Professional Philosophy Nurses are very important to the healthcare profession and are likely the ones to make vital improvements and contributions. In my experience, nurses who lack higher education have very little impact to change and/or have the ability to make drastic changes in the culture of nursing. We should be focusing on creating leaders for tomorrow. This will require strong individuals who possess a multidisciplinary level of skill, education, and knowledge. Smalley (2005) states…
A professional development plan for an educator is personalized plans that consist of the teacher’s goals, the resources needed, and the expected outcome. Each professional development plan will vary from teacher to teacher, because the plan is based on the specific teacher’s goals. This plan will allow me to put my beliefs and goals in one document. Including a list of all the different theories I have learned and how they will benefit my students. Creating this professional development plan will…
word to describe my background as an educator would be ‘atypical,’ as I did not follow the ‘prescribed’ or ‘typical’ trajectory, yet I have been an educator since the age of nineteen. Actually, at first I was a teacher; it was not until my late twenties did I transform into an educator. At nineteen, I taught dance and drama for the Brockton Community Schools. I was on hiatus from my college education because of a financially debilitating car accident. A few years later, I resumed my college education…
Reflective Practice in Professional Development of Early Childhood Educators Based on my personal own observations, Early Childhood Education (ECE) teachers usually go through many professional developmental stages. Accordingly, the level of ECE competency for each of these professional developmental stages depends on mastery of teaching techniques, choice of appropriate learning tools, and implementation of effective educational methods or frameworks. Therefore, ECE teachers can progressively move…
important factors that I need to be taken into consideration when performing the duties as a professional educator. For instance, (a) I have to conduct myself in a professional manner, (b) I need to acknowledge each student needs as well as (c) run a well managed classroom. Not all students learn the same way. With this said, I make sure I assist each student in their learning, also it is my goal to build a professional relationship with parents, as well as the students. As a teacher, I should know how…
seven years. I’m grateful to the students, parents, colleagues, professors, my professional learning network, authors, consultants and administrators who’ve contributed towards my development, thus making me a more effective educator. I look forward to continuing my professional growth, as I endeavor to prepare students successfully for the 21st Century challenges they’re certain to encounter. Learning & Professional Knowledge Through formal coursework (nine graduate credits) and numerous…
Context The crux of professional learning for educators is to empower others to construct meaningful understanding through educative experiences (Dewey, 1938). In order for teachers to use their knowledge to improve their teaching practice and to create educative experiences for others, they must first construct an understanding as learners themselves. This process of making meaning, as opposed to getting meaning, is dependent on teachers’ opportunity to transact with texts, and is aided by communication…
Professional Philosophy of Education The position in education I would like to have would be an elementary school librarian in the public school system. Working in the public school system will allow me to work with a more rounded group of students. After some investigation about the position of a librarian in a public school, most people believe it is a job to which is becoming extinct. According to Karen Bromley (2011) in Learning About the Endangered Librarian, librarian positions are being…
Philosophy of Education Defining a teaching philosophy six weeks into my formal teacher training is a tricky thing. I feel as if every time I turn around, I see something new and shiny to play with and explore. I am sure, ten years from now, I will look back on this and laugh lovingly at my naïve views and ten years after that, laugh again, maybe for different reasons. Hopefully, in the following decade, I’ll retire. However, in order to start, I need to know where I am going in the first place…
Philosophy in nursing is the fundamental basis of practice; it promotes the appropriate application of nursing knowledge including the development of further nursing theory and knowledge (Marchuk, 2014). Throughout my nursing career, my personal philosophy has centered on the embracing and providing care that is embodied in the art of conveying nursing science holistically with compassion and dignity and being with the patient wholeheartedly. The purpose of this paper is to describe my nursing philosophy…