Google Doc version (to customize and share): Fine Tuning Reflection (Before School)
As you proceed through this course, reflect on your practice and teacher decisions.
Fine Tuning Moment: Part 1
For each reflection below, consider the norms, agreements, procedures and routines you will use.
What strategies did you use to set your students up for success at the start of the school year?
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- Norms:
- Agreements:
- Procedures & routines:
How will you revisit this with your students?
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- Norms:
- Agreements:
- Procedures & Routines:
How do I sustain this throughout the school year?
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- Norms:
- Agreements:
- Procedures & routines:
Part 1 Closure
- As you reflect on your practice, what is one area you commit to strengthening and why?
- Regardless of where you are in the school year, we challenge you to set a reminder 1-2 months from now, as a check in point for your commitment.
Fine Tuning Moment: Part 2
What strategies did you use to set your students up for success at the start of the school year?
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- Teacher-student relationships:
- Teacher-family relationships:
- Building trust and credibility:
How will you revisit this with your students?
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- Teacher-student relationships:
- Teacher-family relationships:
- Building trust and credibility:
How do I sustain this throughout the school year?
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- Teacher-student relationships:
- Teacher-family relationships:
- Building trust and credibility:
Part 2 Closure
What are two actions you can commit to at the onset for building and sustaining relationships in your learning environment?
Fine Tuning Moment: Part 3
What strategies did you use to set your students up for success at the start of the school year?
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- Building class community:
- Peer-to-peer relationships:
How will you revisit this with your students?
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- Building class community:
- Peer-to-peer relationships:
How do I sustain this throughout the school year?
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- Building class community:
- Peer-to-peer relationships:
Part 3 Closure
- What strategies will you use to build and sustain positive peer-to-peer relationships in your classroom?
- What will you bring out with your hybrid/remote students more explicitly?
“When we become more concerned about what we teach than who we teach, we have lost the purpose of the work.” — Thomas C Murray