Effectiveness and Value Added!

Reflection

It is important to reflect on progress and the deliberate acts I have carried out throughout the course of the year and to ask myself one very important question.

WHAT made the most significant difference to attitudinal change and can this practice be sustainable and continued next year.

Then the next question is how do I measure this.  During one of my CoL days, I shared some of my data and was the guinea pig 'coachee".  I was asked some incredibly helpful questions to make me think about measuring my effectiveness.  From this and also a conversation during my goal setting with Mike, I have decided my next step is to survey parents of the children who I have noticed a significant shift in motivation to write and see if parents might be able to shed some light on the WHY this shift has happened.

Is it the connectedness of the teacher
Is it the "culture" of the classroom (happy kids?)
Is it Night Zookeeper?
Is it the writing task for Homework?
Is it the Spelling videos?
Is it improved teacher capabilities due to PLD (Dyslexia)?

Next Step: Create a survey or interview questions for parents.