A 60-second self-assessment

Your professional development posture

Five statements. Pick the answer that feels most honest, not most flattering. Nothing is sent anywhere — this runs in your browser, full stop. We'll show you a small picture at the end and let you decide what to do with it.

If you're a teacher, school leader, mentor, or anyone whose job description includes "develop other people" — this is for you. If you're an autodidact developing yourself, equally.

Click the response that's closest to the truth. The mirror gives you something useful when you've answered all five.

Statement 1 of 5 · about changing your practice

In the last year, I have genuinely changed a core practice because of new evidence or a better method.

Statement 2 of 5 · about your own learning plan

My own learning plan is as structured and intentional as what I ask of the people I lead.

Statement 3 of 5 · about uncomfortable feedback

I regularly seek out uncomfortable feedback on my leadership or professional practice.

Statement 4 of 5 · about busy seasons

When I feel busy, my own development is one of the first things I protect — not one of the first I drop.

Statement 5 of 5 · about modelling out loud

I can name a recent moment when I admitted I didn't know something, and learned it openly — in front of my team.

Answer all five, then click below.

Where this came from

The five questions are short on purpose. They sit on the shoulders of decades of educational research — Stephen Brookfield's critical reflection on practice, Donald Schön's reflective practitioner, Chris Argyris's double-loop learning, and Carol Dweck's work on growth mindset. If any of those names are new to you and the result above is making you curious, those are the doors to walk through.

We did not invent the framing. We just made the mirror small enough to hold.