Action Plan for Professional Growth

Vanguard University
Graduate Program of Education
Professor Vivian Mun

Professional Planning Chart

Specific
Goals

AST
Student
Teaching

Spiritual
Preparation
(for each goal)
I need to work on Proverbs 13:24,
TPE 5.4 which
Whoever spares
says, If students the rod hates their
are struggling
children, but the
and off-task,
one who loves
candidates
their children is
examine why and careful to
use strategies to
discipline them.
re-engage them. Students that are
For example, in
struggling and offnd
both my 2 and
task are not wellth
5 grade classes, disciplined and are
sometimes I have misbehaving. As a
a difficult time
teacher, sometimes
getting them
I have to be like a
back on task if
parent and excise
they are talking
discipline in order
and straying off- to ensure my
task. I find
students are

Practical
Preparation
(for each goal)
In order for me to
gain control of my
students, I need to
observe other
teachers to see
what strategies
that they use to
successfully reengage their
students. I want to
see what other
teaching
professionals are
doing to get their
students under
control, so I can
try it with my
class. I need to
know my class

Expected
Obstacles
(for each goal)
An obstacle that I
know will be
difficult for me is
trying to re-engage
my students. I am
not one who exudes
assertiveness in her
normal state of
being, so being
assertive when I
need to control and
re-engage my
students is going to
be a challenge for
me. Sometimes, I
am afraid to take
charge because it is
always a harder fall
from the top. And if

How I Will
Overcome
(for each goal)
A way that I can
overcome my quiet
nature and become
more of an authority
figure in the
classroom is by not
being afraid of
failure. There is a
quote that says, Our
greatest glory is not
in never failing, but
in rising every time
we fail. If I am no
longer afraid of
failure in my own
eyes and the eyes of
my students, then I
will be able to be
assertive and take

myself raising
my voice and
trying various
strategies, like
classroom cues,
to get the
students to listen
to me.

I also need to
work on TPE 6.2

behaving and on
task. Another verse
that I can use that
anchors my
preparation is John
14:23, Jesus
replied: If anyone
loves me, they will
obey me. Then my
Father will love
them, and we will
come to them and
live in them.
Usually a student
will obey people
whom they respect
and love. I need to
be able to earn the
respect and love of
my students so that
they will obey me
as a teacher. When
they quickly and
readily obey me, I
know they will not
be struggling or
off-task.
John 10:14 talks
about the

rules, procedures,
and consequence
policies so that I
can readily enforce
the policies and
stick to them. I
also have to be
able to stay
consistent in what
I say and what I
do. If I am
consistent, the
students will be
more likely to
obey and not be
off-task, because
they know what
the consequence
will be if they do
not obey.

I never take charge control in the

and lead, I do not
classroom when
have to worry about needed.
failure.

I just have to know An obstacle for me

my students and be while teaching my

I will overcome this

obstacle by being

which states,
Candidates
design academic
activities that suit
the attention span
of young
learners. For my
2nd grade class, I
still have to learn
how to pace my
lessons in such a
way that the
students will still
be learning a lot,
but also keep
engaged. When I
was teaching my
P.E. lesson, I was
starting out really
slowly and being
thorough in the
beginning,
making sure the
students knew
what they were
doing. I should
have just quickly
grouped them up
and taken them

Shepherd knowing
His sheep and His
sheep knowing
Him. I know that
Jesus was really
talking about
Himself and the
Church. When I
know my sheep,
or in this case, my
students, I will be
able to provide
activities, plan
instruction, and
maximize
scheduling in
accordance with
my students wants
and needs. I need
to meet the needs
of my learners.
Since 2nd graders
are still little and
do not have long
attention spans, I
have to know them
well enough to
know how best to
engage them and

able to accurately
pace instruction
according to their
attention span
levels. That
requires me to do
observation to see
how the students
react to instruction
and behave in the
classroom. As a
new teacher,
engaging the
students in
instruction can be
difficult if one
does not know
their intended
audience.

2nd grade students is

that what I have
planned for them to
do will not be
engaging enough
for them to want to
pay attention to the
content. I also
know that they are
a talkative and
rowdy group, so
gaining and
keeping their
attention, if only for
a little while, will
be a daunting task.

connected. I need to
collaborate and
connect with other
teachers to find out
what techniques and
strategies they are
using with their
students. Being in
community with
other teachers will
help me to grow as a
professional who is
learning from other
professionals. As a
teacher, I love every
opportunity I can get
to learn. Besides, I
also would greatly
benefit from
listening to
experienced teachers
who have had many
years to find the
most effective ways
for engaging
younger students.

outside right
away. The extra
explanations
made the
students bored
and uninterested
in what I was
saying.

keep them
engaged. Any
good shepherd
knows his sheep
and knows what is
best for them.
Likewise, I have to
know my students
well enough to be
able to format my
instruction to meet
their needs and
keep them
engaged and
interested in the
content.
I need to work on Jesus only had a
TPE 10.1 which
limited amount of
states,
time on earth to
Candidates
spread the Good
recognize and
News to anyone
articulate the
who was willing
critical
and able to listen.
importance of
He did not waste
time
any time. Time is
management in
precious, and Jesus
their instructional spent time with
planning, and of
those who needed
the effects of
Him the most.

Knowing how to
manage
instructional time
only comes with
experience. I did
not know how to
accurately or
efficiently manage
my time in the
classroom until I
actually tried
teaching content I
had planned out to

An obstacle that I
know I will be
facing in time
management is my
perfectionistic and
detail-oriented
personality. I am
very detail-oriented
in the way I plan. I
like every detail to
be specified and
known. I am also
perfectionistic,

Being perfectionistic
and detail-oriented
are two of my
weaknesses that are
also two of my
biggest strengths. I
can just turn my
frown upside down
and make my
perfectionistic,
detail-oriented
personality into
something that

class scheduling
on planning the
most effective
use of
instructional
time. When I
was teaching my
P.E. lesson in my
2nd grade class, I
did not expect
the time to go as
quickly as it did.
I was not
prepared at the
end. I went too
slowly in the
introduction,
which should
have only taken 2
minutes, and I
was not realistic
in planning out
the instructional
activities. I did
not have enough
time at the end of
the lesson for an
actual assessment
of how things

Since Jesus knew

when He was
going to die, He
was able to
effectively plan
out His time in
order to produce
the most fruit. In
the same way, I
have to make sure
to implement
backwards
planning so I have
a skeleton of what
my schedule looks
like. If I know
what my schedule
looks like, I can
then plan my
instruction in a
way that would
best benefit my
students.

look a specific
way, only for it to
go in the complete
opposite direction.
That experience
was a gamechanger for sure. I
can plan all I want,
but if things are
not going the way
I had originally
planned, I have to
be flexible and go
with where the
class takes me.

which is hard
because I want
every little thing to
go perfectly my
way. And whenever
things do not go as
planned, I can tend
to be stressed out
and concerned that
things are not going
to work in my
favor.

works in my favor.
For example, as a
result of my detailoriented and
perfectionistic
nature, I am never at
a loss for things to
do, because I tend to
over-plan and am
very detailed in what
I plan.

went and what

they learned, so I
had to do a
make-shift verbal
assessment by
asking students
questions in the
last few minutes
I had to teach my
lesson before the
students went to
recess.