I believe in the power of reflection for improvement. For me, reflecting is a way to improve my practice, share ideas with others, and a way to think out loud about the ups and downs of Room 303. One of my biggest fears is feeling complacent with my work. The world we live in is constantly changing, and it’s my responsibility to provide the best engaged and empowered education I can possibly provide to my students. With that being said, he is my list of improvements for next year (mainly a bunch of random thoughts I’m putting down)…..
Here is a list of changes I can implement for the 2018-2019 school year:
Beginning of the year stuff:
- Have students design my walls and bulletin boards.
- Have students create a passion wall to share their ideas.
- Rethink my expectations in my room (Keep my values and mission statement).
- Incorporate Smart Starts from Eduprotocols from the beginning of the school year.
- Use more community oriented lessons at the beginning of the year.
- Set clearer expectations from the beginning – chromebooks, music, due dates, etc….
- Use more words like: family, community, help each other, respect, collaborate, etc….
- Explain Active and passive leaders (pages 47-49 in LearnLAP).
- Explain and show what it means to effectively collaborate.
- Use “give me five” to increase student voice.
- Align standards to specific projects for standards based grading.
- Design rubrics for projects.
Moler's Musings 
Love this list. What motivated you to reimagine your practice so entirely?
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Boredom with my self and seeing bored looks in student faces. Being complacent is dangerous and leads to “going through the motions” in a daily basis. I changed a lot this year, took a lot of risks, read a lot of books and next year is a way to keep building but tie everything together.
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I love that. Would like to hear more about the revolution in your practice and the books you read this year that influenced your thinking.
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