Ritesh Dharampal: Personalized Learning Plan

Personalized Learning Plan

Name: Dharampal Ritesh

Age: 28

Prior education: PTC (Polytechnic College), Electrical Engineering. (3rd class)
Prior work: Process Operator at Suralco
Period: August 2008- December 2014
Work: ICT teacher at IMEAO 5
Period: October 2016- Now
Former school: SMO/ HHS Dep
Period: October 2015- August 2016
Education now: IOL, ICT in Education (final year)

Teachers: Fred Menick, Padu Sheshaiyer
Mentor: Mrs. Barker Genevieve, Teacher at Lyceum 1

Mr. Dewnarain Yerry, principal of IMEAO 5

Peers: Shariska Sewnath, Rishi Jagroep, Dankerlui Amin.

My Professional Development

What is my current state?
What are my strengths?	*Strengths*
	1. Good with technology and explaining
	2. Flexible and hardworking

What are my weaknesses?	*Weaknesses*
	1. Easily stressed in a busy period
	2. No teaching experience

What are the common	*Feedbacks*
Feedbacks (positive &	1. I look strict and don’t laugh
Negative) that I received	2. I am flexible and always willing to cooperate
from others?	3. Sometimes I talk or teach to quick

What other performance	*Performance Indicators*
Indicators can I notice?	1. Use 21^st century skills
	2. Do a better planning and scheduling for the curriculum

Decision on priority focus	*Focus area priority*
areas derived from the	1. Learn about different methods of teaching to different types
above	of students
	2. Get my Bachelor degree



What is my desired state?
What do I hope to	*Desired state (from identified focus areas)*
Improve/achieve?	1. I want to teach better and get all students engaged
	2. I want to be more stress resistant and help the weak students



Why do I want to achieve	I want to help the weak or less motivated students to go to
that?	school and never give up. Life is a challenge, so work hard

What does it give me?	1. It gives me the pleasure of helping students, because I


	didn’t get the help I needed.
	2. It makes me feel proud to motivate students to get back on
	the track with their study.
	3. I get more strong and experienced in giving advices and
	teaching.
	4. I want to boost the performance of all kinds of students,
	I don’t believe that someone is weak.

How do I get there? What is Needed?
What must I improve /	*Requirements*
learn /experience to	1. Education and 360° feedback
achieve that desired state?	2. Enough Financial resources
	3. Teaching style


What are the possible	*Resources*
resources to learn /	1. On-line platforms.
experience / improve?	2. Feedback from students and other experienced educators
	3. Self-study

Timelines and schedule

When do I want or need to	*Learn new teaching styles*
achieve the desired state?	Hours per week: 6 End Date: 01-09-2017
	*21^st century skills*
	Hours per week: 8 End Date: 01-09-2017



What is my schedule to	Start Date: 01-10-2014
work on these focus areas?	Every week invest 4 hours* in studying*
	Get on the field experience by collaborating with other teachers
	*Once in 4 or 6 months*
	Get feedback from students every quarter
	Implement 21^st century skills and evaluate, twice every module


	Create lessons with STREAM and 21^st century skills and
	practice in the presence of a mentor/ colleague/ peer/ principal

	*Once in a while, when there is time to give such lesson*

What Kind of Student Are You?

You are doing pretty well.
Keep looking for ways to do even better.

Good Study Habits Good Grades Good Career Options Good Life!

What's Your Learning Style?

The Results
Your Scores:
· Auditory: 30%

· Visual: 35%
· Tactile: 35%

You are a Visual/Tactile learner! Check out the information below, or view all of the learning styles.

Visual

If you are a visual learner, you learn by reading or seeing pictures. You understand and remember things by sight. You can picture what you are learning in your head, and you learn best by using methods that are primarily visual. You like to see what you are learning.

As a visual learner, you are usually neat and clean. You often close your eyes to visualize or remember something, and you will find something to watch if you become bored. You may have difficulty with spoken directions and may be easily distracted by sounds. You are attracted to color and to spoken language (like stories) that is rich in imagery.

Here are some things that visual learners like you can do to learn better:

· Sit near the front of the classroom. (It won't mean you're the teacher's pet!)
· Have your eyesight checked on a regular basis.
· Use flashcards to learn new words.
· Try to visualize things that you hear or things that are read to you.
· Write down key words, ideas, or instructions.
· Draw pictures to help explain new concepts and then explain the pictures.
· Color code things.
· Avoid distractions during study times.

Remember that you need to see things, not just hear things, to learn well.

Tactile

If you are a tactile learner, you learn by touching and doing. You understand and remember things through physical movement. You are a "hands-on" learner who prefers to touch, move, build, or draw what you learn, and you tend to learn better when some type of physical activity is involved. You need to be active and take frequent breaks, you often speak with your hands and with gestures, and you may have difficulty sitting still.

As a tactile learner, you like to take things apart and put things together, and you tend to find reasons to tinker or move around when you become bored. You may be very well coordinated and have good athletic ability. You can easily remember things that were done but may have difficulty remembering what you saw or heard in the process. You often communicate by touching, and you appreciate physically expressed forms of encouragement, such as a pat on the back.

Here are some things that tactile learners like you can do to learn better:

· Participate in activities that involve touching, building, moving, or drawing.
· Do lots of hands-on activities like completing art projects, taking walks, or acting out stories.
· It's OK to chew gum, walk around, or rock in a chair while reading or studying.
· Use flashcards and arrange them in groups to show relationships between ideas.
· Trace words with your finger to learn spelling (finger spelling).
· Take frequent breaks during reading or studying periods (frequent, but not long).
· It's OK to tap a pencil, shake your foot, or hold on to something while learning.
· Use a computer to reinforce learning through the sense of touch.

Remember that you learn best by doing, not just by reading, seeing, or hearing.

Take 1-2 online learning inventories (from the list below...or choose your own) and include your impressions. Examples:

o What Kind of Student Are You? (Links to an external site.)

It’s true J I am always trying to do something better.

o What is your Learning Style? (Links to an external site.)

Wow!! I love pictures and movies, so I learn faster when I see something. Most of all I don’t like reading books without pictures. Doing stuff and learning while working is my thing.

o Multiple Intelligences Self Assessment (Links to an external site.)

Ok. I like to communicate and make friends.

· Strengths that can be applied to my teaching career.
The love for visual learning and making relationship with people can be applied for my teaching career. Understanding others need and helping students to do better in school is my hobby.

· What I need to work on this year
I need to work on making a lesson plan, actually I want to improve and improvise it with critical thinking.

· Support you need from peers, mentors, professors, former teachers
By sharing experiences and discussing I can improve my overall performance as a teacher. With collaboration and working towards the goals I can achieve many things.