Professional Growth Plan

Goal #1

Learning to manage the on-going workload of marking assignments and tests

Related TQS(s)

4. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge

(c) applying student assessment and evaluation practices that:
 Provide accurate, constructive and timely feedback on student learning

Indicator(s) of Success

 Staggering of when tests are being written

 Staggering due dates for assignments between math 10C and 20-2
 Assignments are handed back within three days of being handed-in
 Not up until midnight marking assignments or tests

Action Resource(s) Timeline

Plan in advance when assignments are
Unit planning previous to
due in each course – staggered major
placement starting
assignments
 Paige
Ask other teachers how they manage
 Josh
their marking load Ongoing over placement
 Other Teachers at Country
Central High
Planning of when each class is writing
Unit planning previous to
their final unit test so they can be
placement starting
staggered
Reflection
Found that it was easy to manage the marking that my class of six students created, but the class of thirty-three
students was where the challenge was to ensure accurate and timely feedback. I knew that it would be
important to complete the marking of one question for all students at the same time to ensure accurate
results, therefore when I started marking assignments for my thirty-three students, I need to ensure I had
adequate time. Also became aware that it was okay for me to complete the marking in a number of sitting if I
was marking by each question. Marking all students work at the same time does become challenging to provide
timely feedback when there are a few students who received extra time, or hand in later due to illness.

With our placements being ending early I did not have the chance to see how I would handle marking
assignment and test for five different class for an entire week.
 Professional Growth Plan
Goal # 2

Integrating technology into the classroom daily

Related TQS(s)

2. Engaging in Career-Long Learning

(f) maintaining an awareness of emerging technologies to enhance knowledge and inform
practice

3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge

(a) planning and designing learning activities that:
 Incorporate a range of instructional strategies, including the appropriate use(s)of
digital technology, according to the context, content, desired outcomes and the
learning needs of students

Indicator(s) of Success

 Using interactive projector for note writing instead of the write board
 Students have access to daily lesson notes on google classroom in a timely matter
 Using visual timer on the board
 Incorporate GeoGebra into the geometry unit

Action Resource(s) Timeline

Practice using interactive projector so
Orientation and during first
that I can smoothly use t in n my lessons  Paige
few days of placement before
once I start teaching my units on March  Online videos
I start my units
5th
Learn how to upload notes to google
 Paige
classroom First week of placement
 Online Videos
Use GeoGebra during the geometry Third or fourth day of the
 GeoGebra website
section of 20-2 logic/geo/trig unit
Reflection
I did become confident in using the interactive projector for taking notes and uploading those notes alongside
any other material (assignments, answer keys) to google classroom. If we had continued in our placements, I
would have integrated technology into delivering my lesson in a way I never imagined and am looking forward
to having discussions with both elementary and high school teachers about how the found the process of
online delivery during this unique situation.

I did integrate GeoGebra into a lesson for the 20-2 but did discover it would be useful for them to have more
time with the software – how could I integrate this program into the assignment?