Personal Growth:
In my first year of teaching, I quickly realized that I wanted to write down all the things that were working well and things I would change for the following year. Whenever I had a second, I would write down in a notebook all the things that I wanted to try for next year so that I wouldn’t forget when it came time to implement them. Currently, I still make a list throughout the year and try new things each year.
Division PLC Goals:
Each year, Holy Trinity Catholic School Division has all it’s teachers pick a goal of something they want to improve on in their classroom for the year. In the past, some things I have done my PLC goal on were:
- making math more engaging through project based assessments
- making math more engaging through math warm up games
- implementing the secret story phonics based program into my learning
- Making writing more engaging using Adrienne Gears “Powerful Writing Structures” book
INSERT PICTURE OF PLC PAPERS WE FILL OUT EACH YEAR
Professional Development:
Professional development is crucial for becoming a better educator. During my time as a first year teacher, I had the opportunity to take several professional development sessions at the Chinook Education Center. These included:
- New teacher orientation
- Balanced literacy (shared read/writes, writers workshop mini lessons, conferencing, making words etc.)
- Guided Math (small and large group lessons, assessment, warm ups etc.)
Working with Michelle Dewar and Denyne Fontaine for ELA and Math immensely improved my skills as a teacher. We worked closely for the first year of my teaching on balancing literacy in the classroom and creating a wonderful interactive math classroom.
When I moved divisions and came to Christ the King school, some of the professional development that I have taken were:
- new teacher faith orientation (I learned about teaching in a catholic school, as well as how that would look like with my own faith journey).
- Non-violent crisis intervention
- Indigenous Awareness Training: Four Seasons of Reconciliation
- Respect in School
- Respect in Sport for Activity Leaders
→Even though this doesn’t seem like a ton of PD, majority of my time at Christ the King school, I was taking my special education online which in itself is two and a half years of professional development.
Hailie Logan 