learning. I have to be confident and professional in achieving goals in teaching

skills and developing my teaching abilities. Therefore, during my teaching

practice this semester I set three Personal Development Plan (PDP) goals to

achieve in public school. These goals are improving my classroom management

for misbehavior students, apply child-centered learning approach in public

school in order to help children be independent in choosing their activities and

learning, and help shy students to participate and involve in my classroom.

PDP Goals:

Goal 1: Improve my classroom management to control misbehavior

students.

I chose this goal because I want to control student's behavior during

classroom activities or carpet time. I have an issue on controlling children's

behavior, especially in government schools. I want to improve this area which

is considered as a big challenge for me in teaching because that affect my

planning for the lessons, impact my time management and distract my teaching.

I will take some actions to achieve this goal. I will start with identifying the

cause of each student's misbehavior. Being consider of applying effective

reward system. Also, I have to give misbehavior students physical activities

with establishing positive expectations to make their self-steam high. Also, I

will set rules for the classroom to keep students on track and have children to

know them by repeating the rules every day. Moreover, I will make sure to plan

each activity with smooth transitions from one event to another.

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Also, to achieve this goal, I might have a support from my MST. I will

ask for her advice about how to manage student's behavior as she is well known

to her students. Moreover, I can search on the internet or read books about how

to manage children's misbehavior. I plan to achieve this goal in the whole time

of teaching practice. I think with some students I might achieve this goal faster,

so they will not take whole teaching practice time. I will provide an evidence

of the success of actions by taking a photo of reward system which displays the

improvement of misbehavior students, taking notes about their behavior

progress and provide MST and MCT feedbacks.

Goal 2: Apply child-centered learning approach in public schools.

I will apply child-centered learning approach in public schools in order

to help children be independent in choosing their activities and learning. I want

to develop my teaching style and decrease teacher's directions. Also, I want

students to be able to enrich their basic skills like problem-solving,

communication skills, and critical thinking skills. To achieve this action, I will

design the child-centered activities and apply them on the learning area in the

classroom, apply child-centered activities every day for example, and, engage

them to choose their activities.

I can have a support to achieve the goal. I can search on the internet or

read books about how to apply child-centered approach for learning. Besides

that, I can ask my MST her about how to make learning centers effective to

meet students' needs or observe other teachers who used this approach in

learning. I plan to accomplish the goal the whole time of teaching practice. I

will apply this approach every day to let children feel it as their daily routine.

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I will provide an evidence of the success of actions by taking photos, reflections

in my lesson plans and provide MST feedbacks.

Goal 3: Help shy students to participate and involve in the classroom

activities.

My goal is to help them develop their performance, be confident and be

a risk taker. Also, involve them in the class activities especially group

activities. To achieve this action, I will start to let the child \children do the

activity with one student, then with two students after that with the group. I

will make sure to provide a discussion of these activities to help him talk and

build relationships. I think this action will help shy students to start interact ing

with others step by step.

To get support to achieve my goal, I can search on the internet or read

books about how to engage the shy students in the classroom activities. Ask my

MST about how she deals with shy students and discuss with her their issue.

Also, I can ask my colleagues about their effective strategies that they used. I

will collect evidence about the success of the action by Taking photos and notes

about their progress in communication skills and provide my MST feedbacks.

Conclusion

To conclude, PDP goals is considered as an organizing plan for the

teacher to achieve her goals. It helps the teacher to be a confident, professional

and successful teacher.

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Possible Coursework - Plan or Proposal Template

Justify the PDP with regards to the benefits of critical reflection to professional
development incorporating a diagram that clearly explains the
planning/assessment cycle.

Previously stated development needs

MCT recommendation MST recommendation

Stay focused to the end of the lesson
you let the students say me at the
end. What can you do about this?
Some of the children in this lesson
were quite noisy and active how do
you feel about this? (Dr. Pauline
MCT)
More time could be spent on the plenary. Monitoring of
the students was good, just careful not to get stuck with
one group for too long. Good assistance was given to
learners who very struggling with activities.
Students were monitored correctly during the lesson and
behavior management was used when needed more time
should of been spent on giving the students feedback and
checking the learning objectives were met. (Ms. Sallie
Wesgreen teacher)

Skills you personally know you Personal development Needs of the setting
need to develop interest

Develop my time management Confidence to look calm - Effective classroom

especially the carpet time. I have to and professional even management
make it less than 10 minutes. when tired and stressed. strategies.
- Indoor and outdoor
Improve my classroom management Motivate my students to
activities.
by using different strategies. do their best.
- Value children
Make sure to assess children's Let children learn to be
learning
learning in order to plan lessons. independent.
- Provide comfortable
seating.
- Planning and
assessment.

