Domain 4: Practicing Reflective Assessment
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Candidates manage their
continued learning and professional development through continuous reflection
about their teaching knowledge, dispositions, skills, and practices.
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Teachers must be the ones to determine the focus of their professional development because they should be the ones determining their strengths and weaknesses. A teacher through self-reflection and evaluation of student learning in their classroom is able to see where it is most important for them to improve. If someone is to grow as a professional, then they must take ownership of the process. Teachers can not be afraid that by admitting weaknesses they are putting their jobs on the line. They must be free to look at themselves honestly. Continual reflection is accomplished through the evaluation of the results of teaching. Did the students learn? How could they have learned more? How could I have helped them learn more? Teachers must look at what the students knew prior to their intervention and what they knew after the process was completed. The teacher then must be willing to say that they did not do enough, or that they could do more. Through this process the teacher will improve and the students will learn.
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