Reflection as a Superpower: Teaching Students to Own Their Growth – Livestream Meeting Room
Reflection is more than a classroom routine—it’s a superpower that empowers students to take ownership of their learning journey. In this session, educators will explore practical strategies for embedding reflection into daily instructional framework, helping students recognize their progress toward learning target and standard. By shifting reflection from an occasional activity to a daily practice, teachers can cultivate student agency, resilience, and self-awareness.
Clarita Thompson
Clarita Thompson is a School Leadership Coach with Instructional Empowerment. Clarita works with district and school leaders to provide professional learning and coaching to school leaders to drive change in teacher practices, student achievement and instructional effectiveness. She also coaches the school leadership team to successfully lead the implementation of the Model of Instruction as evidenced through trend data of successful MOI implementation and its impact on achievement gap data.
Prior to joining IE, Clarita served as a public-school teacher, Instructional Coach, Assistant Principal, Academic Dean, and Principal in Texas. While serving in these roles, Clarita established systems enhancements, improved the climate and culture for students and staff, and systematically and continuously, monitored instructional and managerial processes to ensure that program activities were related to program outcomes and used these findings to target areas of improvement.
Clarita earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce and Business Administration from The University of Alabama, a Master of Education in Education Administration from Grand Canyon University, and a Principal Certification from Lamar University.
Session Details
Audience: ALL
Difficulty Level: Novice