A Kline's Reflective Practice

This week I learned about the ends principle and its impact on design. We also discussed PICKLE which is basically the idea that we need to focus on developing our students so that they are prepared to be participants, informational users, community participants, knowledgeable, literate and ethical decision makers. These are the learning goals we need to keep in mind as our “end” goals for lessons that we’ve designed. If we are able to impart these specific end goals onto our students they the idea is that they will become future ready human beings. For me I know that this has already started to shape my practice since FCPS has started actively pushing the Portrait of a Graduate program. As a teacher I am constantly using the PoG rubrics to assess students skills throughout the year. I use them with writing, when doing PBL units and I ask my students to regularly reflect on what skills they’re developing by using google forms and connecting their lessons to PICKLE and PoG. I think th...

What did I learn?  What does it mean and what supports that position?  What are the ways in which it might impact my practice? Week 1 Reflection - Teachers as Designers This week I learned that there is a difference between designing learning and planning lessons. When you’re a teacher who is lesson planning you are focused in on looking at the standards you are teaching and finding various engaging activities or developing direct instruction to help students learn the content. When teachers view themselves as designers they take a problem of practice and with a broader scope and idealized lense think about ways in which they might design learning so that students become more invested in the work they are doing. Before I had only really thought about how I might engage students on a day to day basis. With this new view of teachers as designers I understand better that I can be even more effective in my work if I strive to look at my work as a designer, not just a le...