Professional development

Professional Development BE5013 Mary Beth Sharko American College of Education Part One: Planning Professional Development Who will attend your workshop? I will invite all Covington School staff members to participate in the professional development workshop. What are your goals for the workshop? What current event topic related to immigration or ESL/bilingual education will you share? How can teachers apply what you present to their own situation? Summarize the…

as a key determinant in improving teacher satisfaction, with the belief that teaching practices and student performance will improve as a result (Cohen & Hill, 2000; Darling-Hammond & McLaughlin, 1995; Elmore, 1997). The recent push for teacher development was fueled by the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, which mandated that teachers receive quality PD to supplement their practice. As of 2008, 48 out of 50 U.S. states require six hours of PD every five years before renewing their teaching…

APN Professional Development Plan As advanced nurse practitioners it is important that a development plan is created which guides and records the activities undertook to meet the standards of practice. A Professional development plan provides a format for self-reflection on practice and for goal planning, capturing both the art and the science of advanced practice nursing. The plan is developed over time and monitors professional development. The portfolio demonstrates to the potential employer…

The professional development activity that I am choosing to do is becoming a member of the NAEYC. According to the NAEYC, they promote high-quality learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. This website is a great resource for teachers. It has sections on developmental appropriate practice, and a ton of learning opportunities for early childhood professionals. A teacher could spend hours looking through everything that the NAEYC offers.…

Professional Development prepare teachers to best teach content and equip them with knowledge and skills that will allow them to do so. In addition to this, professional development focuses on how people learn and should give teachers an opportunity to reflect ad interact with the learning community. Professional development must be part of the process of quality improvement in education. Technology is essential as a tool in teaching and learning. The author of this essay did not see any…

Professional development is maintaining professional qualifications in the lines of academic degrees and informal learning opportunities. According to North Central Regional Educational Laboratory they developed a research-based professional development that promotes five phases for ongoing professional development and encourages individual reflection (par 1). Building a knowledge base to develop new knowledge and information is the first phase out of the five. This phase includes goal setting,…

During this professional development class, I have a comprehensive and distinct awareness of my strengths, interests and weakness in the occupational field. In this report, I will firstly focus on my existing knowledge and skills through coursework and related experience. Then my research of career and organization and informational interview help me figure out the employers’ expected qualities of my desired career. Lastly, from consisting information, I come to know some areas to develop and…

To work as an Early Years Professional (EYPs) its essential to gain Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) which is a status given at degree level. EYPs are key to raising the quality of early years learning, care and development. They improve and provide the best outcomes for young children aged 0–5 years and require knowledge of each individual child and the nature of their childhoods. Defining childhood is difficult because there is no agreed universal definition (McDowell, 2010). Jean…

do next?  May in the summer I will do all of them.  In my plan, to keep continue read about the interesting topic and one day, I will focus on one topic and may that help me when I will do Ph.D. degree in future. Continuing Professional Development…

school activities and a commitment to ongoing professional learning to enable further development of skills, expertise and teaching capacity. As a teacher, I am strongly committed to the practice of connecting and communicating with the school community by being involved in co-curricular activities. My involvements have included fundraising, organising concerts and productions, school camps and coaching sporting teams. As a former media professional, I have filmed or photographed school plays,…