Professional Goals - Psi
Professional Goals - Psi
Professional Goals - Psi
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Professional Goals
• Goal #1: To learn a variety of transitions and figure out what works for me
Rationale: It is important to give students transitions to help them move from activity to activity,
as well as body breaks and mind breaks.
• Goal #2: To learn to incorporate the smart board technology into my lesson.
Rationale: Create visuals for students so that they can have visual and oral instruction. Pre-made
PowerPoints are great for organizing class time and giving step-by-step instruction. Being able to
use the smart board and write on PowerPoints could be beneficial because we can put discussion
ideas on the board.
Practice different transitions that I learn from observing both teacher mentors, as well as
try techniques I learned in my course work.
Goal #1 – December 17
Goal #2 – December 11
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Goal #1: During the practicum I have experimented with a variety of transitions. I have
learned that I prefer grounding and breathing exercises between activities. I find that
breathing and grounding exercises give students a break and get them prepared to be in
an optimum state for learning.
Goal #2: By the end of the practicum I learned how to annotate overtop of presentations
and whatever is on the screen. I used this ability to make my PowerPoint presentations
more interactive because as a class we could add ideas to the Activeboard.
I believe that my goals were great goals because they were achievable and assisted with
student learning. I was able to make progress towards both goals throughout my
practicum. Both my goals can be worked on throughout my career, but I think I took
great steps in the right direction. Goal #1 assisted student learning by preparing students
for the next activity and giving them a mind break where they could relax. Goal #2
assisted learning by giving students a more well-rounded learning experience. Students
were able to experience lessons through more in-depth participation, awesome visuals, as
well as auditory cues.