Standard 9: Reflection
Teachers are able to evaluate themselves.
The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effect of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community, and others, and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.
The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effect of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community, and others, and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.
Artifact Reflection
Title of Artifact: Pre-Student Teaching Lesson Plan Reflections
Date Completed: Fall 2012
Description: During my time pre-student teaching in a second grade classroom, I wrote and presented three different lesson plans. Following each of the lesson plans, I wrote a reflection. I reflected on student learning, what was and was not working, what were the missed opportunities, and how would I teach next to build on the lesson.
Alignment Reflection
Wisconsin Teacher Standard Alignment
This artifact aligns with standard nine of the Wisconsin Teacher Development and Licensure Standard. This standard states “The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effect of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community, and others, and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally” I was continually evaluating myself throughout the semester, especially after I taught each of my lesson plans. I evaluated myself based on well the students understood the lesson and how well I presented it. For example, I taught a lesson about the long vowel “e” and read story out of the Storytown book. In my reflection, I discussed that the students understood what I taught and comprehended the story well, but my classroom management could have been better. By looking back on my choices and actions during each lesson, I was able to grow professionally. My lesson plan reflections gave me the opportunity to see the effect I had on the students during each lesson.
UW-Platteville School of Education Knowledge, Skill, Disposition Statement Alignment
This artifact best aligns with KSD.4.a. of the UWP School of Education Knowledge, Skill, and Disposition statements which states, “The candidate makes an accurate and thoughtful reflection of his/her teaching effectiveness, is aware of specific elements of his/her teaching that contributed to successful instruction, and can offer alternative teacher action to predict the future success of alternate approaches.” By reflecting on each of my lessons, I was able to reflect of the effectiveness of my teaching. I was able to become aware of elements of my teaching that led to a successful lesson. For example, I wrote a reflection on a lesson about fact families for math. I realized it was a successful lesson because I drew a big fact triangle on the smartboard to give the class an enlarged visual of what they would be working on later in the lesson. This was a simple thing that made a big difference because it gave the students a visual to go along with an explanation. By writing reflections, it gave me the opportunity to find an alternative approach to make the lessons more successful. For example, in the long vowel “I” lesson, I said an alternative approach to teaching the lesson would be having the students bring their whiteboards up to the carpet so that they each of them were actively participating every question.
Secondary Alignment
KSD3.e.
KDD4.e.
Personal Reflection
What I learned about teaching/learning from this experience:
I learned the importance of self-evaluation. By reflecting, teachers can see their strengths and weaknesses. Then they are able to use these reflections to better instruct the next lesson. Reflections should be done all the time by teachers, so they are dynamic in their classrooms. Without taking the time to reflect on a regular basis, teachers will not be able to improve their teaching techniques, which will hurt their students’ improvement.
What I learned about myself as a prospective educator as a result of this experience/artifact:
I learned from reflecting on each lesson, that a common weakness in my lessons was classroom management. I can present lessons very well, but I need to improve on managing the classroom and dealing with behavioral issues. Writing these reflection papers allowed me to clearly see this aspect of teaching that needs to develop. By continuing to reflect, I can come up with classroom management techniques that will work well so that my future students are in a better learning environment when I am teaching them.
Title of Artifact: Pre-Student Teaching Lesson Plan Reflections
Date Completed: Fall 2012
Description: During my time pre-student teaching in a second grade classroom, I wrote and presented three different lesson plans. Following each of the lesson plans, I wrote a reflection. I reflected on student learning, what was and was not working, what were the missed opportunities, and how would I teach next to build on the lesson.
Alignment Reflection
Wisconsin Teacher Standard Alignment
This artifact aligns with standard nine of the Wisconsin Teacher Development and Licensure Standard. This standard states “The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effect of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community, and others, and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally” I was continually evaluating myself throughout the semester, especially after I taught each of my lesson plans. I evaluated myself based on well the students understood the lesson and how well I presented it. For example, I taught a lesson about the long vowel “e” and read story out of the Storytown book. In my reflection, I discussed that the students understood what I taught and comprehended the story well, but my classroom management could have been better. By looking back on my choices and actions during each lesson, I was able to grow professionally. My lesson plan reflections gave me the opportunity to see the effect I had on the students during each lesson.
UW-Platteville School of Education Knowledge, Skill, Disposition Statement Alignment
This artifact best aligns with KSD.4.a. of the UWP School of Education Knowledge, Skill, and Disposition statements which states, “The candidate makes an accurate and thoughtful reflection of his/her teaching effectiveness, is aware of specific elements of his/her teaching that contributed to successful instruction, and can offer alternative teacher action to predict the future success of alternate approaches.” By reflecting on each of my lessons, I was able to reflect of the effectiveness of my teaching. I was able to become aware of elements of my teaching that led to a successful lesson. For example, I wrote a reflection on a lesson about fact families for math. I realized it was a successful lesson because I drew a big fact triangle on the smartboard to give the class an enlarged visual of what they would be working on later in the lesson. This was a simple thing that made a big difference because it gave the students a visual to go along with an explanation. By writing reflections, it gave me the opportunity to find an alternative approach to make the lessons more successful. For example, in the long vowel “I” lesson, I said an alternative approach to teaching the lesson would be having the students bring their whiteboards up to the carpet so that they each of them were actively participating every question.
Secondary Alignment
KSD3.e.
KDD4.e.
Personal Reflection
What I learned about teaching/learning from this experience:
I learned the importance of self-evaluation. By reflecting, teachers can see their strengths and weaknesses. Then they are able to use these reflections to better instruct the next lesson. Reflections should be done all the time by teachers, so they are dynamic in their classrooms. Without taking the time to reflect on a regular basis, teachers will not be able to improve their teaching techniques, which will hurt their students’ improvement.
What I learned about myself as a prospective educator as a result of this experience/artifact:
I learned from reflecting on each lesson, that a common weakness in my lessons was classroom management. I can present lessons very well, but I need to improve on managing the classroom and dealing with behavioral issues. Writing these reflection papers allowed me to clearly see this aspect of teaching that needs to develop. By continuing to reflect, I can come up with classroom management techniques that will work well so that my future students are in a better learning environment when I am teaching them.
Long E Lesson Reflection | |
File Size: | 11 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Fact Family Lesson Reflection | |
File Size: | 13 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Long I Lesson Reflection | |
File Size: | 11 kb |
File Type: | docx |