New CRT booklet!

Hello everyone,

For the past few months Network members and ourselves have been putting the final touches on the creation of a new guidebook for CRTs.  It is mainly aimed at those new to CRT work who might not yet have an avenue to experienced CRTs to question on the various topics.  The idea is to help you short-circuit the sometimes arduous journey from being a new CRT to being a desirable one being offered work on a frequent basis; to make the task of establishing yourself as easy as humanly possible.

The booklet is designed to help you integrate into the profession with advice on how to make sure you leave a positive impact in every school and classroom you walk into. 

The topics covered:

• Who do you want to be as a CRT?
• Basic Work Ethics.
• Starting with the basics.
• Professional Development and Collegial Learning.
• Appropriate collegial opportunities.
• High maintenance areas of learning.
• Specialize in something useful.
• Planning as a CRT.
• Your "CRT Toolkit" or "Bag of Tricks".
• Don't be on the outside looking in.
• Using professional Development.
• Be open to change.
• It's not your classroom.
• Be Proactive.
• Summary;  Being a desirable CRT.
• Victoria specific information (local version ONLY)

 Other related topics are also included as "side notes".   All in all there is 15 pages of down-to-earth adivice (not including the cover page and topics list) from about 30 contributing CRTs.

The local version (which is complete and has additional Victoria specific content) is designed to be freely available to ALL Victorian CRTs.  We are currently exploring avenues to make this part of the plan happen.

Outside of Victoria the booklet will be on sale through my personal Teachers Pay Teachers store.  All profits from the sale of the booklet will go right into the Wodonga and Shepparton CRT Support Networks in order to continue providing professional development/learning opportunities for Hume region CRTs.  This not only helps us maintain our registration but also raises the professional profile of CRTs and benefits the 1000's of Victorian students which we teach.

Regards,

Mel.