Michael Knight

Professional Growth Plan (Winter 2015)

Goal #1: I will become more familiar with the current technologies being used in the classroom
that were not present when I myself was a student.

Sub Goal: Learn how to use SMARTBoards for more than movies.

KSA #5, 10, 13

Action

Timeline

Resource

Learn how to connect

laptops or email
lessons to the
SMARTBoard

Prior to Practicum

Internet video
searches (YouTube)
UofL tech support

Learn how to
diagnose minor
problems such as how
to calibrate the board
Learn how to use
Smart Notebook as
there are thousands of
features to be used in
the classroom

Prior to Practicum
(currently completed)

Beth from the Curr

Lab

Ongoing

Internet videos
Teacher expertise
(Len)
Smart board room in
the Curr Lab

Measuring
Criteria
I will book a room
and connect my
device to the board.
I will e-mail my
Notebook creations to
a computer attached
to the smart board.
Can I now fix the
board when it is out of
alignment?
I will design three
interactive lessons
that will be used to
measure my success.
Did the lessons
function as I hoped?

Sub Goal: Familiarize myself with how to make Weebly pages, QR codes and Pintrest
KSA #5, 10, 13
Action

Timeline

Resource

Learn how to create a

QR code that will
attach to my Weebly
Page
Learn the basics of
how to build a Weebly
page

By the end of
Practicum

Len in technology
class

Prior to and during

Practicum

Time spent in tech

class.
Time spent outside of

Measuring
Criteria
I will design a QR
link and test that it
leads to my webpage
I will design a Weebly
page and ask a fellow
student to peruse it to

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class playing with
different options and
tools
Internet seach
(youtube)
Len if I have to

see if it is easy to use.

Become more
On Going
comfortable with
video blogging myself
on Weebly

Home webcam

Sign up for and learn

to use Pintrest

Pintrest
Megan (a real wiz at
finding lesson ideas
on Pintrest)

I will create a number

of videos of ,myself
simply speaking so as
to become
comfortable with
being filmed.
Perhaps one of my
reflections should be
done as a video. Or
my letter of
introduction.
I will create a Pintrest
account and then surf
the Pintrest to find
ideas for lessons. I
will use at least one of
these ideas to create a
lesson.

Learn how to upload

videos to Weebly

End of PSII

End of December

I will try loading a

video and test to see
that it works

Goal # 2: Developing classroom management skills

KSA #7, 8, 11
Action

Timeline

Create a list of ten

strategies teachers use
for classroom
management.

Prior to practicum

Create a list of ten

strategies teachers use

Prior to practicum

Resource

Measuring
Criteria
Text books (Ed Psych, I will compose a list
Eval text, etc.)
of learning and ideas
Internet searches
that I have gathered. I
Seminar instructions
will then decide if I
Ed. Psych Group
feel they fit my
conversations from
personality and
Oct. 16, 2014
teaching style(which
has yet to be
Text books (Ed Psych, discovered)
Eval text, etc.)

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for individual student
management.

Internet searches
Seminar instructions
Ed. Psych Group
conversations from
Oct. 16, 2014

Goal #3: I will develop more knowledge about differentiation, inclusive education and special
needs students
KSA #5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Action

Timeline

Become more aware

about what
differentiation is and
how to implement it
in my classroom

By the completion of
Practicum

Gain an understanding End of PSII

of what inclusive
education will mean
for me as a teacher in
the classroom

I need to gather a
greater understanding
about special needs
students

On going

Resource

Measuring
Criteria
Read a number of
During Ed Psych
articles, Ted talks, text 3602 I learned a
books and class
number of strategies
discussions about
that I successfully and
differentiated
unsuccessfully
instruction
implemented in my
Teacher Associate
Practicum.
Read a number of
I will compose a list
articles, Ted talks, text of strategies for
books and class
incorporating
discussions about
inclusive education
differentiated
into the classroom.
instruction
Ill compare that list
to ideas from my TA
Speak with TA
I will create a list of
Speak with university five different types of
Profs (seminar)
special needs cases I
will be likely to see in
my classroom and
three strategies of
how to handle each
case.