{"id":8244,"date":"2022-08-16T14:22:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T08:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.toddleapp.com\/?post_type=resource_post&#038;p=8244"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T04:36:06","slug":"reflect-and-renew","status":"publish","type":"resource_post","link":"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/resource-post\/reflect-and-renew\/","title":{"rendered":"A Guided Reflection to Start Your Year Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Often how you start the year is also how you conclude the year! As a teacher, you make grand back-to-school plans for your students. You plan activities and set goals for them, but how often do you take the time to pause, reflect and set intentional goals for yourself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">To give you the strongest start to the school year, here is a simple <strong>three step guide<\/strong> to help you reflect and reset with intention. Created by experienced curriculum leader and coach, Mike Matthews, this <strong>one-hour guided reflection<\/strong> will help you reflect on the past year, think deeply about your learnings from it, and create actionable next steps for the months to come. 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