Course Name: Practicum 4a Course Code:

EPC4403

Instructor Name: Binod Gurung

Task Title:
Professional Development Plan 2
Due Date: 30/2/2020 Date Submitted: 29/4/2020

Student Name: Duaa Adbelrahman

Student ID: H00252870 Section:

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This assignment is entirely my own work except where I have duly acknowledged other sources in the text and
listed those sources at the end of the assignment. I have not previously submitted this work to the HCT. I
understand that I may be orally examined on my submission.
 Development needs
Skills you
Personal
personally know Needs of the
development Comments
you need to setting
interest
develop
MCT MST I need to improve
recommendation recommendation my assessment,
-Improve the -Provide clear -Improve my -Create more particularly the
summative instruction. assessments. -Be more creative. motivation summative
assessments. -Time management -Link the -Be more patient. displays. assessments and
-Improve my -Differentiate the assessments with -Build good -Provide a special make them relevant
reflection. activities. the lesson relationship with classroom for to the lesson
-Improve the lesson -Monitor students. objectives. students. English subject. objectives. In
objectives and -Time management. -Create reading addition, I should
mention them corner in the use the repetition
during the lesson. classroom. strategy while
-Use the repetition teaching and giving
strategy. the instruction to
make sure that all
students heard and
understood me.
Rationale / Justification Description
The first goal that I want to achieve during my TP is commitment to To maintain punctuality Goal one
the profession by maintaining punctuality. This goal is mostly about Professionalism Teaching Practice
time management and how I'm going to divide and organize my Competency
duties based on one of the teaching practice competencies, which is .Participate with my MST in the bus duty- Action
professionalism. However, I believe that I will achieve this goal .Attend school assembly-
through creating a timetable that shows my duties in each week. In .Set time for each activity during lessons-
.addition, I will use the timer during my lesson to manage my time .Starting from day two in week one Time frame
.Create a timetable that shows my duties in each week- Support needed
-Use the timer during my lessons.
.I will provide my timetable- How will you
.I will provide pictures of the timer- provide evidence
of the success of
the action
Provide the timetable and the pictures Evidence (after
implementation)
Being professional and on time is essential for the Reflection
academic success, but it is a difficult task to accomplish
as well. Based on my previous teaching practices, I
faced many problems with time management. I was late
for school most of the time and sometimes I was unable
to achieve my lessons objectives because I was not
organizing my time. Therefore, in this semester, I
decided to find an effective way that helps me to
manage my time during my teaching practice period.
The first thing I did was creating a timetable for all of
the duties that I needed to carry on during the period my
teaching practice. A timetable is a schedule type used
for planning and shows at what times certain activities
will occur. (Khan, 2019).

I believe that timetable is extremely important for

various reasons. It gave me the opportunity to create
good lesson plans and provided an extra time for me to
modify them for the better. Additionally, the timetable
allowed me to know exactly what I had to do every day
without any confusion. Moreover, a well-constructed
timetable can be comforting both teachers and students
by establishing a natural rhythm and routine (Khan,
2019). The second thing I did was using the timer
during my lessons. It helped me to organize my time
during the lesson by finishing each activity in a
particular time, hence achieving my lesson objectives.

Furthermore, I noticed that students accomplished the

tasks better, when the timer was used. I believe this was
because students felt that they were challenged by the
time, so they became more focused to finish their tasks
on time effectively. Setting a specific time on tasks
helps students prioritize them with full attention and
complete them efficiently (Blog, 2015). However, in my
future teaching practice, I will follow the same way of
managing my time. I will make sure to create an
appropriate timetable and use a timer during my lessons.
Evidence

