Group work comparison about session 4
In Session 4, we need to share the professional development in our workplace and the strategies our workplace have used to encourage development, change and innovation.
Done by
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Highlight on the week assignment
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Makino
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· Provide definition of professional development
· Share about the professional development in her graduate school
· Professional development of her graduate is focus on the improvement of teacher skills in information technology and encourage them to use it in class
· Share a video by Youth Change Workshops which discuss about professional development of teacher such as showing poster to tell students what not to bring to school (way instead just tell student what to do directly) and share about the job of Youth Change
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Jack
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· Share about his experience about his workplace HKUGA
· HKUGA is responsible to organize Confucius Carnival and professional development is needed in order to train the staffs to handle the works
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Vanice
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· Take her workplace, a training department, as example
· Share the process about how her workplace development the training and development plan to enhance staff’s professional development
· Ways to improve staff’s professional development includes training class, seminars, conferences and workshops
· Library are set up to provides resources to staffs in order in improve their PD
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Milky
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· Provide definition of professional development
· Take her secondary school as an example
· Explain that the professional development of teacher is to improve their IT skills and learn and apply new teaching method
· Students can express their opinions to school about how to improve the teaching environment where school and teachers should consider their comment and integrate it in teacher professional development programme
· Explain environment also play a role in professional development
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Ricky
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· Share the professional development of Prudential Company which mainly provides finical service
· Professional development in the company focus on improving the skills and techniques of staffs for completing their job tasks by training course and seminars
· Share video by Detica Company about the career development
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Cissy
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· Share the professional development of a school in Hangzhou
· Professional development focuses on improving school teacher’s IT skills and learning innovative teaching method
· Mentions the school provides support in teacher’s PD in several ways such as provide ICT friendly environment such as provides computers and computer and network access, encourage teacher to upload the learning materials online etc.
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Group Interactions
Makino said:
Hi Jack,
Thank you for sharing the Professional Development in your workplace. I think your organization have a good director to make some decisions. So that the progress is faster and the members are become more initiative. So what is the biggest change do you think after this PD? ( You don't have to answer my question if you feel it has nothing to do with the topic and feel free to give me suggestion. Thank you!!!)
Thank you for sharing the Professional Development in your workplace. I think your organization have a good director to make some decisions. So that the progress is faster and the members are become more initiative. So what is the biggest change do you think after this PD? ( You don't have to answer my question if you feel it has nothing to do with the topic and feel free to give me suggestion. Thank you!!!)
Milky said:
Hi,Vanice
Thank you for sharing!
And I want to know that the staffs in your organization , do they want to spend time in learning something new or have learn something under the pressure of leader or competition from their coworkers.
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing!
And I want to know that the staffs in your organization , do they want to spend time in learning something new or have learn something under the pressure of leader or competition from their coworkers.
Thank you!
Vanice said:
Hi Milky,
Most of my colleagues have speacial qualification such as green card which is only valid for certain years. When their qualifications will soon expire, they need to attend relevant training to extend these qualification. Otherwise, they cannot work on site. So the management do not need to force them to attend training as the qualification requirement is set by law.
Refer to learning new skills, I must say most of my colleagues are keen on learning. Besides the qualification trainings I mention above, some of them would apply funding to join external seminar to learn new skills.
Most of my colleagues have speacial qualification such as green card which is only valid for certain years. When their qualifications will soon expire, they need to attend relevant training to extend these qualification. Otherwise, they cannot work on site. So the management do not need to force them to attend training as the qualification requirement is set by law.
Refer to learning new skills, I must say most of my colleagues are keen on learning. Besides the qualification trainings I mention above, some of them would apply funding to join external seminar to learn new skills.
Makino said:
Hi Cissy,
Thank you for sharing the Professional Development in your workplace. I think you have introduced the "effecting change" and the 2 strategies in your organization which help me get a deeper understand of this PD. But I feel a little confused about the training of ICT. Do your organization offers ICT course to train teachers and students or just employ someone who have ICT skills to help or ask the teachers to learn by themselves? ( You don't have to answer my question if you feel it has nothing to do with the topic and feel free to give me suggestion. Thank you!!!)
Thank you for sharing the Professional Development in your workplace. I think you have introduced the "effecting change" and the 2 strategies in your organization which help me get a deeper understand of this PD. But I feel a little confused about the training of ICT. Do your organization offers ICT course to train teachers and students or just employ someone who have ICT skills to help or ask the teachers to learn by themselves? ( You don't have to answer my question if you feel it has nothing to do with the topic and feel free to give me suggestion. Thank you!!!)
