I remember when I was a kid I was asked at scout camp to keep a diary. We were given a specific time to sit down and write about our day. I literally stared at the paper and my brain shut down. I couldn’t think of anything to write.

So when I first heard about journal writing as part of the teacher development process, I always resisted as I thought that it wasn’t for me. I tried to conveniently ignore the idea of reflection as a regular task until last year, when I started to think about ways I could incorporate it into my routine in a way that would work for me. And that’s when this book was born. 

I’ve now developed a routine of sitting down for a few minutes, choosing a page at random until I find the topic that resonates with me that day, and just writing whatever comes out. I’m still relatively new to this, but so far the experience is rewarding, just like everyone said it would be!

If you think this might be useful for you too, take a look at the book on my website. I’m going to be sharing some of my reflections and some from special guests too, so keep an eye out for those here and on my blog.

Lots of prompts are found in A Reflection Journal For Teachers – available as a pdf or in print at taylormadeenglish.com/reflect.

Share your own reflections with your wider teaching community by sending them to me. Email me at t.made.english@gmail.com and I’ll share your responses to the prompts in this book.

Stay in touch with this reflection project at the places below:

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