The readings on professional development were extremely dry and boring, but they are not to be overlooked because have to continuously strive to better themselves. You might ask yourselves why? I went to college and got my degree. Why should I have to take even more classes? The fact is the world changes and evolves and if we didn't change or reflect on how we teach we would be doing a disservice to our students.
Reflecting on our teaching I think is the easiest and least time consuming way to to develop and learn from our mistakes and accomplishments. All it takes is writing down a few notes after a great unit plan or a few critiques of one that didn't go so smoothly. This is not that hard. I can not think of one reason why any teacher would not be doing this.
I love language conferences even though I have only been to on. It is a great chance to meet people, get resources, and learn new ideas. I think it also provides teachers the opportunity to become remotivated or reenergized about teaching. Learning about some exciting new topic or teaching approach can alter my perspective on how I look at the classroom. If a theme grabs my eyes maybe I would like to try it in my classroom. It would give me the idea to experiement with different ideas so that teaching does not become monotonous, but rather a breath of fresh air.
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As you said, it is really important for us to keep advancing.
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