Teaching Learning Leading K-12

Writing in a Journal: Having a Conversation with You. This is episode 711 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. When I was in the National Guard and US Army Reserve we used after action reports to help improve our unit's performance. We talked about what happened, what could have been better, and what we would do to accomplish more. We used those reports and the conversations to help improve the success of the unit. When I was a high school principal A colleague suggested that I start using journaling to help me problem solve. He was right. It was amazing what having a conversation with myself at the end of the workday did for me. It helped work through challenges and create better solutions. I still have conversations with myself through journaling. I focus on asking these three questions: 1. What happened? 2. What went right and what went wrong? 3. What would I do differently next time? Try journaling to help you become better at working through challenges. You won't regret it. Before you go