Principal Certification: Education

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**PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS**Write a reflection over Competency 4 of the Principal Certification Exam:Competency 004: The beginning principal knows how to monitor and assess classroom instruction to promoteteacher effectiveness and student achievement.A. Monitors instruction routinely by visiting classrooms, observing instruction, and attending grade-level, department,or team meetings to provide evidence-based feedback to improve instructionB. Analyzes the curriculum collaboratively to guide teachers in aligning content across grades and ensures thatcurricular scopes and sequences meet the particular needs of their diverse student populations (consideringsociological, linguistic, cultural, and other factors)C. Monitors and ensures staff use of multiple forms of student data to inform instruction and intervention decisionsthat maximizes instructional effectiveness and student achievementD. Promotes instruction that supports the growth of individual students and student groups, supports equity, andworks to reduce the achievement gapE. Supports staff in developing the capacity and time to collaboratively and individually use classroom formative andsummative assessment data to inform effective instructional practices and interventionsPLEASE 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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