As
a teacher I am very aware of current instructional “best practices”. I am
always participating in various professional development that will help me to
be the best teacher I can be and taking what I have learned and using it in my
classroom. I believe that it is important to keep up with what is going on in
the teaching world and staying up to date with best practices. I am on all four
committees in my school, and I follow library blogs, and subscribe to various
journals such as School Library Journal and VOYA.I am a believer in always
trying something at least once and if it does not work to move on to the next
thing. Working with teachers and other colleagues is also another way I keep up
with best practices, and we work as a team to implement them into the
curriculum.
Webinars
have become one of my favorite ways to earn professional development credit,
but also more importantly a great way for me to learn an abundance of new
things. Webinars have allowed me the freedom to be able to take a professional
development class while being in the comfort of my own home. I also like taking
courses that allow me to work at my own pace and give me the freedom to work on
it even if it is 11:00 at night. I have always taken webinar classes that are
through my district but I am interested in looking at some of the podcast ones
that I checked out. They seem like they would be great to listen to when in the
car driving back and forth from work and I am sure I could learn some great
things. I have also taken many online classes through NYCTD and would highly
recommend them to anyone. The teachers are great, the classes are informative,
and since it is a self-paced class it appeals to everyone!
This
class has been the best professional development class that I have ever
participated in, and I am not just saying that!! I have taken my fair share of
classes that have been completely irrelevant to my job and I was either forced
to take them or did it so I could get the hours. This is one of the few, if not
only, classes that is made for librarians. I hope to take track 3 & 4 in
the future and would love if more came along! I have shared multiple resources
with teachers in my building that I learned from the class and have learned so
many new ones that I can’t live without. I wish that I could say my district
would give me time during the day to participate in this class however that is
not happening so after school and on the weekends will have to continue to be
my work time!
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