Questions to ask ourselves at the end of each week:
This is a wonderful list made by our teachers.
Pick 3 and put them on the back of your door or by your coat!
- What can I bring new to next week? Did the new thing work that I tried?
- Which objectives did I accomplish?
- Which lessons did/didn’t work?
- Was I patient and could I have been more in any situation?
- Can I remember one special thing/positive note about each child at the end of each week?
- What do I need to learn to better instruct next week?
- What went well this week and what should be changed?
- Am I working harder than my students?
- Did I check in with all of my students individually at some point?
- Have I responded to all student needs?
- Did I ignite a spark in my students and excite them for learning?
- Did I center my teaching around the individual interests and needs of my students?
- Did I facilitate the meeting of all learning objectives for the week?
- Did I encourage and model inquiry-based thinking in my lessons and encourage students to explore when they learn?
- What parents/children do I need to bring in the loop more?
- Can I find time to add or take away something from the schedule for next week?
- What social issues came up and what will I address next week?
- Have I made every child feel welcomed and loved this week?
- What did I do that I am proud of?
- What is something new I have learned about myself and/or my students?
- Which students made improvement and why?
- How can I change my response when I lose my patience?
- Did I prioritize time well?
- Did I set clear objectives and achieve them for each lesson?
- How did I evaluate my students and did I document it?
- What did we do together that strengthened our class?
- Did I miss anyone in my teaching approach? Who? How? Remedy?
- Did each child have success in one area?
- Do the parents understand the goals for this week clearly?
- Are the children making progress solving their social and/or academic issues independently?
- Am I clear in explaining expectations?
- What did the kids respond to?
- Was I empathetic/kind towards students, co-workers, family?
- What is the state of the class? Maintain it? Change it?
- Have I done enough to help others?
- Have I shared, empowered, reflected, and learned? If I have, my students will have, too.
- Did I ask students to self-assess?
- Did I take time to reflect?
- Did I nurture the inner lives of my students?
- Did we laugh a lot?
- What did a student teach me?
- Did I show gratitude? Was I a good listener?
- What could I change to make next week go more smoothly?
- How have I underestimated my students/colleagues?
- What is a challenge still in front of me?
- Who make a social breakthrough?
- Were the children happy?
- Did I differentiate for my students’ strengths, challenges, interests?
- Did I do something for my colleagues which will help them more than once?
- Did kids have more Joy in Learning because of what I did?
- Are the children learning to be kind and good friends?
- Was my approach to my students effective? How will I know?
- Have I asked my students questions that promote inquiry and curiosity?
- What projects or tasks did I spend too much time and energy on? How can I be more efficient?
- What mental clutter do I need to clear?