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Teacher Reflection Guide

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Area of Focus – Personal & Community Well-Being
Topic 4 – Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion

Recognizing that all teachers, children, and classroom environments are distinct, this guide

hopes to inspire teachers in finding their unique voice – through reflection – to support
personal & community well-being.

In exploring and sharing this program in your classroom, reflecting will allow you to draw
upon experiences, refine perspectives, and expand the scope of possibilities throughout
every phase of the program.

Significance of Reflection in Every Phase

1 R E V I E W 2 R E V E A L

Reflection in this phase will allow Reflection in this phase will allow

you to set objectives and determine you to present the program in a
how this program may be applied. manner strategically designed to
The aim is for students to have an provoke thought, encourage
enriching experience and reach a questions, and bring about change.
deeper understanding of the topic.

3 R E S P O N D 4 R E V I S I T

Reflection in this phase will allow Reflection in this phase will allow
you to appropriately observe and you to evaluate the program
respond, seizing every teachable journey: reception by students;
moment. achievement of desired outcomes;
and future enhancements.

"We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience."

– JOHN DEWEY
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