PTC4-ProfessionalDevelopment

Criteria Four: Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional learning and development of personal professional practice

Key Indicators:

- Identify professional learning goals in consultation with colleagues. 

- Participate responsively in professional learning opportunities within the learning community.

- Initiate learning opportunities to advance personal professional knowledge and skills.

Questions I have asked myself:

- How do I identify what professional learning opportunities would be required and what would be of value? 

- Who can best advise me on professional development opportunities?

- What are the obligations of the school to facilitate these opportunities?

- Were professional development goals achieved?

- Did the professional development meet my needs this year?

- Where to now? • How do I know what to move on to?

- What further professional development do I need?

- How do I reflect in my professional work respect for the cultural heritages of both Treaty partners in Aotearoa New Zealand?

Strategies that have helped me:

- School management systems and appraisal documentation/practices lead to regular goal-setting and review. 

- Professional development must align with progress towards registration. 

- Use of focus areas from SAT and conversations with mentor to further inform decisions.

- Discussion with mentor and other PRTs on the value and application of professional development.

- Membership of an in-school Professional Learning Community (PLC).

Evidence that might support this:

- Professional development undertaken (both in-school and off-site) - recorded in portfolio.

- Notes on opportunities taken to learn or practise skills arising from professional development.

- Examples of changes made to planning based on professional development opportunity - application of professional development learning. 

- Examples of sharing my professional development opportunity with others.

- Evaluation form/review of professional development goals and planning for future professional development.