Looking forward to the new year also means time to look back and reflect on the previous year. Some days, last year, and all things that came along with "coming out of a pandemic" seems so long ago. Other days...the objects in last year's rearview mirror seem closer than they appear. I do believe that looking back on the year, reflecting, is always a good way to get yourself ready for the year ahead, to get yourself in a better mindset for the future. I came across a podcast that had some great reflection questions. I am hoping that taking the time to think about these questions, maybe write down the answers to some, or have a conversation with a peer about them...that will help us reflect and keep moving forward this year. Here are the reflection questions... What made you feel most happy this year? What made you unhappy this year? What was the biggest lesson you learned this past year? What do you wish you would have done more of this year? What's something you want to do less of next year? What was your biggest success this year? When was a moment you failed this year? What is something you want to learn next year? What is your favorite way to refuel? (Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9-powerful-reflection-questions-for-2021/id1450994021?i=1000546010728) Speaking of reflection, let's take a minute to reflect on why data (all kinds of data) is such an important tool for us as educators. Before the break you might have seen this post in Dr. Cohen's update... Using Data Across MURSD: All across MURSD we see educators talking about and using data to better understand, support and engage our students and guide our Tier I efforts. We see it at Nipmuc with educators reviewing our recent Panorama SEL survey data. We see it at Miscoe as grade-level teams engage in data inquiry using "street data" to identify common areas of growth in literacy, and coordinate with each other to try new ways of teaching writing skills. We see it at the elementary schools as grade-level teams use iReady and DIBELS to make sense of how students are making progress towards grade-level standards. At each school our Systemic Student Support (S3) teams are working together to identify the kinds of data we want to routinely collect and examine to best understand the whole child. Why is data such a powerful tool in your role and in your school? We'd love to hear from all of you on this as we work to articulate our vision and beliefs about the importance of using data to empower all learners to thrive. Respond to this one-question mentimeter to share your thoughts. You can see others thoughts in the embedded graphic on Dr. Cohen's blog from before the break. For those who prefer the simplicity of a google form here is the same response question in a form: Here is the link. I definitely used this break to recover, relax, and spend time with my family. I also spent some time reading. I started rereading one of my all time favorite new chapter books called The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise. It truly is such a great book...4th grade you might be interested in it as a read aloud! During the new year, my goal is to get back into a better habit of writing, so I picked up some of my writing books again to skim through for inspiration. I actually have a goal of writing a book, possibly about writing, possibly about leadership. And the number one thing is I need to just simply write. Reading other people's writing about writing is motivating me! One book is called Why They Can't Write and the other one is called Joy Write.
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