While at work yesterday (Blue Mountains TAFE), I noticed a few flyers on the pinboard outlining the importance of keeping a diary to record professional development activities… hmm… I thought… why would I want to do that? The only purpose for such a diary (that I could imagine at the time) would be to record all the development activities that I’ve attended, possibly to “demonstrate” my professionalism as a teacher (as if attending activities demonstrates my professionalism!)… I should read the flyer before jumping to conclusions… typical me.
Anyway, I thought that it might be more helpful for my own development to instead create a reflective journal where I can process some of the activities or events that occur throughout my work and personal life… not because I think my life is oh soo interesting, but just for my own benefit (learning through reflection). The added benefit of a blog is this: if I ever need to show my professional development activities to keep my job as a teacher I can simply point to the URI. Yay!
No doubt I will flood this journal with entries over the first few days, perhaps weeks, before my enthusiasm receeds back to a normal trickle of activity :-)
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