Personal Growth as a Teacher: Professional Development Through Administrative Consultation and Reflective Practice
Overview
This reflection paper examines the author's journey toward personal and professional growth as an educator. The paper discusses two primary approaches to development: seeking consultation and feedback from administrators, and maintaining a reflective journal to analyze teaching practices and identify areas for improvement.
What this reflection paper covers
- Introduction to personal growth as essential for teacher development
- Seeking consultation and feedback from administrators as a development strategy
- Maintaining a reflective journal for professional self-analysis and improvement planning
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Personal Growth as a Teacher
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Personal Growth as a Teacher
It took me a considerable amount of dedication and hard work to be an efficient and effective teacher. Similar to other careers, some of my colleagues at first proved to be more natural to the profession than me. Even though I was also known to have the most natural abilities in teaching, I also had to put some time into cultivating my inner talent. Personal growth proved to be an essential component that all the teachers have to embrace as a way to maximize their potential (Djoub, 2018). There are a few different ways that I was able to develop my personal growth as well as development. A majority of my colleagues ahead of in my profession at the time taught preferred one approach over another. Still, every one of them proved to be necessary for my overall development as a teacher.
The first approach I used that helped me to grow personally as a teacher includes seeking consultation and advice from my administrators. Naturally, administrators proved to be excellent sources of advice for me. As a teacher, I was not afraid to look to advice from my administrators. It proved to be important to ensure my administrators are accessible for teachers in the course of needing something. Administrators typically stand out as experienced teachers themselves, those with the potential of providing an array of information.