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Music Teaching and Learning Growth Plan Website
Music Teaching and Learning Growth Plan Website
The development of a Teaching and Learning Growth Plan focuses the teacher candidate (and also the new and
experienced teacher) to reflect on his/her own teaching and learning practice. The Growth Plan (much like a new
or experienced teacher’s TPA – Teacher Performance Appraisal’s Annual Growth Plan that you will be required to
reflect on annually) will help you to decide where you are in the journey of developing your teaching and learning
skills based on various criteria: Professionalism, Learning Environment/Classroom Management, Communication,
Curriculum Planning (lesson/unit planning), Instruction/Delivery/Questioning, and Assessment/Evaluation. You
are responsible for your own growth and development as a music educator. After Practicum #1 and then #2, you
will be asked to assess the evidence of the various criteria based on your in-class experience, and then set
particular professional goals for yourself, the strategies you intend to use to help you reach those goals, the
rationale for the goals and strategies you have selected and then form a realistic action plan with timelines to
achieve those goals. After each practicum experience, you will be asked to self-asses and put a plan in place. This
Music Teaching and Learning Grown Plan will form one part of your Digital Music Teaching and Learning portfolio.
Communication
Appropriate use of language
Uses an audible and clear voice in the classroom
Correct grammar and pronunciation
Effective use of voice
Appropriate use of subject-specific terminology
Demonstrates clear, engaging, supportive and instructionally
effective language
Seems comfortable in the teacher role
Demonstrates eye contact and positive body language
Provides opportunity for students to engage in lesson-related talk
Poses relevant, higher order thinking level questions
Please see next page. Based on your self-assessment (assessment ‘as’ learning) above, please set three
professional growth goals that you hope to accomplish before your next practicum (or your first
teaching position), what strategies you will use to help you reach those goals, the rationale for the goals
and strategies and finally, your action plan and specific timeline in which to achieve them.
After Practicum #1
Before
Practicum #2