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- your teaching becomes more like research - learning along side the children
- attention is given to those areas that might otherwise be overlooked
- the social and emotional climate of the classroom is addressed daily
- teaching becomes more responsive to the children's current learning needs
- you will develop an more observant eye in the classroom
INSTRUCTIONS - To make your own journal - print out how many pages as you will need till the end of the school year.
- Hole punch the pages and put them into a notebook.
- Use this notebook to keep your thoughts and feelings about how your year is going. I keep mine at home as it can be very personal and I would not want just anyone reading what I write. This way I am free to express feelings of doubt and celebration! I do have a stack at school just in case I am feeling the need to capture my thoughts right after school.
I kept a journal when I did my student teaching (years ago).LOVED IT! Thanks for the reminder ~ it just might be what I need at this point in my teaching career!
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I love this! It is a perfect reminder and personal development tool! Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteJennifer
I have been slipping on doing reflections. This is just the push I need. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSally, this is great! Often, I fall asleep thinking that I should have written something down.
ReplyDeleteI love the simplicity of this form. Thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteSally, thank you SO MUCH! I used the sheet for Friday retrospectively and today with my pile of marking. I teach Year 1 in London. It is the equivalent in age to Kindergarten but it's more formal, so when I teach Maths, all 30 children sit down (5 tables) to do a differentiated activity on the topic. I did my marking with so much more purpose today. I looked at what worked and what didn't work, what some children needed to redo tomorrow. It has informed my teaching in a big way. We are required to evaluate our weekly planning in all subjects and to file them for the management to scrutinize every Thursday. It had always been a chore and I have therefore not benefited from it so far. Today using your sheet, I had an epiphany about what the SLT has been trying to tell us so brutally. It took your gentle way to allow it all to fall into place. I was close to breaking down because of the pressure at work but now I feel that this tool is going to improve my teaching so much that I feel confident again. Oh, and also, I wrote down for Friday about this little boy who is so incredibly behind in everything that he was able to do a Data Handling game successfully on the computer. If I hadn't reflected on who stood out, I would have forgotten about it. Now I will remember and he might just get a certificate in the school celebration assembly on Friday... Thank you so much! Valerie
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