1. Professional Development: What is it?

2. In the beginning… In 1972, after years of advocacy from the BCTF, PD days were added to the school calendar with no loss to student instruction.

3. Why add days?

4. Teachers at the time believed that we needed time during the school year

5. To hone our skills.

6. To improve practice.

7. In collaboration with

8. Students

9. Staff

10. Parents

11. Community

12. And to stay current with changes related to teaching and learning.

13. Do we still believe that teachers need to learn?

14. If so…

15. What do we learn?

16. When do we learn?

17. How do we learn?

18. And who decides?

19. We do.

20. We decide

21. Within the guidelines of our collective agreement and our professional development policy.

22. Who pays for our Professional Development?

23. In accordance with our local collective agreement, our board pays 5% of our salary to support professional development.

24. How do I get what I need for professional development?

25. Get involved.

26. Have your say.

27. Contribute.

28. Suggest.

29. Join.

30. Check the PD Wiki to see what’s new.

31. Add new ideas.

32. Apply.

33. Share.

34. We have 185+ days to work.

35. We have five days to learn together.

36. In our district we have One PSA day One District day Three school-based pro-d days.

37. Work with your pro-d committee

38. To continue to make our professional development extraordinary.

39. For more information Do you have more questions or would you love to join? Email pd68@bctf.ca. Find your NDTA Pro-D Policy online at www.local68.bctf.ca Find out what’s happening at http://pd68.pbworks.com.