After reading an article about how to stay on top and in control of your sanity while teaching I realized that reflection is not just sitting around day dreaming about what I did wrong and how I wish it could be better. The author expressed her thoughts and feelings during her
initial experience of being a first time teacher. Reading this article has made me even more motivated than before to take what I am going to do in the classroom
and not only be effective for years to come but learn from my mistakes and make
lessons meet my students more effectively every year.I am disappointed to read that she worked on
a campus where she felt alone and unsupported.I do know that I will stay current with professional development and be
a part of one or more professional learning communities.
While I was reading I thought about how
powerful it would be for myself as well as my current and future students if I
were able to journal, reflect and then put those deliberate reflections into
practice. I always planned to be an effective
teacher.I am very motivated to meet my
students where they are, socially and academically and get them to be as close
to where they need to be as I can.I now
have the vehicle of self-reflection to keep what I am doing current and
documented.A major plan I have now is
to make sure I stay organized and keep as detailed as possible daily routines,
lesson plans, and most importantly actions and reactions surrounding specific
activities.
Is this image from Google's Advanced Image Search, with photos free for reuse, or the regular search that gives you images that are not copyright-free? Why should I as a reader click on the link ex. Here's a link to the teacher's story that inspired this post.
A huge movement is education concerns data-based change. So you want to have students do a skit--why? What about your previous assessment results or current research suggests that this is more effective? A reflective journal can provide one form of evidence to support changing practices.
Yes, I found this image with the settings on 'free to use and share.' I included the link so that readers will know the subject of my post, if they are interested they can read it and perhaps be inspired to implement this practice in a way that I have not thought of.
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Is this image from Google's Advanced Image Search, with photos free for reuse, or the regular search that gives you images that are not copyright-free? Why should I as a reader click on the link ex. Here's a link to the teacher's story that inspired this post.
ReplyDeleteA huge movement is education concerns data-based change. So you want to have students do a skit--why? What about your previous assessment results or current research suggests that this is more effective? A reflective journal can provide one form of evidence to support changing practices.
Yes, I found this image with the settings on 'free to use and share.' I included the link so that readers will know the subject of my post, if they are interested they can read it and perhaps be inspired to implement this practice in a way that I have not thought of.
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