PDP
PDP
Fatima Ali
H00283481
Setting goals play a crucial role to enhance teacher to think critically about the
strategies that are sufficient to create a flexible atmosphere for students. Based on my
teaching practice and MCTs and MSTs comments I establish three goals I need to
improve.
Goal 1: Address students problem during activities
During activities; students are easily distracted, and this will give them chances to
exhibit bad behaviors including bothering their friends, and playing with the resources
instead of doing the activity. Manage the behavior will provide students great learning
and improve both academic and behavioral skills. I will apply several strategies to deal
with misbehaviors.
Strategy one: maintain and establish clear classroom rules
I will give the students opportunity to choose their own rules by talking, discussing
with them and listening to their suggestion. Giving students a chance to establish their
own rules; will make them appreciated valued toward their rules. Also, I will design a
classroom poster and posted on the wall; the rules will be clear and positive.
Displaying the rules will support students to be aware of the rules and remember them
regularly.
Strategy two: Using signs and non-verbal communication
I will use eye contact and different signs such as a happy and sad face. For example,
when some student will talk with each other while am talking. I will stop talking and
raise the sad face. Using signs and non-verbal communication is more effective than
shouting and being angry because the students will copy this negative behavior.
According to Bundoora, who mentioned that children learn new knowledge and
behaviors by observing, copying, imitating other peoples actions.
Strategy three: Provide students with ongoing feedbacks:
I will praise students who do excellent behavior like listening to the teacher and
collaborate with their friends to finish the task and I will be clear and to the point, e.g.
I like how you wrote those sentences. Parsing students on positive behavior or
significant works will show them that I care about them and appreciate their efforts.
Also, students will repeat the positive behavior because they will link it with the
consequence.
To achieve my goals; I need four to five weeks; manage students behavior dur ing
activities takes a lot of time because I need to practice strategies, see the
consequences of applying them. I need support from my MST to evaluate my strategies
and give alternative ideas if I need. Getting help from my MST is a powerful tool for
providing me the right knowledge and skills. To know if I achieve my goal; I will video
the session. Videoing the classroom session will give me a better idea of each student
behavior and are using these strategies influenced on students during the activities ?
Evidence after implantation
1. Feedback from My MST
Feedbacks from my MST gave a sufficient knowledge about the effectiveness of these
strategies. Also, noticed the areas that I need improvement. The comments showed
that I was capable to manage the students behavior during activities.
3. MCTs observation
The comments indicated that I was able to
manage students behaviors without any
problems.
Goal 2: Use clear instructions to explain the activity
In my previous TP, students faced problem to do the activity because the instruction
was not clear which contribute to time-consuming without achieving the purpose of
the activity. I will apply various techniques to achieve my goal.
Strategy one: provide simple instructions and model them for students
I will use simple and precise words to introduce the instruction because it will support
students to do the task easily and without facing problems. Also; I will model it for
them; this will give students an enough demonstration to know what they expect to
do.
Strategy 2: use visual cues and written instruction
Both visual cues and written instructions will enhance students learning and skills. For
example, visual cues will help students to visualize the idea in their mind. Written
instruction will support their literacy skills; they will learn new words and the correct
spelling of them.
I need about two to three weeks because it is the simple goal to achieve with this
period. I will ask my MST to check my instructions beforehand; she has a good
expertise, and that support me to know the best ways to provide clear and simple
instruction. To make sure my goal will accomplish; I will observe students work; if
students can do the activity as the way I told them; this will give me a clear
information about the effectiveness of my instruction.
Evidence after implantation
1. Ask the MST to give me feedback about my instruction (do I say clear and simple
instruction?)
Ongoing feedback from an expert person supported to notice my strengths and
weakness about the way I say the instruction. Also, providing me areas that I need to
focus that I never thought about it. The feedback showed that I was able to provide a
clear instruction to students.
2. Comments from peer observation
I asked my friends to come and observed me while teaching; this observation
supported me to notice my strengths and weakness. The comments showed that I wa s
able to use clear instruction.
Observed Strengths: Suggestions for further development: