REFLECTIVE REPORT

- Radhika Bagdai

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:

A-Always S-Seek K-Knowledge

Hope you had a good time listening to my story.