Planning, Recording, and Displaying Alternative Forms of Professional Development
Rob Dickey
Abstract
Employers are increasingly demanding evidence of professional development from teachers when they make choices in hiring, retention, promotion, and pay-adjustments. Their assessments are increasingly criterion-referenced, and frequently teachers are not made aware of the criteria. The key, therefore, is to plan a multi-dimensional continuing professional development strategy, to record evidence of professional development, and to display your evidence in a clear and persuasive manner. Professional development is more than taking classes and publishing studies!
This workshop will provide all attendees with a basic framework for planning, recording, and displaying a teacher’s professional development – the BIELT report cards – and will explain how they can be best utilized alongside a professional resume and portfolio. The BIELT report cards provide a clear justification for reporting non-traditional development activities, such as reflection, peer-mentoring, job-shadowing, and reading professional materials. Workshop participants will be encouraged to start a first draft of their record, so that meaningful questions can be asked of the presenter and peers, and ideas-generation comes from the participants rather than only the presenter.
Bio-sketch
Rob Dickey has been teaching and learning in Korea since 1994. He is a past president of KOTESOL (2001-2002) and the current facilitator of the Professional Development SIG. While not yet “professionally developed,” he has been involved in various professional development activities for the past 30 years or more. Rob is at Keimyung University in Daegu.
