Critical Event Reflection

Analyze your performance during clinical practice of any nature (i.e., assignment, benchmark assignment,
internship activity). For all field work assignments and at least once a week during completion of
professional skill development activities in clinical internship, analyze the critical event. Complete and
submit all sections of the Critical Event Reflection below. Your course instructor will apply a rubric to
this reflection as a means of assessing your professional skill and dispositional development, and you and
your peers will use one another's responses as the basis for weekly discussion in the class forum.

A. What were the setting and circumstance of the critical event? (Describe any precipitating
events; identify the social structures at play; articulate any other essential contextual
information.)
I currently serve on the District Leadership Team as the teacher representative for our
school. Prior to the meeting, I answered ten questions related to our school performance
on last years standardized testing (PARCC) data in Math and English/Language Arts
for grades 3-8. Professional development (school and district wide) was discussed
relative to our schools identified needs.
B. What occurred, and what choices were made? C. What were you thinking and feeling?

I was thinking that using data

We reviewed each schools data, and
analysis of the PARCC scores
analyzed strengths and weaknesses for
and tying it to our school and
Math and ELA. We discussed and
district-wide professional
agreed upon necessary professional
development is critical for
development and directly linked this
students success. I am excited
with our districts Strategic Plan.
to participate and to turnkey
this to my staff.

D. Reflect on what the event means to you now in the context of your research base. (Cite author,
year.) What do you understand more clearly about whether or not the chosen actions reflected
best practice?
This event mirrors a situational approach to leadership (Northouse, 2013) because I
took part in the completion of certain tasks to achieve an established goal. The
identification of strengths/weaknesses of students, analyzing data, and incorporating
timelines for success were examples of this leadership style.

E. Consider the implications these insights have for your practice. In other words, what
change(s) would be reflected in your disposition and your work, based on how you now
anticipate thinking and acting?
Since a situational approach is not always ideal, I would use a servant leadership
style in my disposition and work. The benefits would enable staff and students to
become self-actualizing and vested in everyones success.
F. Aligned leadership skills and professional dispositions reflected and/or warranted in this
event.
The servant leadership skills and dispositions relate to empowering others through
nurturing and serving others needs first and capacitating others to reach their fullest
potential.
G. Evidence/artifacts that align to school vision and mission. (List, describe, and briefly
indicate the rationale for each item. In cases where alignment is problematic, briefly discuss
how evidence/artifacts do not support fulfillment of vision and mission.)
Both the ISLLC and ELCC standards stress promoting a shared vision and high
expectations to ensure success of all students through evaluation of instructional
programs.

H. Notes/comments

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