Title: Pathway to Personal Growth and Development for Teachers
Headings: Ways to Enhance Personal Growth and Development for Teachers
Ways to Enhance Personal Growth and Development for Teachers
Advanced Degree
Advice/Evaluations from Administrators
Experience
Journaling
Literature
Mentoring Program
Professional Development Workshops/Conferences
Social Media
Teacher-Teacher Observations
The Internet

Content: No amount of training can truly prepare you for the adversity that a teacher can face in the real world. First year teachers often wonder what they have gotten themselves into over the course of that first year. It can be frustrating and disheartening, but it does become easier. A classroom is a laboratory and teachers are chemists constantly tinkering, experimenting, and mixing things up until they find the right combination that works for them. Each day and year brings about new challenges, but experience allows us to adapt quickly and make changes ensuring that things continue to operate efficiently. Journaling
Journaling can provide valuable learning opportunities through self-reflection. It allows you to capture moments in your teaching career that may be beneficial to reference at other points along the way. Journaling does not have to take a lot of your time. 10-15 minutes a day can provide you with a lot of valuable information. Learning opportunities arise almost daily, and journaling allows you to encapsulate these moments, reflect on them at a later time, and make adjustments that can help you become a better teacher.