You will find ten key points for professional development. Be the best version of you.

1. By Keisy Orfelinda Fajardo Palencia

2. Achieve
your
goals

3. Reflection
Professional
Development
Practice
Consulta-
tion
Mentoring
Learning
Improve

4. Developing
action
steps
Key Points for Professional Development
Establishing steps to improve
Identifying the changes you would like to
have.
Listing your changes and classifying them
according to short or long term.

5. Set long
term goals
first
Key Points for Professional Development
Writing questions to identify how my
performance is at work.
Examples of questions: Do I like my work?
Do I do well my work?
Setting your goals by taking into
consideration the questions.

6. Technical
knowledge
Key Points for Professional Development
It is necessary that you always learn more
about your job.
Never stop learning.
Trying to know the newest information
about your job and career.

7. Developing
action-
steps
Key Points for Professional Development
You know the steps that you should have to
improve as a person.
Determing the exact time to do the
changes.
Putting them into the action.

8. Make a
record of
your
“pinnackle
moments”
Key Points for Professional Development
Remembering the moments which made
you were satified with your work.
It is important you recognize them and look
for more moments like them.
Appreciate your work!

9. Evaluate
yourself
Key Points for Professional Development
Evaluating your weaknesses and strenghts
in your career.
Working with limiting factors.
Evaluating your opportunities.

10. Explore
context
Key Points for Professional Development
Analyzing the context you are.
Evaluating if there are deeper changes you
can’t achieve them in your job.
Making decisions about when to do the
changes.

11. Be ready
for
changes!
Key Points for Professional Development
Analyzing the changes that your boss is
performing.
Knowing how to act or be with the changes.
Investigating if you are involved in
changes.

12. Make a list
of your
skills and
how to put
them into
practice
Key Points for Professional Development
Writing your skills and making a list of
them.
You can write your skills of these topics:
 Verbal communication
 Manage people
 Promote products or services

13. Work in
team
Key Points for Professional Development
Practicing cooperative and collaborative
work.
It is necessary you learn how to work in
team because people need help from
others and can create a better task.

14. Professional Development Cycle
The cycle shows all the
steps that you should
follow if you want to be a
professional person.

16. “It’s not what you achieve,
It’s what you overcome.
That’s what defines your career.”
- Carlton Fisk

17. Answers:
Slide 4:
I am an English teacher in seventh grade. I realize that the majority of the
students did not have the opportunity to receive classes years ago.
They have difficulty in listening skill because they feel frustrated if they do not
understand a word.
I decide to have more listening activities in the laboratory to develop that skill.
Next week, I am going to begin with slow songs and more exercises.
They do not have an English environment, but I trust in my students and me
and they will develop that skill.

18. Slide 5:
The majority of my students had not received English classes so, I began from
the basic content of the language.
I remember that in their first presentation, I explained them the content they
had to share and the rubric. When they began writing the sentences, a student
told me if I could help him because he did not like to make mistakes. I told him
that making mistakes is good because he learns from it so, he wrote the
sentences, and I checked them.
After that, we practiced the pronunciation.
Before he had the presentation, he was so nervous and did not want to use the
microphone, it was his first presentation in English. He had an excellent
presentation so, I stuck a sticker for his effort and dedication, and he was so
happy. In that moment, I felt satisfied because he could do what he thought he
could not do it.

19. Slide 6:
I know that I have made mistakes in my job. I sometimes feel frustrated
because I do not have enough time to finish with the content; I have three
periods a week I have to work in the workbook, student book, and notebook. It
is complicated because I would like to do a lot of activities to develop the four
skills.
I consider that I can achieve more with my students and I am still looking for
that way which helps me while I try to do my best effort in classes to achieve
they get meaningful learning.
Being a teacher is not easy, I love my career and feel good with my work. I will
not change my career because it makes me feel happy and satistied.

20. Slide 9:
I have the following skills:
 Verbal communication skills: I explain the content in a clearly way and
give examples of real-life situations.
 Manage people: I can manage my students in a fast way, they do the
activities in the exact time I say because they follow the instructions.
 Preparing material: I like to use my creativity when I prepare material for
classes because I am a visual learner and I consider that it is better to use
colors, pictures, mind-maps, and videos for classes.
 Preparing activities: I like to prepare different kind of activities as games
to avoid my students get bored in my classes.

21. The expert in anything was once a
beginner.
Give your best version because…

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