WIU Teacher Education Program
Reflective Paper
The Reflective Paper is a way for students to reflect on their decision to enter the Teacher
Education Program (TEP) at Western Illinois University. In the Reflective Paper, you should do
the following:
1. Reflect on your strengths as a potential teacher, briefly specify your primary reason for
selecting teaching as your career.
2. Provide 1-2 examples of experiences working with students/children and what you have
learned about teaching and learning from these experiences.
3. Review the 4 WIU TEP Candidate Dispositions and (a) present one example of how you
need to personally or professionally improve on each disposition (b) formulate and describe
your plan to improve upon the disposition. Make sure that you address all 4 of the
dispositions.
4. Submit a polished paper, paying close attention to organization, spelling, sentence
structure, grammar, and writing mechanics. Consult your department for the correct style guidelines used by your discipline.
WIU Teacher Education Program
Reflective Paper
The Reflective Paper is a way for students to reflect on their decision to enter the Teacher
Education Program (TEP) at Western Illinois University. In the Reflective Paper, you should do
the following:
1. Reflect on your strengths as a potential teacher, briefly specify your primary reason for
selecting teaching as your career.
2. Provide 1-2 examples of experiences working with students/children and what you have
learned about teaching and learning from these experiences.
3. Review the 4 WIU TEP Candidate Dispositions and (a) present one example of how you
need to personally or professionally improve on each disposition (b) formulate and describe
your plan to improve upon the disposition. Make sure that you address all 4 of the
dispositions.
4. Submit a polished paper, paying close attention to organization, spelling, sentence
structure, grammar, and writing mechanics. Consult your department for the correct style guidelines used by your discipline.
