A short time ago, I posted about reflection and the want for a
coach. In that post I talked about a tool that I used during my teacher
training. It is called "Modified SATIC." How it works is that one
either audio records or video records his/her teaching. This analysis
focuses on a 15 minute segment. As one reviews the recording he/she
notes how many times one performs each of the behaviors. After that
point, he/she looks to see what areas to improve upon and what areas are
in line with best practice. For example, if I am concerned about the
usage of verbal fillers such as um, uh, ok. I can focus in on that
portion of my coding to determine what the actual state of that issue
is. When we worked on these in my methods courses, we coded the
segment, wrote a transcript, and reflected upon improvements that could
be made. We then exchanged with at least one classmate and he/she went
through the transcript or possible watched/listened to the segment and
wrote comments about what he/she found out and what improvements could
be made. Also, this was an important part to include peer review
because one could be unrealistic about the coding, because of being too
critical or perhaps because of misunderstanding some of the criteria.
Peer review was also helpful because it gave us input that we could
reflect upon and work into our teaching as needed.
I have used this a few times since I've been teaching full-time, but
not near as much as I would like. More consistent reflection is and has
been a goal of mine. This morning I thought I'd try again to find
something on the web, as I can't find my blank copy of this anymore, and
I was actually able to find a few things this time.
This first link is background from the original tool,
SATIC.
This second link is one I found on Scribd. This shows a student going through the reflection practice that I described above
: Video Analysis of my Instruction
This last link is to a blank word copy of the
Modified SATIC.
I am excited to reincorporate this reflection into my practice, as well as do more with
VideoPaperBuilder
What methods do you use for self-reflection? How easy is it for you to get feedback from peers and administrators?
I intended to include a scanned copy of my own example, but Blogger doesn't like me today. :(
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