As my strength is storytelling, I would like to share
my reflection in a story format. So get your listening ears ready to listen to Radhika The Storyteller. Once upon a time, there was a lot of talk about PBL programme in our school. The teachers who had already gained knowledge through PBL were supposed to make their learning visible through Table Talk. I was fortunate enough to be a part of Table Talk as an audience. After attending the Talk, I got inspired to enroll myself for the next season. My purpose for enrolling was To be a Facilitator who reaches out to students in a better and creative way. My journey as a Pblian began in next season with lot of questions, fears and expectations. Initial two to three sessions were puzzling and clueless for me. I felt that I was not competent enough to understand or learn this programme. My quandary state of mind made me feel like a loser. But then
my CF helped me sort my confusions. I use to
bombard him with questions and he happily and patiently answered. He made it a point to clarify all my doubts and encouraged me to ask more questions if I had doubts. This really boosted my confidence. I started understanding the program with a better eye. Then an assignment of QQC on the book Ethics of Excellence changed my perspective about many things. Firstly it made me realize that its ok to make mistakes. Multiple drafts of any work are not a sign of failure but its a pathway to reach excellence. This learning I took it in my playhouse class too. I was completely at ease when my babies made mistakes. I gave them productive feedback and helped them to get better. Displaying their work on the walls motivated them to give their best. Parents, peers and teachers feedback helped my babies to get better each day. This book also helped me to think differently and creatively. I planned my project of Parachute Play with different purpose than usual. Purpose of Parachute Play is to develop gross and fine motor muscles of young babies. But along with these purpose I added one new flavor of developing
vocabulary. Project was a hit with students and
teachers too. Timely reflection helped me to make the plan better for the next day. Later when the project was completed I realized that I had failed to involve parents in it. In my PLP I had mentioned that I will be involving parents as partner in true sense. But I failed. So next year I will make sure that I will involve parents in it by sending simple BA. This will help me to know how many words has become a part of active vocabulary and it will also make parents aware about their childs learning. Another goal of my PLP was to get grip over time management skills. Power of Protocol book helped me in achieving it up to an extent. I exercised many protocols in my professional and personal life. I still need to practice it more to get a grip over it. Peer critique, WALO, Assessment and Rubrics, Reflective writing sessions were helpful in making me a better teacher. One eye opener session was Reflecting v/s Reporting. But as each story has a twist even my story has a twist. My twist is my fear of making a Digital
Portfolio and Table Talk. I am very poor at
technology and I couldnt learn how to document my work in a right way. But I have planned that during vacation I will conquer my fear by learning technology in right way. Another fear is quite big as now the tables will be turned. Now I will be the participant and others will be the spectators during Table Talk. I fear that will I be able to share my learning in a right way. Will I be able to convey the essence of this programme? I dont know how far I will be able to showcase my learning in right way. But I am sure that whatever will happen, it will be a good learning experience. After being a part of PBL I feel I have overcome my fear of facing failure. Each failure will make me work hard and help me to reach excellence. My learning from this programme has made me a better facilitator and I am able to reach my babies more than ever. So the moral of the story is Dont fear failure, Face it and conquer it. Other moral is puchhta pandit thavai so puccho (ASK) and ASK according to me is: