Review & Reflection

The Review and Reflection phase is an integral component of the Pathways to Results process. It focuses on capturing learning through reflection, assessing, and enabling the sustainability of solutions, as well as identifying the benefits of the PTR process that can be extended to other programs and processes. Most importantly, this phase enables team members and partners to contemplate how activities and conversations can lead to shared learning that contributes to future improvements.

The process of reflection begins at the individual level. Team members engage in personal reflection that illustrates lessons learned, and they provide feedback on the team’s project and the PTR process. Individual reflections focus on a defining moment or breakthrough that the person experienced during the PTR process. Part of the value of the reflective process is determining which experiences to share, so individuals therefore choose what is most memorable or important to them. Surveys, interviews, and focus groups are methods used to solicit information about how the project has been implemented, how the solutions can be sustained, and how the process can be expanded to other programs.

Lastly, teams benefit from holding a facilitated meeting in which individual reflections are expressed. The group forms an overall team reflection that captures the shared learning of everyone through storytelling. Common themes are condensed into this reflection, and members of the team discuss the lessons they learned to help improve future programs of study.