Directions
As a culminating reflection of your professional growth, you will create a website to reflect on your induction journey. This is your opportunity to share with the professional learning community what you can do!
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- Your reflection should demonstrate your technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge.
- The website you publish should reflect pride in the profession with the real-world purpose to inspire and support other new teachers.
- You will be presenting your digital reflection website during Colloquium.
- CTI will ask your permission to feature your website on our Center for Teacher Innovation website, future publications, and/or Twitter account.
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Tip: Consider including additional tabs or pages on your website for organization of professional documentation like your resume or completed professional development for convenient use and access throughout your career.
Year 1
You will create a website at the end of Year 1.
Start
Start by selecting a free website builder as a tool to capture your digital reflection.
Create
Create 3 categories (pages/tabs) on your website:
- Name
- Grade level
- Content
- Why do I teach? Include multimedia in a way that reflects your passion for and philosophy of teaching. This multimedia response should be embedded or linked on the Introduction page of your website.
Tools can include, but are not limited to the following:
- Canva online graphic design tool.
- Powtoons animated videos and presentations
- Animoto photo and video slideshow
- Piktochart easy infographics and presentations
- Screencast-O-matic fast, free screen recording
- Adobe Spark transform your ideas into stunning visual stories
- iMovie or iMovie Trailer (for Mac) video presentations
Revisit your professional growth goal(s) and compare and contrast your Initial CSTP and your Final CSTP Self-Assessment results.
- What are your areas of strength?
- Where are your opportunities for continuous improvement?
- What are you most proud of?
- Share a specific example of student success or achievement, consider including a quote from a student or student work examples.
- Share statement from an educational leader, that highlights your impact on student success.
Year 2
Start
You can continue from your digital reflection website from Year 1 or create a new one.
Create
Create 3 categories (pages/tabs) to your website:
If you no longer have access from Year 1 from last year, please be sure to include the information below:
- Name
- Grade level
- Content
- Why do I teach? Include multimedia in a way that reflects your passion for and teaching philosophy. This multimedia response should be embedded or linked on the Introduction page of your website.
Tools can include but are not limited to the following:
- Canva online graphic design tool.
- Powtoons animated videos and presentations
- Animoto photo and video slideshow
- Piktochart easy infographics and presentations
- Screencast-O-matic fast, free screen recording
- Adobe Spark transform your ideas into stunning visual stories
- iMovie or iMovie Trailer (for Mac) video presentations
Revisit your professional growth goal(s) and compare and contrast your Initial CSTP and your Final CSTP Self-Assessment results.
- Describe a professional goal you have for yourself beyond induction. Why have you identified this as a need or interest?
- What actions will you take? How will you measure goal attainment?
- What actions can you take to remain a connected educator throughout your career?
- What can you do personally and professionally, to sustain the energy it takes to be passionate about students, teaching, and learning? (Ideas from Edutopia)
- What advice do you have for new teachers entering the profession?
Throughout Induction, you have been provided Curated Resources with the intent to keep you informed of the newest and most relevant teaching strategies and web-based teaching tools available. Now, it’s your turn!
- On your website, create a tab/page that features at least 3 quality resources that any new teacher in your grade level and/or content should not be without.
- Include brief explanations of how you used them in your unique context.
- Featured resources should include those you are excited to continue using in the future and those that would contribute to the success of other new teachers and students.
- Featured resources can include lessons, activities, or other teaching resources you created, adapted, or found from another source. If you feature a resource that you did not create, be sure to cite your sources.
- The resources you choose to feature should support effective use of technology, pedagogy, and/or content.
- The goal of this task is for you to engage in being an active contributor to what’s great in the profession.
- Throughout your induction experience, you have refined areas of expertise; now share with the world!
Early Completion Option
You will complete all digital reflection requirements at the end of your single program year.
Start
Start by selecting a free website builder as a tool to capture your digital reflection.
Create
Create 5 categories (pages/tabs) on your website:
- Name
- Grade level
- Content
- Why do I teach? Include multimedia in a way that reflects your passion for and philosophy of teaching. This multimedia response should be embedded or linked on the Introduction page of your website.