Example of the timer I used My Timetable for the four weeks

Rationale / Justification Description
My second goal is related to the planning for learning teaching .Link the assessments with learning objectives Goal Two
practice competency. The goal is to link my assessments with my Planning for learning Teaching Practice
learning objectives. I chose this goal because it is the fundamental Competency
tool of any lesson success. It is necessary that the activities or the .Prepare a lesson plan for each lesson- Action
assessments are relevant to the lesson objectives to ensure that .Mention the objectives during the lesson-
students achieved these objectives and understood the lesson. Create activities and assessments relevant to the lesson -
Therefore, I will make sure to achieve this goal through planning for .objectives
each lesson using the lesson plan template, which will allow me to .Starting from week one Time frame
.prepare the appropriate activities based on my lesson objectives .Use the lesson plan template- Support needed
.Use the board to write the objectives-
I will provide an example of a lesson plan- How will you
I will provide a picture of the written objectives on the - provide evidence
.board of the success of
.I will provide samples of the activities- the action
.Provide samples, pictures and lesson plans Evidence (after
implementation)
Reflection
Planning for learning refers to the consideration of the
desired learning objectives as a starting point for any
lesson planning. Based on my previous teaching
practices, I faced some difficulties to implement
assessments that are linked to my lesson objectives. I
believe that was because of my planning for learning
method, I was firstly thinking about the activities rather
than looking at my objectives. Hence, in this teaching
practice, the first thing I considered while preparing my
lessons was the lessons objectives. I made sure to
planning for each lesson using the lesson plan template
provided by my MCT. This template helped me to think
about the objectives of each lesson and then, preparing
the appropriate activities for each stage gradually.

Doing this, helped me to prepare the suitable formative

and summative assessments the met my lessons
objectives. Additionally, during the period of my
teaching practice, I followed another way that I believe
it was an effective one, which was mentioning and
writing each lesson objectives on the board. It reminded
and allowed me to ensure accomplishing my objectives
during the lessons. Also, it gave the students an ideas
about what they are going to learn in each lesson.
Learning objectives tell students what is important and
what they need to focus on. Moreover, the actionable
and measurable learning objectives provide a guide for
students while preparing and reviewing the lessons
(Zhou, 2017). However, in my future teaching practice,
I will ensure applying relevant assessments to my
lessons objectives through planning for each lesson, just
like what I did during this semester.
Evidence

Example of presenting my lesson

objectives to the students
Example of a lesson plan with some activities that are
relevant to the objectives
 Description Rationale / Justification
Goal Three To manage students' behavior. The third goal that I want to achieve in my teaching practice is to
Teaching Practice Implementing and managing learning. manage students' behavior. This goal is related to the third teaching
Competency practice competency, which is implementing and managing learning.
Action -Encourage students' good behavior through verbal I chose this goal because it plays a crucial role on achieving the
praises. lesson objectives. I believe that I will be able to achieve this goal
-Reward students' progression through giving small through implementing some positive reinforcement strategies such
gifts. as verbal praise, black board and rewarding strategies.
-Implement the black board strategy to manage students'
behavior.
Time frame Starting from week two
Support needed -Use a black board
-Provide some candy, pencils and other small gifts.
How will you I will provide some pictures of the use of the black
provide evidence board during the lesson and pictures of the gifts.
of the success of
the action
Evidence (after Provide pictures from the lessons and pictures of the
implementation) gifts.
Reflection Managing students is not an easy mission to do during
the classroom. It requires lots of efforts and patience. In
my last teaching practice when I observed my peer, I
noticed the significant and positive influence of the
positive reinforcement on students' behavior. My peer
was able to fully engage her students during her whole
lesson through several positive reinforcement strategies.
Thus, I decided to follow her reinforcement strategies.
In addition, in this semester, it did not find many
difficulties to manage the students because my MST
had a perfect classroom management and the students
were very polite. I believe this was because of the
strategies that she followed to manage them such as
using the motivation chart and rewarding students' good
behavior by playing some learning games with them.

However, the first strategy that I followed when I

started teaching the students was using the black board.
I gave the students some rules in which if they did not
follow them, they will receive red points. Additionally, I
informed them that the group who received the less
amount of the red points will be rewarded by the end of
each week. This strategy allowed me to control and
manage the students during the whole period of my
teaching practice. Moreover, I implemented another
strategy, which was encouraging students' good
behavior and progression through the verbal praises and
giving them small gifts.

I noticed that students were actively and politely

participating during the lessons to receive some gifts
and they were very happy. Therefore, in my future
teaching practice, I will make sure to apply the positive
reinforcement strategies to motivate students to
participate and manage them during the lessons at the
same time.
Evidence

