Session 9
Professional Development is designed to help us grow as a professional in some way. We may not realize it all the time because some of us don't even want to attend, are set in our ways and don't want to change. I think there is always something that you walk away with even from the worse workshop or training that you have attended.
There have ben a few trainings that I have been sent to that I enjoyed. One that really comes to my mind is the one I attended my first year teaching. It was on classroom management. The presenter was full of energy and gave great ideas on how to manage your classroom. I could really relate to what she was saying because she was a teacher from the district and she had been through what all of us new teachers were going through. I also likled how she would tell us storys that happened to her through the years so we could see that it happends to eveyone and thoughout the years you grow as a teacher and learn from your past expierences. I think I really enjoyed this training because I could take back with me any different stratigies to my classroom and try them out. I was not afraid they would not work because I could adapt them to meet my needs. It really helped me ease my way into the middle of my first year.
I think the worse workshop/training that I attended was the AB466 for HM. It was the longest week of my life. I know it is required for all teachers but there has to be someway to make it enjoyable. Part of the problem was we were sent to the training with another district because there was only a few of us who needed it. We were treated like outcasts all week long becuase we were not from there distrct. The trainer kept referring to certain testing materials that they used for their district that did not apply to us. The content of the traning was very dry. The trainer was very unorganized with the structure of the material. We did learn how to use all the componets of the seiries though and we able to bring back a few ideas with us. We were more aware on the little tricks to get through each theme and the helpful hints for reviewing material for the theme skills tests and the summative tests.
There have ben a few trainings that I have been sent to that I enjoyed. One that really comes to my mind is the one I attended my first year teaching. It was on classroom management. The presenter was full of energy and gave great ideas on how to manage your classroom. I could really relate to what she was saying because she was a teacher from the district and she had been through what all of us new teachers were going through. I also likled how she would tell us storys that happened to her through the years so we could see that it happends to eveyone and thoughout the years you grow as a teacher and learn from your past expierences. I think I really enjoyed this training because I could take back with me any different stratigies to my classroom and try them out. I was not afraid they would not work because I could adapt them to meet my needs. It really helped me ease my way into the middle of my first year.
I think the worse workshop/training that I attended was the AB466 for HM. It was the longest week of my life. I know it is required for all teachers but there has to be someway to make it enjoyable. Part of the problem was we were sent to the training with another district because there was only a few of us who needed it. We were treated like outcasts all week long becuase we were not from there distrct. The trainer kept referring to certain testing materials that they used for their district that did not apply to us. The content of the traning was very dry. The trainer was very unorganized with the structure of the material. We did learn how to use all the componets of the seiries though and we able to bring back a few ideas with us. We were more aware on the little tricks to get through each theme and the helpful hints for reviewing material for the theme skills tests and the summative tests.
posted by Cassandra @ 5:13 PM
1 Comments:
At 7:24 PM,
James said…
Cassandra,
I agree with you when you say that stories often help make a training or meeting more interesting. Especially when the stories come past experiences. The qualitiy of the professional development meeting comes mostly from the presenter. And like you said, when the presenter makes you feel like an outcast, then you really don't feel like you belong there and the meeting can become quite dull, boring and uninteresting quickly.
James
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