Career long learning keeps us up-to-date with developments in the field. Right now, (January 2018), we're in the midst of a degree program that strives to show us the most current/relevant way of raising up students to be excellent global citizens. And while there is certainly an acknowledgement of those strategies that have been successful in the past, there is certainly a push to know more; to go deeper- because our students are worth it.
Career long learning keeps us sharp by showing us new lines of thinking, teaching and learning, within a collaborative environment. The simple fact is, we need each other. We need to learn from each other, we need to be challenged by each other, we need to be pushed (on occasion) by each other, and we need to be encouraged (and at times, propped up) by each other. The message we've received (as a class of teachers-in-training) is that collaboration is a lifeline within the profession of teaching. We've been strongly advised to connect with various communities of learning, both for our students' sake, and for our sake. And it makes sense. Find tips for quality teacher collaboration, HERE. Career long learning keeps us humble; it's an admittance (in a way) that we don't have it all together; that we don't know everything that there is to know, and that we want to learn more: more of what it means to be a quality educator. How can we have a passion to teach if we don't have a passion to learn? It seem like a contradiction to think in any other terms than these. Connected to all of this is a passion for life long learning. It's the reason why I left my former career and set out on this new journey in education. I don't ever want to find myself doing something just because it's easy. I want to continue to push myself... ...in my career and also in my life.
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