The
Implementing the black giftsstrategy
board
 Description Rationale / Justification
Goal Three To monitor students The fourth goal that I want to achieve in my teaching practice is to
Teaching Practice Monitoring, assessments and evaluation. monitor students while working. This goal is linked with the fourth
Competency teaching practice competency, which is monitoring, assessment and
Action -Observe students while working in groups. evaluation. I chose this goal because it is connected with managing
-Divide the roles on students. students. It allows the teacher to manage students and assess their
-Ask them questions related to the tasks. understanding at the same time. However, I believe that I will
Time frame Starting from week one. achieve this goal by observing students while working and asking
Support needed Like using timer or timetable them some oral questions to check their understanding.
How will you -I will take pictures while monitoring students.
provide evidence -Provide some oral questions to ask them while
of the success of working.
the action
Evidence (after Provide pictures and list of questions.
implementation)
Reflection Monitoring students while working is very important. It
provides an opportunity for teachers to make sure that
students are in the track and to check their
comprehension process. In my last teaching practice, I
did not take this point in my consideration, which made
face some issues with my classroom management.
Because I was not monitoring students, they were
talking and confusing the others instead of working on
their tasks. In addition, sometimes I was not able to
accomplish my lessons objectives because I had to
explain some points several times for students who were
not paying attention, which wasted my time, hence I did
not have the chance to implement all of my assessments
to check students understanding of some lessons.

Therefore, in this teaching practice, I was monitoring

students while working on each task or activity. Also, to
make sure that they understood what they had to do, I
was asking them some oral questions that were relevant
to their tasks. Questioning is a powerful tool that can be
used to assess students comprehension and engage them
during the tasks (Moss, 2019). Moreover, I followed
another strategy, which helped me to manage students
by making all of them busy with doing something. After
giving them the instruction of each task, I was dividing
the roles on them, so each students had something to do.

I noticed that monitoring the students while working

and dividing the roles on them plays a crucial role on
achieving the lesson objectives. It allowed me to engage
and check students understanding in each stage. Thus,
in my future teaching practice, I will ensure monitoring
students during the lessons and providing a role for each
students, in which all of them participate in the learning
process.
 Evidence

Example of oral questions list Monitoring students while working

Oral questions list

?What did you see-

-?Can you guess what our new unit is about

?What dose communication mean-

?What are the ways of communicating -

?Which way do you prefer-

?Why do you prefer this way-

-?Have you ever written a letter? For whom

 Description Rationale / Justification
Goal Three Improve my reflection The last goal that I want to achieve during my teaching practice is to
Teaching Practice Critical reflection. improve my reflection. This goal is a part of the fifth teaching
Competency competency, which is critical thinking. I chose this goal because
Action -Reflect immediately after the lesson. reflecting is a beneficial way that allows teachers to think about the
-Ask more questions while reflecting. areas that requires or need to be improved. I think reflecting on my
-Focus on the areas that need to be improved. lesson immediately and sitting with my MST to discuss about
everything happened in the classroom will help me to improve
Time frame Starting from week one reelection.
Support needed -Use the lesson plan template to reflect.
-Sit with my MST and discuss about the areas that
require more improvement.
How will you -I will provide a sample from the previous teaching
provide evidence practice and compare it with a new reflection.
of the success of
the action
Evidence (after Provide samples of reflection.
implementation)

Reflection Critical reflection is an important tool that teachers can

use to evaluate their methods, strategies and techniques
in their classrooms (Serra, 2015). The main aim of the
critical reflection is to improve teachers' teaching
methods and students' learning process. This reflection
can be a private process or you can discuss it with your
colleagues (Serra, 2015). During my teaching practices,
I used to reflect on the lessons that I have taught.
Unfortunately, I was not reflecting immediately after
each lesson, which made me forget most of the things
that happened during the lessons. Thus, I did not have
the chance to improve the needed areas. In addition, my
reflections were not written critically.
I used to describe what happened during the lesson
rather than thinking critically about why those things
happened. Therefore, in this teaching practice, I made
sure to reflect on my lessons immediately, so I do not
forget the most important things that I need to consider
in my next lesson.

I used to give a brief description about the lessons, and

then mention the strengths points. I believe that looking
at the good side by thinking about the good things that
happened during the lessons motivates me to do the
better in my future teaching. On the other hand, I tried
to look at the areas that needed to be improved.

I feel certain that doing this supports my teaching

development and gives me more experience. Moreover,
sitting with my MST to discuss and share ideas helped
me a lot with the preparation of my future lessons in
which I knew what I needed to focus on. However, in
my future teaching, I will ask my peers to observe me as
well, so I can benefit from their point of view and get
some new ideas for my future teaching.
Evidence

A sample of reflection
A sample from my previous
of reflection TP TP
from this
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