"Educators engage is professional learning."
Evidence 1
As an educator, I am aware of the fact that my understanding of professionalism, pedagogy, and assessment are going to be constantly evolving and growing throughout the entirety of my career. Over the course of my last two years of being in the education program, I have taken every opportunity that I could to engage in professional learning such as pro d days, workshops, school meetings, and PLC days. This is the email that I received confirmed the workshops that I signed up for at the BC Primary Teachers Conference, which the incredible Adrienne Gear hosted. Through looking at this list of workshops you can see that I engaged in professional learning that would deepen my understanding of culture, social emotional intelligence, and literacy which will all help me grow as an educator.
Evidence 2
Teachers are often thought of, by their students, as being all knowing. The truth of the matter is that we are all human, and that means that we all have strengths and stretches. As a teacher it is important to be open and honest with students by telling them, in my case, that I find math difficult too but that we will get it eventually with practice, a variety of teaching styles, and repetition! Since I have students work on their stretches, I try to model the same thing by engaging in professional learning that will help me gain a deeper understanding of all of the aspects of teaching. This semester I took part in a three part online course that was all about assessment and evaluation, which is taught by the knowledgeable and experienced Anne Davies. Through participating in this course and reflecting on what I learned, I gained a deep and rich understanding of the difference between assessment and evaluation and strategies to use in my own classroom. By engaging in this professional learning I was able to really refine my planning for assessment, teaching, and evaluating.