Professional development and my opinion

I think it is very important, especially for educators to participate in professional development. If a class or session is being offered by your workplace, it should be taken advantage of. Professional development helps educators expand their horizons in education. It gives us valuable information in developing good educational practices and also new trends in education.

Where I'm working this year, our Director is now implementing professional development classes. For example, we are reading Montessori's books to refresh our memory about the Montessori philosophy. Every Friday we have a book club "meeting" to discuss about certain chapters we've read and then discuss how we can apply this to our current teaching practices. I am thrilled that finally the teachers in our school our getting together to participate in professional development.

Last semester, I mentioned to my Director about presenting a Professional development session on integrating technology in the Montessori classroom. I am eager to do this and this course will allow me to present what I've learned in previous MTT classes.