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Survey of Instructional Strategies- Reflection


Over the course of this quarter, my confidence in using and naming instructional strategies has drastically increased.  While I already had knowledge of many of these strategies under my belt prior to taking this course and used them frequently, I was not in a position to effectively teach them to others or even collect data on them within my own teaching.  One of the most powerful pieces to my learning in this course was being able to put a name to the strategies that I’ve previously found successful within my own teaching.  With now having the increased knowledge of names of instructional strategies, areas in lessons and units that they are most effective, and an ability to take data of them, I am able to have meaningful conversations with other educators.  I also have more tools for my teacher leader “toolkit” as far as guiding teachers to effective, research based strategies that help further student learning. 

In addition to the deep dive into specific strategies, I have come away with a better understanding of an inquiry model when conducting a PD.  While I have experienced this model from a participant perspective and have even been a part PD collaborations with other educators when helping teach specific things within my building, I had never truly been on a creating end of it.  After having the inquiry model “spelled out” for me and attempting to put it into action, it gave me a better understanding of how effective conducting teacher education in this model can be. 

Finally, I have more confidence with providing positive and constructive feedback to other educators.  This course allowed me to use the information I had about coaching and actually implement it while giving feedback to peers.  Not only was it so valuable to get a peek into others’ classrooms through video lessons, but it was great practice looking for specific instructional strategies and giving data based feedback. 


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