Click the image below for my Teacher Professional Growth Plan
Goal 1 Results:
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My first goal was to learn new communication tools to use in the classroom.
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My Teacher Mentor uses the online tool called Seesaw. This is an interesting app that I haven't had a chance to explore much before this practicum. I was able to see both sides of the app, the teacher side and the student/parent side. There are a lot of different things you can do on this app like posting updates or photos, links, documents and other options as well.
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I also asked other teachers what communication or applications they use in their classrooms and a big one that a lot of them use is Class Dojo. This one is more of a management tool and it was interesting. I think it would be a good app for younger elementary grades.
Goal 2 Results:
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My next goal was to learn more about IEPs/ISPs.
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Since we have a few students on ISPs I got to see completed ISP documents and the process it takes to create these.
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My Teacher Mentor showed me the online page "CLEVR" that all teachers in our district use to create these documents. It was neat to see the different tabs we use and learn about what portion we as teachers do alone and which sections we do together with our CST.
Goal 3 Results:
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My third goal was to do more physical activities for myself.
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I was able to recently go to at least 1-2 yoga classes a week.
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Another activity I was able to do is help coach a local Ringette team which got me on the ice 1-2 times a week.
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I am also teaching one Dancepl3y class a week which gets me physically active for a full 45 mins with my students.