Today is the day I am making a promise to myself when it comes to my teacher registration. I have been sitting on my reflections, my article collection, documents that I have created to improve the learning environment.
But finding the time to transform my written words into reflections that would be at a high standard to present for my evidence has been a challenge
A REAL BIG CHALLENGE!!!!!! and now I’m the Manager of an early learning centre with a team of great teachers, magical children and wonderful families time is stretched to say the least so time to work smarter not harder.
Between the responsibilities of an early childhood teacher, leading a team, managing a business, being a mum of two and a supporting partner to my loving man I am feeling overwhelmed
its just all a lot of hats to wear….but I’m drawing a line in the sand and putting my head down and my butt up to get the work done that needs to be done. (thats alot of sayings in one quote)
As a professional it is my ethical duty to continue my professional development with passion, commitment and drive to ignite my spark of re-developing my thinking and challenging my thoughts and actions.
The day to act is now and I plan to set my first goal going back into work after a great break to reflect and collect my thoughts
I plan to keep it simple
a basic promise
To focus on my teacher registration
I have done some research and have decided this is how I will be documenting my reflections linking them to the teacher registration criteria along the way
How will I achieve this
I WILL post two reflections a week
- Publishing one of my written reflections from the pass year of my practice
- Post a reflection from the week that has just passed
- Post a link on my teacher registration criteria page to demonstrate my practice
- Invite teaching colleagues to comment and post
- Invite Associate teacher to comment and provide feedback in due time.
- Review after 3 months of blogging and discuss options with teaching colleagues to do the same and create an online community to support each other in our journeys.
- Setting goals focused on the teacher registration criteria, using the tools I have and gain
My biggest fears are
Not being able to keep true to my promise
Falling further behind with my reflective practice
How can I over come this fear
Plan to make time for myself to reflect twice a week on something that is on my mind and is relevant that I want to share
Set goals *which I have* this feels great. The plan is set the promise is out there see you back here in 3 months first goal
On reflection - in a world of thought and action 