Professional Goals

PSI

Inquiry Question:

How can I assure that all students are able to maintain engagement and connection to what is being taught in class?

Goal:

Students with a variety of learning styles, backgrounds, and ability will be engaged in what is being taught in class.

Related TQS: Establishing an Inclusive Environment

A teacher establishes, promotes and sustains inclusive learning environments where diversity is embrace and every student is welcomed, cared for, respected and safe.

Strategies to attain goal:

Use a variety of teaching methods

- Visual

- Hands-on

- Social

- Independent

- Technology

Relate lessons to interest that are relevant to the students
Differentiate and accommodate the needs of learners at different levels of ability
Maintain a positive and upbeat attitude towards the learning and content

Evidence of Success:

Students express verbal desire to complete assignments
Students requested to continue working on assignments in their own time
Students voiced their enjoyment of the lesson: “this is fun”
Students showed a very high level of participation in class
Students told me they found my lessons fun
Students were given assignments that allow them to be creative, express their interests and things that provoke curiosity
During phonics, students requested to read their work aloud (in song form too!)
Students hoped that I would take a photo of their work (poems and Lego creations)