WOLF CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLAN 2016-17

NAME: Josh Bouwsema

YEAR: 16/17

SCHOOL
Supporting Documents

Alberta Teachers Association- Professional Growth Plans- Includes excellent tools for reviewing provincial policy, reflecting on professional practice, developing professional growth
plan goals, templates and samples.
WCPS Division Goals Guide for Teachers - Includes overview of division focus areas, strategies and targets for teachers who choose to include these in their professional growth
plans. Teachers are not obligated to include these in their PGPs

PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLAN

GOAL (S)- What will I achieve?

Class has a focus on physical literacy by developing
fundamental movement skills that are used across all sports
STRATEGIES
How will I achieve my goal?
- When I demonstrate skills,
ask the class what other
skill this is similar to in
another sport.
- Have the students practice
a skill that is used in both
sports at the same time
with both equipment types
- Research and become
familiar with the physical
skills and motor
development

- Use video clips of

professional athletes to
show physical literacy
across sports

TIME LINE
When will I complete
these strategies?
- These strategies will
be enforced as we
move into the fitness
unit and completed
as we move into the
basketball unit and
can draw from the
past 4 units of
experience.
- This will be an
ongoing process
- I will have done most
of my research before
the unit but will
continue to research
throughout it.

- This will be an
ongoing process
- The video clips will be
prepared during my
research and will be
ready for the
beginning of each
unit

RESOURCES
What do I have and what do I
need?
- Equipment needed for both
sports
- Knowledge to demo and/or
video clips to show class.

- I will use my resources (both

electronic and text) that I
have that relate to physical
skills and motor
development
- I will also use the resources
that Steven Lush has (both
electronic and text) that
relate to physical literacy.
- Videos and projector to show
class
- Knowledge of sports and
activities to know which
videos to show

GOAL (S)- What will I achieve?

Improving classroom management skills by decreasing my
authoritative figure in the eyes of the students and placing
ownership onto the class.
STRATEGIES
How will I achieve my goal?

TIME LINE
When will I complete
these strategies?
- This will be an ongoing
process
- The class should be in
more control of their
own choices by the
end of October

RESOURCES
What do I have and
what do I need?

- Use wait time to get the attention

rather than use an attention getting
technique
- I will count down and the class must
be seated/standing around me before
the time is over

- This will be an ongoing

process
- I should have my wait
time down to under 10
seconds by the end of
October

- Reinforce the
procedures and
routines on a daily
basis

- Allow students to do less of a

consequence if they do it themselves
versus doing the full consequence if I
tell them. (e.g.: student does 5
pushups for swearing if they do it
themselves or they do 10 if I tell
them.)
- Discuss this expectation as a class

- This will be an ongoing

process with students
not needing me to tell
them by the end of
November.

- Question the student about their

actions rather than tell them it is
wrong (do you think that is
appropriate; what makes it
inappropriate; why are you doing this;
what are/could you do differently;
etc.)
- Discuss this expectation as a class

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INDICATORS AND MEASURES OF GOAL ACHIEVEMENT- How will I know I have
achieved my Personal Professional Goal? Include evidence

INDICATORS AND MEASURES OF GOAL ACHIEVEMENT- How will I know I have

achieved my Personal Professional Goal? Include evidence

When the students are continuously and correctly able to transfer similar
movement skills from one unit/sport to the next.
When the students understand the relationship that movement patterns have
with each other in various sports
Fitness exam and fitness plans that students create both for lifelong physical
literacy and deeper understanding.
Students playing intramurals will continue to develop skills and further
develop/understand physical literacy.

The class is attentive and listening without me needing to get their attention
they will be familiar with the routine
Hearing verbal confirmation from the students that their action was on them
and they made the mistake this can be direct to me, overheard, or
communicated through a self-reflection sheet.
Consequences are performed by the students without me needing to tell them.

REFLECTION & EVALUATION- How did I do? What have I learned? What adjustments
do I need to make?
November 7th Students who are participating in the intramural program are building
physical literacy by taking the volleyball concepts and transferring them to things like
badminton.
The upcoming fitness unit will be a better judgement of the class and their physical
literacy skills.
Further adjustments: I need to use videos of proper movement skills at the professional
level; I can continue to use student demonstrators, but use videos to show a higher
level of skill and physical literacy.

REFLECTION & EVALUATION- How did I do? What have I learned? What adjustments do
I need to make?
November 7th Class is seated and listening before a count to 10. I can begin talking
right after the count and they do not require any further attention getting.
Several students are still trying to sneak under the radar with their actions, but most are
performing consequences without me having to be anywhere near them.
Further adjustments: reiterate class expectations for self-regulation and ownership
including the purpose/importance of why.

December 11th I am able to asses multiple Do it Daily outcomes with the

intramural program.
Physical literacy was emphasized during the fitness unit. PE20/30 students were able to
analyze goals and create critical skills to lead to workouts in the fitness center.
In order for me to become more physically literate, I need to complete both my Level 1
NCCP in a variety of sports and become a referee in those sports.
I still have yet to bring in video footage of skills in professional leagues, but I do tell the
stories of these athletes (Karl Malone and John Stockton)

Fall Review Date:

December 11th I was able to really express the importance of ownership during the
fitness unit by explaining that motivation after school will be placed solely on them. They
will have to work out by themselves unless they want to pay a trainer.
My wait time is almost down to nothing in my high school classes. PE 6 still requires some
further prompting; this is mostly due (I think) to my blurred line of joking around and
being a disciplinary figure. I still need to define this line and it will be different per grade.
I still will struggle finding the division of having students like me to defining myself as
their teacher. I cannot entirely give up that authoritative figure but I still need to
emphasize that the students work for themselves.

Spring Review Date: