A good teacher is a reflective one! Here are some prompts to get you started:

1. I became a teacher because…

2. This year, my goals were…

3. What progress have I made on my goals?

4. In what ways do I fill my own cup?

5. If I watched a recording of my classrooms, what would I want to see? Hear? Feel?

6. What kind of culture have I set in my classroom? How does it benefit my students? How does it benefit me?

7. How do I show up when I’m having a bad day?

8. What do my students do well? What do they need more support with?

9. How can I include more of my student’s voices in my classroom?

10. My best lesson so far was…because…

11. What lesson was most engaging for students? Why?

12. If my students had to describe me to someone else, they would say…

13. The last time I tried something new in the classroom…

14. Something new I’d like to try is…

15. If I could have any teacher superpower, it would be…

16. The best part of being a teacher is…

17. What beliefs do I hold about myself as a teacher?

18. What beliefs do I hold about my students?

19. In what ways do my students see themselves in the lessons?

20. In what ways do my students see themselves in the physical classrooms?

21. What type of student behavior do I value? Why?

22. I struggle with…because…

23. Who is your “teacher support team?” In what ways do they support?

24. What might success look like this (week, month, quarter, etc)?

25. If I traded places with one of my students for the class period,what might I see? Hear? Feel?

26. Something fun I’d like to try with my students is…

27. What’s one tool I can use to improve my teaching?

28. If I were not a teacher, I’d be…because…

29. How might I consistently collect student data without grading more papers?

30. My favorite teaching moment today was…

Hope these are helpful! Happy writing! 📝