Saturday, May 1st, 2010...2:04 pm
Reflecting Upon Your Practice
Sorry this is a little late:
From the April article bank I chose the article Reflect Upon Your Practice. I have found myself a creature of habit in reflecting on a lot of things I do now in the classroom – many thanks to all the reflecting we have all not necessarily been thrilled about over the past couple of years being in school of ed.
I really enjoyed this article and the 20 steps it gave for reflecting. They are as follows:
1.Start with standards
2. Analyze your audios
3. Make a movie
4. Conference with a colleague
5. Chitchat
6.Join a journal
7. Switch shoes
8. Flip through files
9. Notice the news
10. Relate the Relevance
11. Watch for worthy words
12. reflect and ride
13. Make the most of your mentor
14. present a portfolio
15. document with Data
16. Participate in a professional development institute
17. Pause, and pause some more
18. List what you learned
19. Welcome the Web
20. Go for growth
Each of these explains a different strategy for learning about ourselves as teachers. I found this article a great tool for beginning teachers as it will help us to really analyze and discover our strengths over the next year as we learn about what works for us. I definitely recommend reading this article.
