Reflections

Technology Facility

• I started at the developing stage and am fully in the performing stage and if I continue my dedication and facility, I will be at the transforming stage soon.
• I have made this growth because I explore technology innovations to build educator capacity and collaborate.
• I was able to model use of current technology to further student and adult learning during model lessons and professional development.
• I used technology to establish an online professional social media presence.

Reflective Practices

• I started at the emerging stage and am fully in the developing stage. If I continue my dedication I will be in the performing stage.
• I have made this growth due to my role as an instructional coach. A large portion of my job is scaffolding educators through the process of reflection. I engage in leadership opportunities both inside and outside of the the classroom and/or school.
• I am still working on National Board Certification and this year has been the most reflective and connected to education I have ever felt.
• I work with colleagues to understand and engage in reflective practices by using data and reflection to develop strategic plans for growth.
• I establish and model norms and expectations for improvement.

Collaborate Purposefully

• I started as ore-emerging and have partially moved into the merging stage. I am mostly demonstrating awareness at this point and studying interactions and attempting to understand cultural norms.
• I am more aware of my biases and can identify them more readily. I have developed an appreciation and acceptance for the difference among, between, and within cultural groups.
• Being aware of biases has helped me become more reflective and mindfully control how I interact with others. I have been able to support educators in creating learning environments for students and/or adults to include and value cultures beyond their own.
• I am cognizant about addressing biases (in sensitive ways) with other educators to help them become more aware of them, too. I engage in ongoing self-education and self-reflection.

Coaching and mentoring

• I started as emerging and and fully in the developing stage, partial performance.
• I am engaged in formal roles of coaching and mentoring. I was able to work with four educators in a formal coaching cycle.
• I have utilized multiple measures to identify effective teaching and successful student learning through the use of walk through checklists and coaching cycle supports.
• I have worked with other teachers to provide information about their own practice to promote growth and development.
• I have helped provide and taught professional development based on data analysis and instructional needs.

Impact

The TLI experience and Capstone project have impacted my growth in multiple ways. The best part of this experience was that the project supported me work as a new instructional coach. I took my leadership abilities and applied them to a completely new area of leadership within the district. I was able to support educators in their growth and the work was meaningful. The TLI experience helped me identify ways to be more targeted and focused with my work while supporting me in a new role.

I have the unique opportunity to pave the way for other (potential) instructional coaches in my district. The TLI process has helped me set the bar high and pursue excellence in these areas as an instructional coach and leader.

Make instructional coaching a leadership position that fights for diverse and equal treatment.

Continuing the work

In continuing my work and growth as a teacher leader, instructional leader and instructional coach, I will keep involving educators in embedded reflective practices in coach cycles, questioning, professional development, and meetings. I would like to transition the educators that have already been in formal coaching into team-type coaching, eventually moving to the Video Leadership Teams.

This coming school year will be focused on continual development of relationships, engaging educators in reflective practices, continuing to integrate technology in the professional developments I offer and during model lessons, and I will continue to self-educate and engage in reflective practices with educators as a model and a way to improve my practice.

The most valuable part of the TLI process has been really analyzing how I am as a person, a leader, and an educator.