But hold on... Do you have ten minutes? Maybe twenty minutes if you are a really deep thinker. Quick get a sheet of paper and something to write with. Seriously... go get paper and pencil. I have two questions that you should write down and then take your time to answer based on your school year. Don't just think without writing this down because if you have great answers it is very unlikely you will remember the questions or your answers to them in two months. Ready?
- What did I do this year that I feel was effective ALL school year?
- What did I do this year that I MUST do better for the next school year?
Now, take this sheet of paper and put it somewhere you can get to for the start of your next school year. Why? Because you need to see if your answer to number one aligned with your objective for the previous school year. AND, because your answer to number two is now going to be the bases for your growth objective in the upcoming school year. If you have never done this its okay, you will come back to it during the last week in August and I will help you sit one up. Realize this- you can't grow if you don't know what you need to improve on. If you did the exact same thing in your classroom this year that you did the year before and the year before that and so on and so on, then you have not grown at all. Are you okay with that? Me neither. So I have finished my sheet and put it in a safe place.
2 comments:
Feel free to leave your reflections on the two questions in the comments. I am not good at keeping up with paper, so that is what I am gong to do.
1- I feel that I helped implement an effective schoolwide discipline process.
2- I need to do a better job of being sympathetic to my teachers needs and giving specific feedback.
1- I listened to what the teachers had to say. (It was my first year at this school.)
2- I need to give difficult messages more often instead of letting it slide. (Trying to master Crucial Conversations)
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