1st Edition
Implementing Reflective Practice in the K-12 Classroom How to Easily Structure Teaching and Learning Reflections Into Your Day
This resource offers teachers a simple framework to seamlessly add reflective practice to their day and encourages educators to critically reflect on instructional planning and practice. Commonly used in other busy professions, the SOAP Notes structure makes it easy to reflect on student progress through any lesson or learning activity, regardless of grade band or content area. Each category- Subjective, Observation, Assessment, and Planning- allows for documentation of obstacles, difficulties, or challenges within a lesson so educators can address these concerns in subsequent lessons. Each chapter features an in-service teacher who used SOAP Notes reflections in their classrooms to improve their instruction and student learning. Contributors are from diverse teaching backgrounds, schools, and student populations. The authors include instructions for using the template in a variety of scenarios, blank worksheets, completed SOAP examples, and important take-aways. Whether there is an hour or only minutes in the day to focus on reflective practice, these teachers demonstrate how this framework makes this activity possible in any classroom. Ideal for preservice and inservice teachers, administrators, and other education professionals across K-12 settings, this accessible read demonstrates the ease of reflective practice while celebrating teacher voices. This simple structure makes adding reflection and intention to your routine immediately doable.
Introduction
Joanna C. Weaver
Cynthia D. Bertelsen
Part 1: Professional Learning: Connections Between Medical and
Educational SOAP Notes
Chapter 1 SOAP Notes Impact in Pharmacy School
Lindsay Brooks
Chapter 2 Reflection in Education
Dominic Helmstetter
Chapter 3 SOAP Notes: Supports Reflective Practice and Aligns with OTES 2.0
Matt Boggs
Part 2: Impact of SOAP Notes’ Reflection on Instructional Practice
Student Choice and Engagement
Chapter 4 Self-reflecting through SOAP Notes: A Guide for Teachers Seeking to Find the Best Versions of Themselves for Student Learning
Allison Pamer
Chapter 5 Reflective Practice: The Root of Quality Teaching
Gabrielle Dendinger
Chapter 6 Teaching the “Human” Side of Education
Emily Hamric
Application of SOAP Notes
Chapter 7 Trusting Yourself and Your Students
Myka Chavez-En Yart
Chapter 8 Gifted, Talented, Exceptional, and Still Working on it
Anna Wank
Part 3: Deep Dive into Instruction and Learning via Reflective SOAP Notes
Teachers’ Perceptions of Instruction
Chapter 9 The Lord of the Flies, The Boys and Their Beasts, and Me with My Notes
Erin Dziak
Chapter 10 Fluidity and Flexibility in Honors Courses
Gabrielle Day
Building Student-Teacher Relationships
Chapter 11 My SOAP Notes Journey through Non-Verbal Communication
Amy Farrar
Chapter 12 Third Grade Challenges: State Testing, Text Connections, and Reflective Practice
Sarah Campbell
Chapter 13 The Power of Reflection
Grace Mutti
Student Needs Revealed Through SOAP Notes
Chapter 14 The (Wo)man, The Myths and Legend (ary) Lessons
Lizzi Kikel
Chapter 15 Reflective Practice: Insights and Impact
Julianna Cajka
Chapter 16 Why Reflective Practice Matters in the Classroom
Jessica Gruesback
Chapter 17 Small Pieces, Big Picture
Shoupra Skikwana
Part 4: Conclusion
Chapter 18 Teacher Voices: Final Wrap-Up
Joanna C. Weaver
Cynthia D. Bertelsen
Biography
Joanna C. Weaver is an Associate Professor in the School of Inclusive Teacher Education. She is the Adolescence to Young Adult Integrated Language Arts Program Coordinator at Bowling Green State University, USA.
Cynthia D. Bertelsen is an Associate Professor Emeritus at Bowling Green State University, USA.
