Component 7.  Reflection and Self-Evaluation

Standard #9: Professional Learning and Ethical Practice. The teacher engages in ongoing professional learning and uses evidence to continually evaluate his/her practice, particularly the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (learners, families, other professionals, and the community), and adapts practice to meet the needs of each learner.

Standard #10: Leadership and Collaboration. The teacher seeks appropriate leadership roles and opportunities to take responsibility for student learning, to collaborate with learners, families, colleagues, other school professionals, and community members to ensure learner growth, and to advance the profession.

1. Write a reflection, summarizing your unit as a whole. Tell how it has deepened your understanding of assessment tools, teaching and learning, and how it will inform your own teaching in the future.

2. Highlight the learning goal/objective in which your students were the most successful, as well as the learning goal/objective in which your students were least successful. Explain why or what you think may have contributed to the results.

3. Discuss how you can use this information to develop further as a teacher. Discuss how you plan to capitalize on your strengths and improve any areas of weakness as you prepare for your own class.

The preceding documents have been adapted and modified from the following sources: http://education.ucf.edu/clinicalexp/docs/TWS_GuidelinesAndDirections.pdf

Teacher Work Sample Template – Oklahoma Christian University

https://www.wku.edu/teacherservices/student_teaching/documents/teacher_work_sample.pdf