Critically Reflective Beginning Teacher

Critical Reflection as Beginning Teacher

Nature of Critical Reflection Role of Critical Reflection

- Teacher as Inquiry - Become more effective

- Post and pre - Builds security of self
- Examines emotions and their - Develops teachability
consequences - Maintains humility
- Examination of dispositions, actions - Requires integrity
and roots behind actions
- Honest

Area I will focus on:

Examine dispositions, actions and roots behind actions

Goal:
To examine my own dispositions, actions taken that stem from these dispositions, and the effect
that the actions had on students.

What this will look like:

- Daily critical reflections - specific mention of emotions held in the morning versus at the
end of the day, what changed them and why.
- Taking into account the learning foci during the day, emotions and dispositions
held toward that focus, and comparing its effect on the learning.

Consequences of attaining this goal

Expected Possibilities - Ideal Consequences

- Growing awareness and - With the awareness, a change in my

acknowledgement of self and approach to the learning area and or
dispositions and emotions held student(s) if there are negative
towards a learning focus and/or dispositions or emotions held towards
student(s). them.
- Awareness of negative triggers and a
management/coping strategy created
and employed to negate/minimize the
effect of the triggers.