Reflective Practice

Overview –The Reflective Practice Micro-Credential involves the school principal’s ability to: demonstrate self-awareness and use that mindfulness to enhance their leadership skills; utilize feedback from teachers, staff and community members to improve performance; implement processes and procedures to use reflective practice to improve leadership skills; and provide a plan with strategies, implementation timelines, evaluation, and a monitoring process to establish best practice in self-reflection and organizational improvement. An effective principal establishes the conditions by which they continually engage in a reflective practice process to develop and deepen their creative thinking skills and refine their abilities to assess and adjust as appropriate their leadership practices (MDLS, 2020).

Essential Outcomes – Reflective Practice includes the following four identified essential outcomes:

1. Demonstrate self-awareness and use that mindfulness to enhance their leadership skills.
2. Utilize feedback from teachers, staff, and community members to improve performance.
3. Implement processes and procedures to use reflective practice to improve leadership skills.
4. Provide a plan with strategies, implementation timelines, evaluation, and a monitoring process to establish best practice in self-reflection and organizational improvement.

Requirements

Part 1 – Overview Questions

Develop a responsive narrative that answers the following questions (1,000-word minimum):

1. What processes do you have in place to monitor your own self-awareness on a regular basis and how does that reflection impact your school leadership?
2. How do you create a culture that shows your interest in teacher and staff concerns and options, and what do you do to seek continued feedback from school employees?
3. What processes do you have in place that demonstrates your commitment to evaluate your own leadership and your ability to modify your ideas ad actions based on learning from reflective practice?

Part 2 – Skill Demonstration Product with Self-Analysis

Develop an artifact portfolio that captures the essential outcomes for the Reflective Practice Micro-Credential and complete the evidence self-analysis.

For each EO detail you will be required to reference an uploaded artifact(s) and guide the assessor to the specific evidence (page number, video time stamp, etc.) within the uploaded artifact(s). An explanation of how the evidence demonstrates proficiency of the outcome detail is also required. The practitioner must clearly and compellingly demonstrate proficiency of every detail under each essential outcome.

Part 3 – Reflection and Application

Submit, in writing, a summary of your experience of providing and maintaining Innovative Leadership – Reflective Practice (500-word minimum) to highlight and provide specific examples of how you applied the three components of Reflective Practice micro credential. Include a reflection about the impact of these skills on your professional practice and how you will continue to apply them in the future.