CARE Model

I just completed this for the action research project.  I like to consider myself a planning "freak," but this model really helped me think about areas I hadn't before.  I especially like the affirmation part because I think it so important to accept weak areas and work on them, but not lose sight of the positive things going on around you.  I think most of us do that (try to look on the bright side!) in our personal lives so that we don't dwell on negative, but in our jobs I think can be too easy to just see all the problems, and in doing that, we cheat ourselves and our students out of appreciating all the good things about every day.