New Prezi: Understanding PD and VIT.

Some of the posts on our blog that have been popular are the "what is PD" series from back in 2012. These are ones we use time and time again as people ask these sorts of questions.

One of the most common problems for new teachers that we run across is going up against the question "What is PD?".  It gets close to re-registration and they panic because they "don't have their 20 hours".  Often this is because they haven't had access to workshops and seminars but when we sit down with them and begin to go through it they are doing all sorts of things that they don't realise is PD.

So, the series of posts was born and is used fairly frequently.

Over time we have also been adding blog posts to extend on the concepts and it's gotten to a point where I feel like I am giving out 43 links to every new member....  What we've done is begin to roll many of these posts into a much more "compact" format.

This will eventually be hosted over on our PD Information Blog and is able to be shared via email or through Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites.

View the presentation on Prezi.com.

It's still a work in progress but does the job as it stands.  Please use full-screen to view - this will not degrade image quality or increase the size of the download!

Relevance:  

• Victorian registered teachers.

Content:

• The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers - what they are and how/why to be familiar with them.
• The Victorian Institute of Teaching - What VIT does in the Victorian Education System.
• Why do we need to "do PD"?  - A look at why VIT requires is to submit PD and what "Standards Referenced" means.
• A "Step by Step" guide - A "Step by Step" using a YouTube video, showing how to document it for PD submission to VIT in absence of a Certificate or other physical evidence. 
• Summary:  What is PD? - a quick look at the wide array of things that can be used as PD and why.

Standards: 

• 6.2 (Graduate) Understand the relevant and appropriate sources of professional learning for teachers.
• 7.2 (graduate) Understand the relevant and appropriate sources of professional learning for teachers.
• 7.2 (proficient) Understand the implications of and comply with relevant legislative, administrative, organisational and professional requirements, policies and processes.

Note from our resident IT Monkey/Nerd:  This presentation is hosted online and when we edit it the changes happen in real time!  If you view it and there's a few "funky things" happening we're possibly in the process of adding to it or adjusting it....  Also please be aware that it IS a work in progress and some things may not be entirely accurate, things have changed a little since we did the original posts and any necessary corrections will come with time.

Regards,

Mel.