Professional Development Plan Draft #2

Professional Development Discussion

Natalie Jordan

ECI 685 Transforming Curriculum and Instruction Through Empowering Leadership

Instructor: Timothy Winkelman

December 14, 2020

Professional Development Discussion

Effective Professional Development

Effective professional development promotes the application of curriculum for all learners in their future. It is the responsibility of teachers to ensure all learners achieve goals set up for a school year (The Balancing Act, 2010). This is the vision of most schools so that teachers are able to perform all delineated duties and student receive the best education. Teachers get to enhance their skills during professional development and this is imperative in the ever-changing education environment. It is possible to achieve professional development by improving teachers’ outcomes based on assessment of students’ outcomes.

Student engagement is imperative for all teachers since it determines how content they are taught influences them to become lifelong learners. Professional development involves teacher taking part in conferences, seminars, and learning courses that enhance their ability to teach. Teachers can also get involved in workshops at their institutions which promotes collaboration. The consequent effect is that teachers promote the relevance of their learning institutions.

How Professional Development Makes a Difference for Both Teaching and Learning

Professional development promotes the mental growth of each participant of a training session. When teachers get targeted for improvement, the action builds up a desire in them to improve any negative aspects they had. Teachers become active participants in the growth of students. A learning environment thus becomes agreeable for all students since collaboration with their teachers increases their output. Professional development enhances collaboration with student regardless of limitations such as culture, time, and resources (Hauge, 2019).

It is imperative for teachers to have effective time management so that they would be able to develop success in students regardless of limited time they engage with them. Cultural differences are used to enhance learning whereby teachers enhance students’ collaboration. The issue of resources such as learning material and technology adoption improves on teachers’ capability to impact their students. This is achieved when teachers use the limited resources effectively based on how their got trained.

Leader’s Role in Professional Development

Leaders are involved in professional development since thy possess the ability to delegate. This kind of characteristic analyzes roles of employees whereby leaders influence improvement (Gjerde & Ladegard, 2018). It is possible for leaders to gain awareness of the kind of professionalism in the organization. This is applicable in professional development of teachers since they would get trained under the supervision of leaders who would influence changes. Leaders have the characteristic of influence that is imperative when training teachers. This characteristic influences leaders to challenge teachers’ expectations (Gjerde & Ladegard, 2018).

When teachers are challenged to perform better, the learning environment will get positively improved since it would be possible for every participant to enhance their output. The leadership quality of influence gets imitated by teachers who apply to enhance positive outcomes in their children. It is possible for learners to grasp concepts taught by teachers who have strong drive. IT would be easy for leaders, teachers, and learners to form a connection of positivity for lifelong learning.

Reference

Gjerde, S. & Ladegard, G. (2018). Leader Role Crafting and the Functions of Leader Role Identities. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 26(1): 44-59. doi: 10.1177/1548051818774553

Hauge, K. (2019). Teachers’ collective professional development in school: A review study. Cogent Education, 6(1). doi: 10.1080/2331186X.2019.1619223

Mooney, N., & Mausbach, A. (2008). Align the Design: A Blueprint for School Improvement (pp. 151-161).

The Balancing Act. (2010). Effective Teaching, Professional Development and how our children benefit from its success. [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJESe0CVpJg