Aspiring Leaders for Teaching and Learning Project
2012-2013
Reflective JournalName: ______
Contents1 / Introduction
2 / Personal Details
3 / Personal SWOT Analysis
4 / Initial Personal Profile
5 / Initial Action Plan
6 / Coaching Record
7 / Learning Log Record
8 / Questions to help with Reflection for your Learning Log
9 / Weekly Reflection
10 / CV Proforma
11 / End of Programme Reflective Review
12 / My CPD Record
13 / My CPD Plan
14 / My Intentional Change Agenda
15 / The Experiential Learning Model of Kolb
16 / What is a Reflective Diary?
17 / Johari Window
18 / Mind Sets
19 / Coaching Style Questions
20 / Examples of useful questions when using GROW
21 / Questioning aide-mémoire
22 / Kolb: VAK Learning Styles Self-Assessment Questionnaire
23 / Honey and Mumford - Learning Style Questionnaire (LSQ)
24 / Encouraging Empathic Learning (Goleman)
25 / Coaching skills inventory
Introduction
The Reflective Journal: Documents your Personal, Professional and Academic development as you reflect upon the learning journey that you make.
To do this effectively you reflect on your original intentions, your achievements, the impact of your achievements and you set yourself Targets for the future.
The Reflective Journal is key to Personal, Professional and Career development.
The Reflective Diary: This is your individual and private account of the personal challenges that you might be presented with as a result working with this programme. We need to be aware of those explicit assumptions that frame how we think and act. Need to know ourselves well and be honest with ourselves!
You can record your thoughts, feelings and emotions in your Reflective Diary at any time. Keep it with you always.
Reflection
Reflection is focused thought, concentrating on the ways in which you respond to, understand and develop and apply your learning in new situations.
Reflection is a way of learning from your direct experiences, rather than from the second-hand experiences of others.
This is known as ‘experiential learning’ – real activity with real consequences.
“We do not learn from experience…
we learn from reflecting on experience.” Dewey (1933)
Personal Details
Current address: / Work address:
Phone number / Phone number:
e-mail contact / e-mail contact
Current qualifications:
Context of Teaching (roles / responsibilities / situation)
Context of Management (roles / responsibilities / situation)
Current Continuing Professional Development
Other things to note
Please take the time to update your CV
A model proforma is available at the back of this document
Personal SWOT Analysis
Strengths / Weaknesses
Opportunities / Threats
Initial Personal Profile
What I hope to gain from the Programme:
Any initial concerns about the Programme, or my ability to cope with it:
Any particular support needs I may have:
I find that I learn best by:
I find that I do not like learning by:
Other comments:
SWOT Analysis (Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Threats)
Self evaluation:
Action required:
Initial Action Plan
SWOT Analysis (Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Threats)
Self evaluation:
Action required: / Target date
Coaching Record
Name:
Name of Coach:
Issues discussed:
Agreed action points: / Target dates:
Learning Log Record
Name: ______Date: ______
The main points I have learnt from this session are:
Reflection is focused thought, focusing on the ways in which you respond to, understand and develop and apply your learning in new situations.
How I can develop my own practical skills as a result of this session
Reflection is a way of learning from your direct experiences, rather than from the second-hand experiences of others.
How I could develop my knowledge and understanding as a result of this session
This is ‘experiential learning’ – real activity with real consequences.
My Individual learning Point is:
Questions to help with Reflection for your Learning Log
What did I read for this session (apart from the notes)?
What was the most interesting thing I read for this session (mark it above with an asterisk) - why was that?
What were three main things I learned from this session?
What did I previously think was true, but now know to be wrong?
What did we not cover that I expected we should?
What was new or surprising to me?
What have I changed my mind about, as a result of this session?
One thing I learned in this session that I may be able to use in future is...
I am still unsure about...
Issues that interested me a lot, and that I would like to study in more detail
Ideas for action, based on this session...
What I most liked about this session was...
What I most disliked about this session was...
Miscellaneous interesting facts I learned in this session...
Weekly Reflection
What sort of things did I do this week?
How do I feel about this week? Why?
How much of what I did this week, was about my personal well-being?
What frustrations have there been this week?
How much of what I did this week reflected my priorities for the school?
How much about what I did this week was maintenance, and how much was moving my school forward?
What should I not have done this week?
What should I have done that I didn’t do?
Who do I feel was controlling my agenda this week? (me, staff, pupils, parents, governors, local authority) Was this a good or a bad thing?
What would I have liked to have changed about how I spent my time this week?
What would I like to change about how I work/manage my time?
What can I do to implement these changes?
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Details
Name:
Address:
Telephone:
e-mail address:
National Insurance Number:
GTC / DES Registration Number:
Present Employment
Occupational History: Most recent first
Name and Address of Employer / Dates / Job Title, Key Responsibilities and Relevant Experience / Final Salary and Reason for Leaving
ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications gained and Professional Membership (most recent first) / Grade and Date Achieved / Awarding Body
Membership of professional bodies
Interests
Professional Referees:
Name
Address
Daytime telephone no
Capacity in which I know this person
Name
Address
Daytime telephone no
Capacity in which I know this person
Name
Address
Daytime telephone no
Capacity in which I know this person
End of Programme Reflective Review
How have my expectations of the programme been met?
What impact has the programme had on my practice as a teacher?
