Principal Certification: Education

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**PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS**Write a reflection over Competency 5 of the Principal Certification Exam:DOMAIN IIIHUMAN CAPITAL (Human Resource Management)Competency 005: The beginning principal knows how to provide feedback, coaching, and professional development to staff through evaluation and supervision, knows how to reflect on his/her own practice, and strives to grow professionally. A. Communicates expectations to staff and uses multiple data points (e.g., regular observations, walk-throughs, teacher and student data, and other sources) to complete evidence-based evaluations of all staff B. Coaches and develops teachers by facilitating teacher self-assessment and goal setting, conducting conferences, giving individualized feedback, and supporting individualized professional growth opportunities C. Collaborates to develop, implement, and revise a comprehensive and ongoing plan for the professional development of campus staff that addresses staff needs based on staff appraisal trends, goals, and student information/data D. Facilitates a continuum of effective professional development activities that includes appropriate content, process, context, allocation of time, funding, and other needed resources E. Engages in ongoing and meaningful professional growth activities, reflects on his or her practice, seeks and acts on feedback, and strives to continually improve, learn, and grow F. Seeks assistance (e.g., mentor, central office) to ensure effective and reflective decision making and works collaboratively with campus and district leadershipPLEASE STICK AS CLOSELY TO THIS REFLECTION CYCLE AS POSSIBLE:Stage 1: Description of the eventDescribe in detail the event you are reflecting on. Include e.g. where were you; who else was there; why were you there; what were you doing; what were other people doing; what was the context of the event; what happened; what was your part in this; what parts did the other people play; what was the result.Stage 2: FeelingsAt this stage try to recall and explore the things that were going on inside your head, i.e. why does this event stick in your mind? Include e.g. how you were feeling when the event started; what you were thinking about at the time; how did it make you feel; how did other people make you feel; how did you feel about the outcome of the event; what do you think about it now.Stage 3: EvaluationTry to evaluate or make a judgment about what has happened. Consider what was good about the experience and what was bad about the experience or didnt go so wellStage 4: AnalysisBreak the event down into its component parts so they can be explored separately. You may need to ask more detailed questions about the answers to the last stage. Include e.g. what went well; what did you do well; what did others do well; what went wrong or did not turn out how it should have done; in what way did you or others contribute to thisStage 5: ConclusionThis differs from the evaluation stage in that now you have explored the issue from different angles and have a lot of information to base your judgment. It is here that you are likely to develop insight into you own and other peoples behavior in terms of how they contributed to the outcome of the event. Remember the purpose of reflection is to learn from an experience. Without detailed analysis and honest exploration that occurs during all the previous stages, it is unlikely that all aspects of the event will be taken into account and therefore valuable opportunities for learning can be missed. During this stage you should ask yourself what you could have done differently.Stage 6: Action PlanDuring this stage you should think yourself forward into encountering the event again and to plan what you would do would you act differently, or would you be likely to do the same?

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