Planning for Professional Development

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Within the life of every education, the expectation is that they are growing personally within their own lives and professions of which will assist them in reaching the lives of their student/learners effectively for the purposes of academic achievement. This growth is received through that activity on the part of the education within professional development. Within this assignment, this writer will conduct an assignment of which calls for the summary of four valuable resources in which he had studied concerning professional development. The writer will then discuss how the writings constitute in his own personal growth and create a development plan for the promotion of a school-wide reflection initiative.

Summary of Writings

Hudson, P. (2013). Mentoring as professional development: Growth for both mentor and mentee. Professional Development in Education, 39(5), 771-783. doi:10.1080/19415257.2012.749415

The premise of this journal article discussed and attempts to validate mentoring as professional development option of which promotes development educationally for both the mentor and the mentee. The article explains a dilemma in sharing teacher’s essential need for professional development; however, the cost for this developmental necessity within the lives of educators can serve as an expensive task to facilitate. The article offers up an additional strategy of which satisfies the need for educators, professional development simultaneously keeping the financial price low, the strategy offered is the option of mentoring as a source of professional development. In supporting the option of mentoring as professional development, the article shares the data that is conducted from a qualitative study in which a survey of me...

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...essional standard for Dutch teacher educators. European Journal of Teacher Education, 24(3), 343-354.

Koster, B., & Dengernik, J. J. (2008). Professional standards for teacher educators: How to deal with complexity, ownership, and function: European experiences from the netherlands. Journal of Teacher Education, 31(2), 135-149.

Rippon, J. H., & Martin, M. (2006). What makes a good supporter? Teaching & Teacher Education: an International Journal of Research and Studies, 22(1), 84-99.

Tang, S. Y. F. & Choi, P. L. (2005). Connecting theory and practice in mentor preparation: Mentoring for the improvement of teaching and learning. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 13(3), 383-401.

Tellez, K. (2011). A case study of a career in education that began with “teach for america”. Teaching Education, 22(1), 15-38. doi:10.1080/10476210.2010.541238.

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