A simple framework to hold in your head

Think of people (and organizations) as having three core dimensions:

• Emotional — relationships, motivation, classroom climate.
• Spiritual (values & purpose) — why we do the work, shared vision.
• Intellectual — knowledge, evidence, pedagogy, problem-solving.

Leadership and reflective practice should address all three.

Reflective practice — what it looks like in day-to-day teaching

1. Pause and notice
   • After a lesson ask: What happened? What did students do? What surprised me?
2. Use data (small, meaningful measures)
   • Quick formative checks: exit tickets, short quizzes, student self-assessments.
   • Class-level data: mean and standard deviation (yes — simple stats tell you if you’re reaching most students or only the few).
3. Ask targeted questions
   • Did most students meet the learning intention? If not, where did they get stuck?
   • Which students were quiet? Who dominated? Who didn’t engage?
4. Try a change and test it
   • Small experiment: tweak a prompt, change grouping, alter feedback style.
5. Reflect again — and record it
   • Keep a short journal (3 lines: observation, interpretation, next step).

Practical tool: Try a “3-2-1” lesson reflection

• 3 things that went well
• 2 things to adjust
• 1 experiment to try next time

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