Bathroom Reading for the Devoted Classroom Teacher

Volume 2
The SECOND 102 Best Reflective Quickies™ for Classroom Teachers

And if you have already read Volume 1 you already know the value of a Reflective Quickie™ as a professional development activity.

Unleash the power of change through reflective thought on past, present and future behaviors.

What is a Reflective Quickie™?

Each of the Reflective Quickies in this eBook is designed as a "trigger" for your thought processes.

Each thought or idea will force both your conscious and subconscious to reflect on the idea or concept in the Quickie.

Each Quickie will trigger other ideas for a cumulative effect.

Each Quickie takes only a few seconds to read but contains enough thought-provoking material to last an entire day, week, term, or year!

Each time you read a new Quickie it becomes an "idea generating activity" providing the raw material for change.

Each Quickie provides time for reflection one-on-one with yourself.

102 Reflective Quickies AND MORE!

In addition to the 102 incredible idea generating statements you will also have for your own personal and professional development the following topics expanded upon:

What is a Reflective Quickie? What is the value of "Triggers"? Reflection as a Personal and Professional Development Activity Wisdom from Reflection The Subconscious and Reflection Suggestions for how to make the best use of Reflective Quickies™

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This collection of 102 thought-provoking ideas will:

• Reinforce what you are currently doing
• Challenge you to change what needs to be changed
• Explore new attitudes, skills and knowledge that will make you a more effective teacher
• Give yourself daily professional development without sacrificing anything else
• Discover the magic of taking time for Reflection
• Put passion and hope back into your teaching
• Become a change agent for your students, yourself and your school

You owe it to yourself to discover what Reflective Quickies can do for you and your teaching. Allow me to share with you the wisdom of 32+ years as a classroom teacher, administrator and "reflectologist" as I continue to be a life-long learner.

You receive:

64 pages of incredible content ready for reading and printing

102 incredibly thought-provoking ideas

7 pages of professional development on the value of reflection

1 opportunity to contribute your own Reflective Quickie™ for a future eBook

Testing has two major purposes

Whenever you test a student through an assignment or a formal test, there are two purposes for the test. The obvious one is for the student to demonstrate what he/she has learned. Equally important, but often overlooked, is to determine how well the teacher has taught the material being tested. Are there gaps in knowledge? Are there attitudes, opinions, judgements… reflected in the questions and answers which should have been learned but were not demonstrated in the test results or assignment? Did you cover all the things you were supposed to cover? Did you teach to the test? Did you compare the post-test with the pre-test of the same material? Did you… You must take the time to not only look at what the students learned but at what you must do now to make up for teaching omissions or what you must emphasize next time you teach the material. Make notes for future reference. Put the notes in with the curriculum documents for consideration when you return to this unit of study.

Lecturing - The Common Method of Instruction

Do you “lecture” students? Do you spend more time talking during a lesson than students do working? Do you work harder than the students? Lecturing is considered the least effective method of instruction yet it is the most widely used even in elementary school! It is just as ineffective at the college or university level. How do you assess if you are predominately a lecturer? Keep track for the next week what percentage of each lesson was lecturing. How do you effectively teach without lecturing? Try using a problem solving approach to introduce new information. Use questions that require new knowledge to answer. Start with surveys of present attitudes, skills, and knowledge and work from there. Try getting students talking, doing something, creating something, playing with ideas, having fun! Try anything but don’t lecture. Discuss the problem with colleagues. Just being aware of your teaching style will make a difference. Give the students a break. They will be subjected to enough lecturing when they are in institutions of “higher” education.

Take the opportunity right now to invest $11.99 USD in your personal and professional development by purchasing Volume 2, The SECOND 102 Best Reflective Quickies™ for Classroom Teachers.