Personal Learning Plan (Draft Copy)

Personal Learning Plan – Initial Reflection & Goal Setting (Draft Copy)

            I feel as if there is a lot that I do not know. I am someone that has a bit of a harder time with assessment and I know it will be something that will take a bit for me to get used to it. Assessment is something that is very important but it also can be very repetitive. Possibly having different ways of assessing would be great besides testing or just observing. There are different ways teachers can assess that fall under formative and summative, but it is hard to branch out with it.

            Coming into this class, I know the bare minimum about assessments. All I really know is formative and summative. While being in my pre-internship, I really only used formative assessment as I found it the easiest to work with. I have mainly worked with the younger grades and I have gotten kind of familiar with assessing them with formative assessment. I find that formative assessments as the easiest to navigate with younger grades as reading and writing can still be a big struggle for some of these students. Prior to this class, I feel as if I just knew the bare minimum of both types of assessment and found myself googling the types of assessments and what they were each time I needed it. I am worried that I may still try to use the formative for everything as it is the easiest. Summative was hard for me to fit into my pre-internship already but I am hoping I can work it into my 3-week block. My coop teacher wants me and my partner to be able to grade their work so it will be able to fit into summative. I am also worried about learning about assessments as it is a bit of a difficult idea for me. I am also excited to learn about it more and get more comfortable with it.

            I want to be able to connect more with my students. I want to feel a closer connection and have my students feel comfortable around me. Assessments can be a form of connection as you are able to help your students succeed. You can see where your students are having a harder time and can work one on one with them. I want to learn how to use more summative assessments with younger grades. I want to be able to find a way to use that form of assessment and not step too far from some students’ comfort zones. I want my students to succeed to the best of their abilities and I know summative assessments can bring some students down. Working with grade ones, it can be difficult to bring it into the lesson, but my goal for my three-week block is to include it in some of my lessons. When I use summative assessment, I do not want it to be through a test, I would try and make it fun. Tests give a lot of students anxiety and it is not worth having students get worked up over something that can be made fun and something they will enjoy.