GAME Plan Reflection

Overall, I think it extremely important to instill the value of goal setting and having a GAME plan to meet those goals. What is nice about this GAME plan format is how straight forward it is. I think it is very important for students to set goals when they arrive to school on the first day. I really think that this class was useful in the fact that it made me sit down think about what my goals where.

It is one thing to set goals, but a completely different thing to follow through on them. That is why I really like the action part of this plan. This is the meat and I think the most important part. I think this is the part that most students would struggle with. For educators, I feel this part of the GAME plan should be modeled and stressed so students know the importance of having an action plan.

For the monitor part of the plan, I think this is a way to be creative with the students. This is part that the students can collaborate with one another and really discuss how their action plan is working out. They can provide each other with insight and suggestions. It also leads into the evaluation part and how did I do.

When I set my goals, I did not realize how much I self-directed my learning. As a result, I have tons of information on how to meet the needs of diverse learners in the classroom. Through this experience, I can now walk away with strategies and techniques to use in the future. I have begun to develop a network of resources that I can use in the future. This GAME plan has encouraged me to search for ways to be a more effective teachers.