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Standard 9 - Teachers are able to evaluate themselves.
The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community and others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.

Rationale:
My action research was done on the topic of hybrid classrooms. I created a hybrid classroom for my Keyboarding Applications 2 class. About once a week I would reflect on how the class was going. I would reflect on how teaching the hybrid class was going, if I would change anything, and if I struggled with anything that particular week. Each entry also includes what actions I observed in my classroom or anything I overheard the students saying about the online class.

Through completing this journal I saw the importance of reflection. It is important to look at what you are doing in your classroom to make sure that you are teaching to the best of your ability to make student learning a success. It is important to see what areas you might want to improve on from classroom management to a particular lesson. This particular journal allowed me to make notes of what I would change for the next time I created an online class which will increase the success of students in the future.

KSD:
//9.K.1 The teacher understands methods of inquiry that provide him/her with a variety of self-assessment and problem-solving strategies for reflecting on his/her practice, its influences on students’ growth and learning, and the complex interactions between them.// In my journal I discuss online learning and the online class I was creating will affect student learning. Through this process I was able to see how certain online technologies use in the online class affected how well my students were learning. I also reflected on what I need to change in the lesson for next time or what teaching technique or technology the students responded well to.

//9.S.2 The teacher uses classroom observation, information about students, cultural, social, and philosophical frameworks, and research as sources for evaluating the outcomes of teaching and learning and as a basis for reflecting on and revising practice.// I wrote my journal entries based on several things including observations in the classroom, online discussions, and previous knowledge about my student. I would combine this data and make notes of what to change for the next time I taught the class.

//9.D.2 The teacher is committed to reflection, assessment, and learning as an ongoing process.// This journal shows how important it is to me to reflect on what is going on in my classroom. Through a journal I am able to assess what is going well in my classroom and what is not going so well. It allows me to see what areas I may need to seek additional information or training in to increase success in my classroom.