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Professional Development Reflections

You are welcome to take your reflections in any direction that you believe to be appropriate and useful to your own development as a teacher. The questions that follow should be used simply as a prompt to stimulate your reflections on your professional development and practice teaching experiences.

Professional Development Reflections

Participants will set goals for their professional development in this context and provide a one-paragraph annotation of each of their experiences, adjusting their goals as they progress through the workshops. Ìý

Some questions you might consider:

  1. What prompted me to attend this session?
  2. What goals do I have in attending this session?
  3. What one or two key points did I take away from this session?
  4. What excited/interested me about this session?
  5. What new skills, information or understanding have I taken away from this session?
  6. How will I use what I learned in my own teaching? How will my students be affected by these changes? What ideas can I use immediately and which are more useful for future application?
  7. Will what I learned in this session change my teaching practices or philosophy? If so, in what way(s)?
  8. Did I agree/disagree with the ideas presented? Why or why not?
  9. What do I still want to know? What questions do I still have?
  10. What other types of sessions do I need to attend and/or readings do I need to do to further my understanding in this area of teaching and learning?
  11. What did I learn about myself as a teacher through this professional development experience?