Examine the items you checked as “all the time” on the Characteristics of Responsive Teachers. Commend yourself for being responsive and continue to use all these strategies each day. Which categories do these items fall under?

List three ways you are a responsive teacher (if there are more than three, list the three you are most proud of):

Examine the items you marked as “sometimes” or “not yet” on the Responsive Teacher Checklist. What categories do these items fall under? Are most of them under one category? How might you start embedding these strategies into your teaching practice?

List at least three things you might start doing on Monday morning to improve your responsiveness with the children and their families in your classroom and program.