Academic And Professional Development Within The Field

There are different sources and systems of support for professional development; ie Appraisals, development plan, induction, in-house-training, external training and reflective diary.

Reflective practice is inoperative in order to ensure that high standards are kept continuously as circumstances children and environments change In order to reflect one must continuously be aware of approaches used and how they can be changed or developed to improve Continually improving and adapting approaches benefits both children and practitioners ensuring that each individual child needs are catered for Reflective practice involves evolving in a child centred approach The child carer benefits as his/her skills grow and develop ,enabling the highest standards of care and provision It also promotes a better level of understanding and

Planning and Organizing: Claudia continues to meet with her employees that are not meeting the performance goals, on a bi-weekly basis to review and discuss their previous week work performance. She formulates a detailed calendar of all assigned tasks for her unit, including any contingencies for necessary changes.

This worldwide phenomenon has been brought into focus by various health care reforms and other system-level developments (Farrar, Ryan, Ross, and Ludbrook, 2000). Meaning there are more claims on resources than there are resources available, some form of priority setting must occur. This making resources are scarce and there is a need, regardless of how many resources are available in total, to make choices about what to fund and what not to fund.

The PD’S that have and still are the most successful to me are those that fulfill my need or focus on what I enjoy teaching and want to improve upon as an educator. I love any PD on social studies and literacy. It is what I enjoy teaching, but I also yearn to be technology savvy, a competency that must be fulfilled in this growing age of social media. Professional development is great when there are resources to use, time to collaborate with your building staff, teachers from other buildings and the time allotted to process the information presented. When sessions incorporate video clips and activities to motivate and excite, you are more interested. One aspect mentioned in the Mizell article,” Why Professional Development Matters,” is the ability to analyze information presented and share experiences related to the learning.

The Programming Mechanics and Mindset course adopts PeerWise as a part of its development to engaging students who are learning about programming and to help instructors track student progress outside the classroom. However, there are some drawbacks in this professional development initiative, which are addressed in the Instructional Objectives, Instructional Strategies, and Assessment of Instruction. These hinder student achievement. Ultimately, the professional development initiative is completely unsuccessful.

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In CTE3323 Technical Applications, the student covered the use and integration of computers in the classroom and the office. Topics included history of computers, computing hardware, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, desktop publishing, graphics, presentation software, the Internet, e-mail, and web-page creation. The course goals were to understand the basic history of the computer and of the Internet, develop basic knowledge of computer graphics programs, desktop publishing programs, database management programs, and programs unique to each instruction/trade/employment area. Additionally, topics such as the origins of the Internet, how to evaluate it, and use it for research were discussed.

Professional development is defined as an ongoing trainings, activities workshops, coaching or learnings that help an employee gain skills related to his or her job responsibilities. In education, on-going professional development is a vital step to ensure that teachers are equipped with best practices to prepare students for the future. According to Billingsley (2005), “Professional development goals needs to emerge from the needs of needs of teachers” (p. 96). As such, the use of surveys and interests polls is encouraged to determine the needs of teachers. After identifying staff needs, it is crucial for a leader to plan and execute trainings aligned with Adult Learning Theory to increase engagement, generalization and skill application.

I feel in all leadership areas the professional development needs to continue. Completion of a doctorate program does not render one an expert, but equips learners with the desire to continue to seek, discover and grow both professionally and personally.

Did You Know? is a professional development feature which provides caregivers with strategies to complement interaction with children. Example—Theme 4 (p. 36): When children ask you a question, encourage them to answer it before you answer it for them by asking: What do you think?” to allow children to organize their thinking as their verbalize their answer.

My experience at Kent State so far has been short and excellent. With the help of my advisor, I was very fortunate to be placed at the VA for my practicum. Working with Veterans has been a goal of mine for some time. I would like to say how excellent my professors have been so far, they have provided me with the essential tools that have been an asset while continuing to strengthening my professional skills. The research has been very challenging and rewarding at the same time. Kent State has a strong, challenging and rewarding MSSW program.

One of my roles for the college is that of providing professional development in the form of workshops and individual instruction for teachers. In doing so, I have had developed a set of criteria that I feel makes professional development the most beneficial to the teachers.

I have been a part of many professional developments, some of which have provided a plethora of valuable information that I refer back to on a weekly basis, and other professional developments that have seemingly been provided for reasons that I do not understand. Most, I will admit, have been very useful. One of the most beneficial professional developments I had attended was one at the beginning of the school year, in which teachers congregated at the high school, simply because it was the largest of buildings in its district and could appropriately house all teachers, administrators, and other staff members. During this professional development, we unexpectedly participated in a mock lockdown; however, this simulation and drill appeared to be so real it was actually somewhat nerve-wracking at times. I have never been so involved and active in a professional development before, and this one, which was so unique, allowed me to acquire the skills, knowledge, and awareness of what actually could happen during a lockdown. As I had recently graduated, this was one of the first professional developments I had attended prior to stepping foot into my first very own classroom. The way all teachers interacted and played a valuable role in this replication allowed me to walk away knowing I had learned much from this session.

Being a teacher is not an easy task as many people could think. To be a teacher does not only imply to know the subject to be taught, it also includes being willing to constantly improve oneself integrally, as much as updating the resources and materials one uses in teaching. Reflecting and analyzing over and over again the best way to teach to learn and how to make students to extend what has been learned. The many hours spend in the classroom will never be enough to plan lessons, prepare materials, review pupils tasks and exams, as well, all the administrative requirements one has to cover for whatever institution we work. Besides all this a good teacher, a professional one, will have to find the time to keep preparing to improve