EDUC591: Life After the Masters Degree

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EDUC591 Life After the Masters Degree

• Ways to Continue
• Professional Development

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Dispositions and Skills of the Best Teachers (W.
Schubert, 1991)

• Maintain a sense of mission about the importance
  of teaching.
• Exhibit a love and compassion for students.
• Determine ways to build on student strengths.
• Exhibit a clear sense of meaning and direction or
  are in the process of revising the same.
• Guide their work with a quest for that which is
  worthwhile.
• Are actively involved in self-education

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Brainstorm Activity Remaining Actively Engaged
in Self-Education

• In your group take 15 minutes to brainstorm ways
  that you can continue to grow as a professional
  now that the pursuit of a Masters degree is
  down to the wire.
• Ask these questions
• 1. How can I stay current in my field?
• 2. How can I maintain a network of colleagues?

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Web Resources

• Teacher Tap Professional Development Rescues for
  educators
• http//www.eduscapes.com/tap
• National Board Certification
• http//www.nbpts.org

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Host a Student Teacher Mentor a New Teacher

• Tell your story. Share your craft. Dont leave
  school without leaving a legacy!

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Aspire to the Fourth Stage

• Willingly relinquish part of yourself to make
  possible the building of future generations .

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Continue a Formal Education!

• Is there a future DOCTOR in the house?

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Stay Stress-free and Healthy

• Be sure to maintain your health, physical and
  mental, by making time for yourself and your own
  well being.

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Maintain a Sense of Humor

• Laugh at yourself! Take risks and find humor in
  your boo boos!

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Maintain a Personal Life
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Have Babies (Optional)

• Parenting brings a different teacher to the
  classroom.
• Teaching brings a different parent to the home.

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Bask in the Rewards of Your Hard Work!

• The real voyage of discovery is not in seeking
  new landscapes but in having new eyes.
• Marcel Proust