Reflecting is a powerful and necessary tool in education. Sometimes in the hectic day-to-day struggle of a teacher's life, it gets neglected. This year our district has decided to use videos and coaching sessions to help teachers reflect upon their delivery in the classroom and grow. My coaching team has been amazed at how easily our teachers are shifting into this method of practice. Already we have had sessions where the teacher says, "I know what I need to do to make this better, " before we even get the first question asked. I am so happy that I am getting this chance to help teachers take the time to look at how they are doing things and asking themselves, "What can I do to make this even better?"
There are still some fears and anxieties about this whole process, but we continue to move forward. Some days it feels like baby steps, some days we are making leaps and bounds, and some days it feels like we are drowning in the middle of the lake. But each day I go home with a smile on my face, knowing my team is seeing positive things in our classrooms. Which means good things for our students. And isn't that the real reason we do it?
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