What impact has the programme had on my practice as a manager?
What impact has the programme had on my values?
Which aspects of the programme do I wish I had tackled differently?
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My CPD Record
Name:Time period:
Key dates / What did I do? / Why? / What did I learn from this? / How have/will I use this?
Any further action?
My CPD Plan
Name:Time period:
Planned Outcome
Where do I want to be by the end of this period? What do I want to be doing?
This may be evolutionary or ‘more of the same.’
What do I want/need to learn? / What will I do to achieve this? / What resources or support will I need? / What will my success criteria be? / Target dates for review and completion
Notes:
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Boyatzis’ Intentional Change Theory - formerly the Self-Directed Learning ModelMy Intentional Change Agenda
1. My ideal self: the person and leader I truly want to be
· What do I want to achieve?
· What do I really believe in?
· What are the skills, knowledge and experience I need?
· What sort of person do I need to be?
2. My real self: our current nature and how this compares to our ideal self
3. My Strengths: where my Ideal Self and Real Self are Similar
4. My Gaps: where my Ideal Self and Real Self are Different
5. My personal Learning Agenda: building on strengths while reducing Gaps
6. Opportunities forexperimenting with and practicing new behaviours – Experimenting as a Leader / Practising being a Leader
7. Trusting Relationships that help, support, challenge and encourage each step in the process as we work on changing our behaviour
· Who can help me on this journey?
The Experiential Learning Model of Kolb
· Have an experience
· Reflect on the Experience
· Learn from the Experience
· Try out what you have learnt
Reflection lies at the heart of the learning process!
My personal example
· Have an experience
· Reflecting on the Experience
· Learning from the Experience
· Trying out what I have learnt
What is a Reflective Diary?
· a vehicle for being reflective, which may include some factual writing, but is mainly an accumulation of material based on the writer’s process of reflection
· is written over time, rather than in one go
· is based on an overall intention by the writer that their learning will be enhanced by the process
· is almost like a personal conversation
· it might contain drawings, diagrams and stories
· is individual and personal to each trainee – there is not one ‘recipe’ for writing
· is written with the self as audience
· it encourages the development of your inner voice
Why Write one?
“In writing we capture a thought. We create order from fleeting metaphor, document meaning found in the world around us, place ourselves in time.
We take something from inside ourselves and we set it out: it is a means of discovering whom we are, that we exist, that we change and grow.
The personal journal has been used for hundreds of years to articulate the human drama of living and to explore new knowledge.”
Wolf (1989)
Contract for Professional Learning
1. I am responsible for directing my own professional learning.
2. I will diagnose my own professional learning needs and develop a personal agenda for learning.
3. I expect to use data and reflect on observation or videos of my practice to inform my continuous development.
4. My professional learning both builds on what I already know and seeks to fill gaps in my expertise.
5. I will be proactive in seeking out colleagues with the knowledge and expertise to support my professional learning.
6. I will seek knowledge and information pertaining to my own learning foci.
7. I will ensure that my personal professional learning supports departmental and school goals.
8. If I ask for help I will expect to be supported in my own learning rather than given solutions.
9. I expect to stay informed about new local and national initiatives.
10. I understand the benefits of coaching, mentoring and collaboration within school as well as externally provided CPD.
11. I understand the importance of sharing successes and learning from mistakes.
12. I am willing to support others both informally and via collaboration, and coaching (or mentoring) relationships.
Johari Window
Known to me / Not Known to meKnown to Others / Public/Open
Known to others and to me / Blind
Known to others but not to me
Not Known to Others / Closed
Known to me but not known by others / Hidden
Unknown by me and others
Known to me / Not Known to me
Known to Others / Public/Open / Blind
Not Known to Others / Closed / Hidden
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Fixed Mindset
Do you recognise yourself in any of these statements? Why not highlight any that you may need to work on.
Characteristics of a Fixed’ Mindset / RepercussionsMy intelligence is a fixed trait – I have a certain amount of it and that’s that.
/ I worry about how much intelligence I have and it makes me interested in looking and feeling as if I have enough. I must look clever and, at all costs, not look stupid.
I feel clever when things are easy, where I put in little effort and I outperform my peers. / Effort, difficulty, setbacks or higher performing peers call my intelligence into question, even if I have high confidence in my intelligence, so I feel stupid.
I need easy success to feel clever / Challenges are a threat to my self-esteem so I won’t engage in them.
I don’t want to have my inadequacies and errors revealed. / I will withdraw from valuable learning opportunities if I think this might happen
Even if I’m doing well initially, I won’t be able to cope with a problem or obstacle. / I readily disengage from tasks when obstacles occur.
Growth Mindset
Do you recognise yourself in any of these statements? How can you keep yourself with a positive Growth Mindset?
Characteristics of a ‘growth’ mindset / RepercussionsIntelligence is something I can increase through my own efforts. / I am keen to work hard and learn as much as I can.
I acknowledge that there are differences between people in how much they know and how quickly they master things. / I believe that everyone, with effort and guidance, can increase their intellectual abilities.
I love to learn something new. / I will readily sacrifice opportunities to look clever in favour of opportunities to learn something new.
I am excited by challenge. / Even if I have low confidence in my intelligence, I throw myself into difficult tasks and stick with them. I set myself goals and make sure I have strategies to reach them.