Professional Growth and Enhancement

Facilitator:
Kathy Bird

Stepping Back Without Falling Over

Putting together a Portfolio that provides evidence of 'Professional Growth and Advancement' does not necessarily mean that teachers have to seek out new challenges, or collect numerous certificates. Very often, the learning environment we work in will provide a rich source of areas for development - development that enriches the personal professional development of the individual and enhances and improves the learning environment they work in.

In this workshop, we will consider how we can exploit areas of curriculum and assessment, the learning environment and wider professional development opportunities that promote personal professional development and how these can be presented in a portfolio that could be used for teacher assessment purposes.

Bio

Kathy Bird has an MA in TESOL. She teaches in the English Language Center, Zayed University. She is the former English Coordinator for the Center for the Professional Development, and has worked on Teacher Appraisal and Assessment Committees. She has organized three conferences for the supervisors of teachers of English in the UAE, and is Chair of a Ministry of Education and Youth Curriculum Reform Committee. She is President of TESOL Arabia and Chaired the International TESOL Arabia Conferences in 2001 and 2003. She was Guest Editor, with Dr Christine Coombe, of Perspectives, June 2003; and is on the 2003 Conference Proceedings Review Committee.

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