Goal 1: patient organization planning effective

Goal 1 (list aligning competency)
reward system
Goal 2: less teacher talk be confident planning
provide materials
Goal 3: encouragement support group work

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Concise Reflections & actuality

Goal 1: Improving my classroom management I think this goal is easy to achieve

for misbehavior students to control because I will apply effective ways to
their behavior during classroom manage student's behaviors.
activities or carpet time. I have an issue
I think that I can apply what I learn
on controlling children's behavior
about behavior management strategies
especially in government schools, I
in the Wesgreen private school.
want to improve this area which is a big
challenge for me in teaching.

Action 1: - Identify the cause of student The cause of misbehavior might be

misbehavior. boredom due to lack of interest in
- Using effective reward system. learning, physical and cognitive
- Signal language. disabilities or any other causes
- Give misbehavior students depending on the classroom that I will
physical activities teach.

- Establish positive expectations,

especially for the misbehavior
students to make their self-
steam high.
- Set rules for the classroom to
keep students on track and have
children to know them by
repeating the roles every day.
- Plan each activity with smooth
transitions from one event to
another.

Desired time The whole time of teaching practice. With some students, I might achieve
frame:
this goal faster, so they will not take
whole teaching practice time.

Any support - Ask my MST her advice about

needed
how to manage student's
behavior as she is well known
to her students.

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- Research on the internet or read

books about how to manage
children's misbehavior.

Data - Reward system. Take photos while children do

collection
tools to be - Taking notes about their activities after I manage their
used to behavior progress. behavior.
provide
evidence of - MST and MCT feedbacks. I will use the reward to manage their
the success
behavior from the beginning, so I will
of the action
use it all the time in the teaching
practice.

Evidence My MCT gave me good feedback

(after about management. She noticed that I
implementat have a nice of the lesson.
ion)
I used the reword system effectively
to manage student's behavior. I
noticed that it was useful for them
and they want to go up on the chart
not down.
Form my observation notice, Sultan is
one students who has behavior issue.
He always moving during the carpet
time. But when I start using my
strategies for management. I notice he
has less management behavior
problem.

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Goal2: Apply child-centered learning I think that this goal it might be hard
approach in public schools in order to: to achieve because students in public
school are not aware of it. I think that
- Help children to be independent
students might misbehave when I will
in choosing their activities and
start to engage them in the child-
learning.
centered activities. However, by the
- Let children to be confident and
time they will realize it and be
independent in my classroom
independent to do their activities.
and decrease teacher's
directions.
- I want students be able to enrich
their basic skills like problem-
solving, communication skills,
and critical thinking skills.

Action 2: - Design the child-centered I think I have to make sure to give

activities and apply them on the children instructions before they go
learning area in the classroom. to learning centers.
- Apply child-centered activities
every day for example.
- Engage them to choose their
activities.

Desired time The whole time of teaching practice. Applying this approach every day to
frame: let children feel it as their daily
routine.

Any support - Search on internet or reading

needed
books about how to apply
child-centered approach for
learning.
- Ask my MST her advice about
how to make learning centers
effective to meet students'
needs and achieve my goal of
applying child-centered
approach.
- Observe other teachers who
used this approach in learning.

Data - Take photos

collection

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tools to be - Lesson plans

used to
provide - MST feedbacks
evidence of
the success
of the action

Evidence I used to make some activities for the

(after learning-centers for my classroom. For
implementat example, I provide real plant to let
ion) children discover the parts of plant in
the science area. They have tracing
cards to trace the name of the plant
parts.

The other activity was in the role paly

area. I gave students instructions
about talking in English and made a
scenario. Form my observation,
students were able to talk some
English. For example, they were said
"I drink milk".

Goal3: Help shy students to participate and
involve in the classroom. My goal is to
help them develop their performance,
be confident and be a risk taker. Also,
involve them in the class activities
especially group activities.
This goal is easy to achieve because I
think every child has an ability to
interact with others especially if they
playing and doing activities.

Action 3: I will achieve this goal by starting to let I think this action will help shy
the child\children do the activity with students to start interact with others
one student, then with two students step by step.
after that with the group. I will make
sure to provide a discussion in these
activities to help him talk and build
relationships.

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Desired time The first three weeks of teaching Some students might take a long time
frame:
practice. to build relationships with others, so in
this case, I might take a longer time to
achieve this goal.

Any support - Search on internet or read

needed
books about how to engage she
students in the classroom
activities.
- Ask my MST about how she
deals with shy people and
discuss with her their issues
- Ask my colleagues about their
effective strategies that they
used.

Data - Take photos

collection
tools to be - Taking notes about their
used to progress in communication
provide
evidence of skills.
the success - MST feedbacks.
of the action

Evidence Asma is a shy students, she dont like

(after to do group work. She always sit
implementat alone. For that I tried to engage her to
ion) do activities with other specially
something she like. For example, I let
her choose the art area that she like do
go there. I give them an instruction to
do any art work but they have to work
together to do it. She was involving
with her colleague Gaya to make a
little girl using a clay.

Form my MST feedback, she told me

that I was successful to engage Asma
to classroom activities since she was
shy. And she gave me good feedback
about my relationship with children
and engage them in the classroom
activities.

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