1. The document discusses the importance of continuous professional development and standards for teachers. It notes that professional development ensures teachers can keep their knowledge relevant and up-to-date with changing trends in education. 2. Some effective strategies for teacher professional development include making it specific to teacher needs, getting teachers invested in the topics by using engaging teaching methods, and making it ongoing rather than one-time sessions. 3. Professional development should be personalized through individual learning plans for teachers and involve collaboration between teachers to support learning.

1. Swamy Vivaknanda Vidya Samsthe
Kumadavati college of Education
Shikaripur
Virtual A Two Day National Conference on
Innovative Pedagogy and Effective Teaching
Learning To Promote NEP-2020
Topic
Teachers Standards Professionalism and
Continuous Development of Teachers
Presented By:
Dr. Laxmibai. B. Jadhav.
KLE Society’s College of Education
Vidyanagar Hubballi.

2. Introduction:
Education is a never-ending process. Professional
standards are statements of a teacher's
professional attributes, professional knowledge and
understanding,
and professional skills. They provide clarity of the
expectations at each career stage.
Professional Development is a key function within school
environments, and helps teachers
develop into more effective educators. 21st century schools
and colleges are rapidly

4. changing, with the emergence of Bring Your Own Device
(BYOD), E-learning and other
technology which are changing the face of education.
It is to suggest that values of professionalism are to be
approached
correctly. This will encourage the educator to be prepared for the
classroom. Furthermore, the
values of professionalism exist for a reason. They will benefit
the professional teacher and
professional standards in terms of motivating and encourage
student participation.

5. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines professionalism as
"the conduct, aims, or
qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional
person"; and it defines a
profession as & “a calling requiring specialized knowledge and
often long and intensive
academic preparation”.

6. Need For Continuous Professional Development:
Every profession has a divine culture and work climate. All this
help to develop a smooth
co-ordination, combination and effective functioning thereby
bringing professional
excellence. Well-crafted and delivered Continuing Professional
Development is important
because it delivers benefits to the individual, their profession and
the public. It ensures
teachers capabilities to keep pace with the current standards of
others in the same field.
It (CPD) ensures that teachers maintain their capabilities to
keep pace with the
standards of others in the same field.

7. It (CPD) ensures that teachers knowledge stay relevant and up-to-date. They
are more
aware of the changing trends and direction of their profession. The pace of
change is
probably faster than it’s ever been- and this is a feature of the new normal that
teachers like and work-in.
It (CPD) helps teachers to continue to make a meaningful contribution to
society.
It (CPD) can lead to increased public confidence in confidence in individual
professionals and their profession as a whole.
Depending on the profession- CPD contributes to improved protection and
quality of
life, the environment, sustainability, property and the economy. This applies to
specialized practice areas.

9. Teachers Gain Knowledge and Industry Insight
Students expect teachers to be subject matter experts for
the topics they teach. This
means teachers should be able to answer any question a student
throws their way.
Professional development programs can enable teachers to
expand their knowledge base, in
different subject areas. The more professional development a
teacher undergoes, the more
knowledge and industry insight he or she gains.

11. Teachers Want To Continue Their Education:
Professional Development gives them an opportunity to step out
of their routine, they
get to be the students instead of the teacher. This keeps educators
engage because they feel
like they are receiving the professional help they need to be better
teachers. Implementing
professional development programs have benefits for both teachers
and students, but most
importantly, it helps teachers become better educators and develop
into competent future
school administrators.

12. Here are the four ways to develop Professionalism:-
1. Retention:
2. Deeper subject knowledge:
3. A collaborative environment:
4. Student achievement:

16. How to make teacher professional development
effective and engaging
There are lots of challenges to running an effective
teacher professional development
session: time, money, engagement, effectiveness, and much
more. While the challenges may be
daunting, they shouldn’t stop you from creating opportunities for
your teachers to deepen their
understanding.

18. 1. Make it specific
Every teacher faces unique classroom challenges and comes to
work each morning with
a different set of skills. However, in the name of time, cost and
efficiency, many professional
development opportunities for teachers are too broad and not
relevant to most, or even many, of
the teachers attending. If you want professional development to
be relevant, ask your teachers
for their suggestions — there’s a good chance that they have
plenty to say. Give teachers a
choice about what or how they learn. Give different options for
workshops or courses they can
take.

19. Example: There are a number of ways to make teacher
professional development more specific.
To begin, use tools like Google forms to collect information on
what teachers want to learn more
about, and feedback on the effectiveness of past sessions. Other
options include:

20. 2. Get teachers invested
In this scenario, it’s unlikely that the session is going to have a meaningful
impact or
inspire change in the classroom. A lack of engagement is just as fatal for
teachers as it is for
students.
If you’re running a session about active learning in the classroom, use
active learning
techniques. If it’s about service learning, have teacher’s research
opportunities or organizations
where their class can get involved.Teachers need to be interested and
engaged. Just like their
students, teachers learn in different ways and respond differently to
auditory, kinesthetic, written
or visual learning methods.

21. Example: Making different entry points for different learners,
similar to a differentiated
classroom. A discussion on blended learning could include a
number of different ways for
teachers to connect with the topic:
Ask hands-on learners to demo relevant software
Have teachers who prefer to work collaboratively brainstorm
with colleagues for subject-
specific ways to introduce technology into the classroom

22. 3. Make it ongoing
The Professional Development sessions must be
specific and engaging, your teachers
left feeling informed, and now it’s time for them to put it into
practice in the classroom.
A 2016 survey, in partnership with Learning Forward and
the National Education Association,
found that schools use data-driven instruction methods to plan
professional development for
teachers, but don’t use it to figure out how effective the efforts
actually are:

23. Example: Educational Technology software is quickly becoming
one of the best ways to collect
actionable data on student achievement and understanding.
Opportunities to train educators on
subject-specific EdTech platforms give teachers the tools they
need to confidently use student data
to improve their classroom teaching.

24. 4. Personalize teacher learning with a Professional
Development Plan
Personalized learning works for students,
so why shouldn’t it work for teachers?
A Professional Development Plan sets out individual learning
goals for educators on a short-
term or long term basis, and gives clear steps for achieving
them. Sit down with educators in
your school and determine what factors should influence their
individual plans:

26. Final thoughts on teacher professional development
As educational researchers Thomas Guskey and Kwang
Suk Yoon write, the
“implementation of any new professional development strategy
should always begin with small-
scale, carefully controlled, pilot studies designed to test its
effectiveness.”

27. Start small, and slowly grow your efforts. When you provide
accessible, engaging and supportive teacher professional
development opportunities, everyone in your school succeeds.
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29. Conclusion:
Collegial relationships are hugely important within the
local and international setting.
They allow for teachers to develop and grow more effectively
and offer outstanding support
programs. One area where collegial relationships are highlighted
is within Professional
Development. Professional Development is an important tool to
help teachers develop and in
turn help improve student’s experience of college. Collegial
relationships help ensure that

30. Professional Development is of use to teachers. This is through
coaching, collaboration,
networking and reflection. Strong collegial relationships
between teachers helps develop a
community of learning and in turn effective Professional
Development, which teachers will
be more willing to engage with.