Principled Innovation: Reflective Decision Making

Overview

This Power Up explores the process of reflective decision making through principled innovation practices.

Learning Outcomes

• Define Principled Innovation and reflective decision making

  • PLO alignment: ESK2Ia: Identify elements/steps of an inquiry cycle

• Apply Principled Innovation reflective decision making process

  • PLO alignment: ESK2Ra: Practice one or more elements/steps of inquiry.

Success Criteria

• Make a decision using the Principled Innovation reflective decision making process

Power-Up Instructions

• Review the learning outcome and consider how you can use the Principled Innovation reflective decision making process to make meaningful decisions.

• Download the slide deck, which includes a voice over with additional information.

• Complete the Application Activity.

Application Activity

Application Activity:

Reflect upon this presentation then answer the following in narrative format:

1. What values do you prioritize as an educator/future educator? (share 2-3)

2. As you reflect upon Principled Innovation (PI) core values, which specific core values resonate with you? Why? (share 2-3).

3. How can you infuse your values with our PI values?

4. Where do you see opportunities to enhance the learning experiences of yourself, your students, your colleagues, and/or your community through intentional design toward moral assets and practices? Feel free to focus on one or more areas (yourself, your colleagues, your students, your community).

5. Where do you see opportunities to enhance the learning experiences of yourself, your students, your colleagues, and/or your community through intentional design toward civic assets and practices? Feel free to focus on one or more areas (yourself, your colleagues, your students, your community).

6. Where do you see opportunities to enhance the learning experiences of yourself, your students, your colleagues, and/or your community through intentional design toward intellectual assets and practices? Feel free to focus on one or more areas (yourself, your colleagues, your students, your community).

7. Where do you see opportunities to enhance the learning experiences of yourself, your students, your colleagues, and/or your community through intentional design toward performance assets and practices? Feel free to focus on one or more areas (yourself, your colleagues, your students, your community).

8. How will you use the values of PI and character assets (moral, civic, intellectual, performance) as a developing (remember character development is a lifelong process) professional educator?

References

• Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (2021). Principled Innovation. Arizona State University. https://pi.education.asu.edu/

• Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (2021). Principled Innovation. Arizona State University. https://pi.education.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/19_20-Framework-for-Principled-Innovation.pdf