7.4 Engage with professional teaching networks and broader communities
Proficient
Participate in professional and community networks and forums to broaden knowledge and improve practice.
Highly Accomplished
Contribute to professional networks and associations and build productive links with the wider community to improve teaching and learning.
Lead
Take a leadership role in professional and community networks and support the involvement of colleagues in external learning opportunities.
Professional associations provide networking, leadership and professional learning opportunities for educators. In addition to regular meetings, they may organise workshops, conference, and affiliations with peak bodies. Some associations publish journals or provide online collaborative environments. Specialist associations are an important locus of expertise, professional dialogue and innovation for the teaching profession” (ACT Department of Education and Training, 2008)
To address this standard you should demonstrate how you engage with the wider library professional community both in the benefits you gain and the contributions you make.
Participate in professional and community networks and forums to broaden knowledge and improve practice.
Highly Accomplished
Contribute to professional networks and associations and build productive links with the wider community to improve teaching and learning.
Lead
Take a leadership role in professional and community networks and support the involvement of colleagues in external learning opportunities.
Professional associations provide networking, leadership and professional learning opportunities for educators. In addition to regular meetings, they may organise workshops, conference, and affiliations with peak bodies. Some associations publish journals or provide online collaborative environments. Specialist associations are an important locus of expertise, professional dialogue and innovation for the teaching profession” (ACT Department of Education and Training, 2008)
To address this standard you should demonstrate how you engage with the wider library professional community both in the benefits you gain and the contributions you make.
Exemplars and Evidence
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ResourcesThese resources link to articles and websites about the value of professional learning networks. Use the information on these pages to help you formulate your statement.
Professional Learning Communities This is a feature article form the Australian Literacy Educator’s Association about the value and important of professional learning Communities. Personal Learning Networks for Educators: 10 Tips This blog provides some useful tips on how to become involved in and use your professional learning networks for your professional growth. The Educator’s PLN This Ning site is dedicated to the support of a personal Learning network for Educators. Learning to Network and Networking to Learn This is a great blog about the value of developing a PLN. PLN: Your Personal Learning Network made easy This is a simple but easy-to-follow guide on how to start a PLN. |
Professional Associations
The following links provide details of a number of Professional Associations that you may consider joining to keep you at the forefront of policies, initiatives and programs that relate to your role as a teacher librarian or information specialist. Note most of these are WA examples. Please add your own state associations to the blog and they will be added to this list.
The Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) is the major professional association for teacher educators in Australia.
The English Teachers Association Western Australia is a professional association for teachers of English and related subjects in schools and tertiary institutions. |
Aussie Educator - The Education Associations page of this website provides a comprehensive list of Australian professional associations
The Australian College of Educators (ACE) represents educators across all sectors and systems. The Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA WA) The Primary English Teaching Association Australia (PETAA) |