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Mike, Craig, Karyn, Melissa

1) Reflective practice is taking time to regularly go back over lessons instructed to examine what we are doing and why. 2) Our definition of reflective practice is being able to assess and evaluate what worked and did not work in a given lesson. 3) Critically reflective practice requires a step further than just reflecting. It requires action. 4) To know if our reflection is good we need to set criteria for ourselves to evaluate. For example, we might look for level of questions, student engagement, understanding concepts, or working well together, depending on the lesson. A successful classroom looks different for different teachers and different subject matters. Critical reflection requires us to know ourselves and our biases, our students and how they perceive us and our teachings. We need to also know the culture of our school, and its surrounding community. 5)