Reflect, Recharge, and Reignite: EduMagic Holiday Reflection Guide for Future Teachers E288

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Hello Edu Magicians, welcome to
the Edu Magic podcast with your

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host, Doctor Sam Fessich.
Doctor Sam is a professor of

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education, author of Edu Magic,
and a Pumpkin Spice Latte fan.

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This podcast is designed for pre
service teachers.

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Remember friends, teaching
doesn't begin at graduation, but

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during that first class at 8:00
AM.

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Let's get this party started.
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Now let's get on to the episode.
Edge Magicians and welcome back

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to another episode of the Edge
Magic Podcast.

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I'm your host, Doctor Samantha
Festich, and I am so glad you're

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listening in.
As we wrap up this year, I

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wanted to share something
special and give you a little

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gift this holiday season.
First, we know that reflection

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is one of the most powerful
tools that we have as educators.

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It helps us pause, celebrate
those wins big and small, and

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allows us to set intentions for
the new year.

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So today I am gifting you 7
reflection questions, one for

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each chapter of the Edgy Magic
book.

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Now if you don't have the book
Edgy Magic, go ahead, pop it in

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your Amazon cart or go find it
in your local library.

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Edgy Magic is a book that's
written specifically for

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aspiring educators just like
you, and this reflection guide

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is going goes along with each of
the chapters.

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It's going to help you recharge
and reignite that passion for

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teaching.
So grab your favorite holiday

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inspired drink, your journal,
your copy of edgy magic, a guide

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for pre service teachers and
this reflection guide.

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You can find it on over in the
show notes or if you're on my

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e-mail list, you will have out
of your e-mail.

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If you're not on my e-mail list,
head on over to sfestish.com.

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That's SFEC, ich.com and you can
click on Find my student

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teaching superpower and you will
be added to my weekly list where

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you'll get information and tips
and strategies to help you as a

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college student, as a pre
service teacher, and as a

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student teacher.
So let's start first.

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Before we jump into our
questions, let's talk about why

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reflection is so important.
When we take time to reflect,

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we're not just looking back,
we're actually leaning and

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learning forward, right?
It helps us to grow and stay

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grounded in our why.
Make intentional choices and

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plan ahead.
So as you listen, I encourage

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you to pause after each
question, jot down a few

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thoughts, or you can download
the guide and we can get started

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again.
It's over in the show notes.

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Let's start with our first
chapter in Edgy Magic, Your Why.

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So the question for this one is,
what inspires you to be a

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teacher?
Why do you want to be an

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educator?
Go ahead and jot down your why.

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This might be a bullet point.
This might be a story, this

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might be a statement.
And if you've ever been to any

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conference where I where I was a
vendor, you will notice that I

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have a why.
I teach cards and I give them

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out whenever I speak or whenever
I'm a vendor because it's so

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important to keep us in the loop
as to what our why is and keep

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that focus.
You can hang that up in your

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dorm room.
You can hang it up on your desk

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just to keep your focus.
And why do you want to be an

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educator?
Chapter 2 is all about your

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professional learning network or
your PLN.

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So go ahead and think about this
question would be, how can you

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build a strong PLN to help you
grow as a teacher and grow as a

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learner?
What's one step that you can do

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to help you expand your
networking opportunities?

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Whether that's on LinkedIn or
Instagram or Pinterest, you're

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making those connections,
sharing your ideas, and gaining

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resources as you go.
The 3rd chapter of Edgy Magic.

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It's all about honing in on your
digital presence.

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You want your positive and
professional self to shine

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through on a Google search,
right?

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So that starts by owning your
digital footprint.

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Because if you're not
controlling it, then who is?

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You want your digital footprint
footprint to be positive and

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professional as a future
teacher.

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So what are some ways that you
are making sure that your online

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presence reflects you as a
professional educator?

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What are some things that you're
sharing and doing and learning

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about?
I also recommend with this one

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an action item, which is
Googling yourself.

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Google your first and last name
and see what comes up.

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Is it cringy?
Is it something that are like,

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oh, that's positive and maybe
think about sharing that.

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So you want your positive
professional self to shine

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through.
You want to keep that personal

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protected and private.
Chapter 4 is all about making

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those classroom connections and
classroom management.

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So the reflection question for
Chapter 4, what strategies can

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you use to make meaningful
connections with your students?

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Really building those
relationships with your learners

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from day one is super important.
Even as a field student or an

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observer, building those
connections very important.

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As an educator, it really does
set the stage for classroom

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management, lesson design, and
lesson delivery.

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Chapter 5 is one of my favorite
chapters in Edgy Magic.

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A guide for pre service teachers
is about technology.

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So how can technology enhance
your lessons?

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How can IT support or
differentiate material for

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learners?
How can IT support the way

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you're teaching your students?
How can it help collect data?

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So there's lots of different
ways you can integrate

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technology into the classroom as
a support to augment but not to

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replace.
An action item I have for this

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chapter would be try something
new, try out a new tech tool

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over the break, see if you can
get certified in it or become

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I'm a certified educator in it
like near POD or Paradec Magic

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school.
There's so many different ways

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you can continue to learn.
That would be a great one to

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really build your educational
technology muscle.

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Chapter 6 is all about having a
growth mindset and this is about

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how can you really think about
maybe being in the students

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shoes facing a challenge.
So thinking about a challenge

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that you face during your
teacher journey and how did you

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have the growth mindset to
overcome it?

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Remember, it's important to
reframe mistakes.

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These are learning opportunities
and the last chapter of Edgy

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Magic Reflection and self-care.
Why is it important for

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educators to reflect?
Well, we know it's in the

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Danielson framework.
It's a part of our job.

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It's what we do, whether
reflecting on lesson design,

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delivery, content, materials,
resources, feedback, or on our

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own professional development.
And I would love for you to

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practice your action item for
this chapter is scheduling

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self-care.
So you can schedule it like a

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meeting with yourself.
And you don't want to ever

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reschedule that.
So make sure you're putting in

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time for you as an educator
because we know that teaching

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can be a 24/7 job if we let it.
Teaching is a part of our

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identity.
It's not all of who we are.

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We are of many facets.
We have lots of different

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features.
So make sure you set those

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boundaries and practice
self-care as an educator.

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All right friends, I hope you
enjoyed this quick episode with

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a beautiful little gift for you.
7 reflection questions as you

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read through Edu Magic, A Guide
for Pre Service Teachers book

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this holiday season.
I hope you enjoy it.

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I hope you take time to reflect,
engage and interact with these

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reflection questions.
Thanks.

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Thank you so much for being part
of this community.

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I hope that these help these
questions really help you

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reflect and recharge and
reignite your passion for

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teaching.
Don't forget to grab this

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reflection guide over in the
show notes.

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And I would love to see how
you're using it.

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Make sure you tag me on
Instagram at aspessage.

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That's SFECICHI.
Would love to see how you're

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using it and what you've come up
with.

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Wishing you peace this holiday
season.

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And you got this because you
know what?

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You have the edgy magic within
you.

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Bye for now.
And there you have it, edgy

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magicians.
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