Tools can include, but are not limited to the following:
- Canva online graphic design tool.
- Powtoons animated videos and presentations
- Animoto photo and video slideshow
- Piktochart easy infographics and presentations
- Screencast-O-matic fast, free screen recording
- Adobe Spark transform your ideas into stunning visual stories
- iMovie or iMovie Trailer (for Mac) video presentations
Revisit your professional growth goal(s) and compare and contrast your Initial CSTP and your Final CSTP Self-Assessment results.
- What are your areas of strength?
- Where are your opportunities for continuous improvement?
- What are you most proud of?
- Share a specific example of student success or achievement, consider including a quote from a student or student work examples.
- Share statement from an educational leader, that highlights your impact on student success.
- Describe a professional goal you have for yourself beyond induction. Why have you identified this as a need or interest?
- What actions will you take? How will you measure goal attainment?
- What actions can you take to remain a connected educator throughout your career?
- What can you do personally and professionally, to sustain the energy it takes to be passionate about students, teaching, and learning? (Ideas from Edutopia)
- What advice do you have for new teachers entering the profession?
Throughout Induction, you have been provided Curated Resources with the intent to keep you informed of the newest and most relevant teaching strategies and web-based teaching tools available. Now, it’s your turn!
- On your website, create a tab/page that features at least 3 quality resources that any new teacher in your grade level and/or content should not be without.
- Include brief explanations of how you used them in your unique context.
- Featured resources should include those you are excited to continue using in the future and those that would contribute to the success of other new teachers and students.
- Featured resources can include lessons, activities, or other teaching resources you created, adapted, or found from another source. If you feature a resource that you did not create, be sure to cite your sources.
- The resources you choose to feature should support effective use of technology, pedagogy, and/or content.
- The goal of this task is for you to engage in being an active contributor to what’s great in the profession. Throughout your Induction experience, you have refined areas of expertise; now share with the world!
Webtool Builders
CTI recommends that you use Google Sites to create your website. However you are more than welcome to select any other website builder you are comfortable using. Options are not limited to this list below:
Examples
View digital reflection examples that reflect the required criteria. These are just samples of the possibilities. You have full autonomy to personalize your digital reflection.
2nd-3rd grade Combo (Adobe Express)
1st & 3rd Virtual (Google Sites)
3rd-4th Grade (Google Sites)
3rd-4th Grade (Wix)
4th Grade (Google Sites)
4th Grade Dual Immersion (Adobe Sparks)
5th-6th Grade (Weebly)
7th-8th Grade Science (Google Sites)
7th-8th Grade History/Social Studies (Weebly)
Middle School History (Google)
Middle School History (Google)
Middle School Math and Science (Weebly)
9th Grade Biology (Google Sites)
9th-10th Grade ELA (Google Sites)
9th-10th Grade Science (WordPress)
9th-10th Grade Math (Weebly)
11th-12 Grade Integrated Math (Google Sites)
11th-12th Grade Visual and Performing Arts (Wix)
High School Math Intervention (Google Wix)
1st-5th RSP Special Education (Wix)
9th-12th Life Skills Special Education (Google Sites)
Mild/Moderate SDC (Weebly)
Moderate/Severe Special Education (Wix)
Program Specialist Special Education (Wix)
High School Special Education (Wix)
Foreign Language – ASL (Adobe Sparks)
Foreign Language – Spanish (Weebly)
Foreign Language – French (Weebly)
Physical Education (Wix)
Student Activities (Google Sites)
Visual and Performing Arts – Art (Weebly)
Visual and Performing Arts – Art (myportfolio)
Visual and Performing Arts – Music (Google Sites)
Digital Reflection Checklist for Reflective Coaches
Once your candidate has completed their Digital Reflection, use the information below to ensure that all required criteria have been met. Your candidate will be placing the link to their website in the Digital Reflection section of their ILP. They will also create a brief Flipgrid recording of their website to share at Colloquium. Access the Checklist Document here for the printable version.