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personal professional growth? |
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Carolyn Bunting. August, 1999. Teacher, Improve Thyself - A Call for Self-Reliant, Reflective Practitioners.
A professional development plan based on a "reflective, collegial,
life-based model" provides real opportunities for teachers to grow in a way
that most benefits themselves and ultimately, their students. Read on
for more thoughts from this author......
Full article available at:
http://nsinte1.moe.edu.sg/project/wt/readroom.nsf/0/802afdfc4b0b833d4825683c0028f548?OpenDocument
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Jean Brown & Bruce Sheppard, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
April, 1997. Professional Development: What do we know and where are we going?
This article, based on research findings in Newfoundland, offers insights
for teachers throughout Canada.
Full article available at:
http://www.mun.ca/educ/faculty/mwatch/win97/pdfinal.htm
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| Where do Information and
communication technologies fit in a professional
growth plan? |
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Linda Darling-Hammond.
February, 1998. "Teacher Learning That Supports Student Learning" in Educational Leadership. |
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"Teachers need to know about curriculum resources and technologies to
connect their students with sources of information and knowledge that allow
them to explore ideas, acquire and synthesize information, and frame and
solve problems. And teachers need to know about collaboration--how to structure
interactions among students so that more powerful shared learning can occur;
how to collaborate with other teachers; and how to work with parents to learn
more about their children and to shape supportive experiences at school and
home."
Full article at:
http://www.ascd.org/ed_topics/el199802_darlinghammond.html
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Margaret Riel, Center for Collaborative Research in Education,
University of California, Irvine. Education in the 21st Century: Just-in-Time Learning or Learning
Communities. |
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"...it is the formation of learning communities with extensive informational
and human resources embedded in organized instructional contexts that is
central in creating new educational designs...Communication technologies
is transforming classrooms into learning communities in which students learn
and teach and in which teachers (some in the classrooms and some from distant
locations) teach and learn. My central argument is that just-in-time learning
technology will increase the need for skilled teaching and teachers, and
not serve to marginalize teaching."
Full article available at:
http://www.gse.uci.edu/vkiosk/faculty/riel/jit-learning/index.html
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Julie M. Wood. Innovative Teachers Hindered by the "Green-Eyed Monster".
"...although most teachers support student achievement, they are often ambivalent
about, or even hostile toward, the success of their peers." (site introduction) |
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http://www.edletter.org/past/issues/2000-ja/innovative.shtml
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Staff Development - Articles on technology-infused staff development
from Jamie McKenzie's site staffdevelop.org.
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http://staffdevelop.org/articles.html |
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| Resources/tools
that support the building a professional growth plan. |
| Teacher
Portfolios |
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Portfolios for Practising Teachers - a workshop designed to examine
the benefits of developing a professional portfolio, the kinds of portfolios,
the elements that make up a portfolio, materials to include and plans for
sharing professional portfolios. |
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http://www.teachers.ab.ca/Professional+Development/Workshops+Courses+and+Presentations/
Workshops/Professional+Practice/Portfolios+for+Practising+Teachers.htm
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Documenting Professional Growth in the Internship: The Professional
Portfolio - College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
A simple introduction to the concept of professional portfolios aimed at
post-graduate instructors, but of value to K-12 educators. |
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http://www.usask.ca/education/csbe/portfolio.htm
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What is a Teacher Portfolio?
This short article helps you answer the question, "What am I trying to tell
the reader about myself?" |
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http://www.tooter4kids.com/portfolio.htm
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Preparing A Teaching Portfolio - A Guidebook
Included are suggestions for items to include in a teacher portfolio. |
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http://www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/teachfolio.html
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| Resume Planning |
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Job Search Tools - University of Saskatchewan - Career Employment
Centre
"Undertaking a job search requires specific tools and skills—from writing
a concise and effective cover letter and developing a resume or c.v. that
will stand out from the crowd to filling out applications, preparing for
interviews and following up with prospective employers." (site intro.) Link
to well-developed sections re: cover letters, resumes, completing application forms, preparing for interviews, common interview questions, preparing for a teaching interview, and following up with prospective employers. |
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http://students.usask.ca/support/employment/tools/
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Resumes - University of Waterloo
This site is a part of the online Career Development eManual prepared
for students. This site provides everything from a variety of formats, to
guidelines for content and detail. |
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http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/step4_2.asp?priNav=4
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Resume Tutor - office of Human Resources: University of Minnesota |
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http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/ecep/resume/
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Transferable Skills Survey - University of Minnesota Duluth -
this tool allows you to sum up your transferable skills in an inventory.
Set up for university students, this is helpful to us all! |
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http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/car/self/career_transfer_survey.html
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A Good Resume Sells!!! - Resume strategies that work from Rutgers
University. Examples and structures are provided for three most
common formats: chronological, functional, and targeted/combination. |
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http://camden-www.rutgers.edu/CPP/resume.html
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Skill words to use in Resumes |
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http://www.argus-tech.com/resume/other-ac1.htm
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In a completely rational society,
the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have
to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one
generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and highest responsibility
anyone could have.
~ Lee Iacocca ~ |
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