Sponsored and Independent Professional Development
Professor Insuasty posted the following in his blog:
DIRECTIONS: In your personal blog, give an account of some experiences of "sponsored" and "independent" professional development you have had as an English teacher. Read what other colleagues posted in response to this task, and make a brief reflection on how different or similiar those professional development experiences have been.
My reflection upon this issue is as follows:
I think that my professional development has been sponsored only by my parents; for that reason, I consider that all my development as a teacher has been independent. However, I need to acknowledge that although nobody else has sponsored my development as a teacher, the opportunity to be in a licenciatura program, where I received my initial teacher education, has provided me with the most basic theoretical and practical foundations. During my stance at university, I took several courses that provided me with the knowledge about teaching that I needed. Furthermore, the practicum during two semesters allowed me to teach in real contexts that helped me to shape my identity as a teacher.
In addition, I feel that my experience in the field of language teaching has also been influenced by my jobs as a teacher. After my undergraduate program, I worked as a teacher in a private institution and then in two public schools. Therefore, the necessity to face different context of teaching has also helped me to understand that teaching is not an isolated or limited practice, but rather, that it is a continuum-development profession.
In relation to my partners, we share this master program as part of our development, and I supposed that everybody has an undergraduate program. Although, everybody has had different jobs and learning experiences, I consider that the discussions with professors and colleagues during the master have provoked us to be critical and reflective thinkers. As a result, our teaching will definitely not be the same, but rather, it will take advantage of all the learning experiences that have influenced us in our teaching.
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