A Professional Essay

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What Makes a Professional What does it mean to be a professional? Is a person with a college degree a professional? How would that explain the title of professional given to sports stars that may or may not have attended college? I believe a professional is someone that is an expert in their field of work. That expertise might come from a college education or from life experience and study in that particular area. Ron Brandt says: Professionalization means not only higher pay, of course, but several other things, all interrelated: high admission standards, excellent undergraduate and graduate preparation, continuing education on the job, and desirable working conditions-including adequate supplies and equipment, opportunities to interact…show more content…
Just a few of those are: The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). It is the NCATE that monitors the standards in teacher training. The NBPTS is the organization that supports the teacher and encourages certification. The AFT and its concept of staff development (Levine & Ornstein, 2008) brings me to my next point which is professional development. Professional Development Does education end when the teacher is granted their certification? Absolutely not. Learning should be a continuous process for the instructor. The National Council on Teacher Quality (School Leaders on Teacher Quality, 2003) used the survey group, Public Agenda, which found that, “most superintendents (75%) and principals(66%) were gung-ho on professional development, believing that it significantly improves teacher…show more content…
If a student is not learning this should be examined and related back to the taching method. Next instructors need to have access to alternatives. Across this country is a diverse set of teachers with various creative ways of teaching. Teachers should have the ability to seek out these methods. Finally an instructor should use judgement when applying these methods. Every student is different and has a different set of challenges. Each situation should be looked at individually because there is rarely only one way of doing something
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