This will allow you to obtain a clearer picture of your own behavior and a better understanding of your strengths and take appropriate future action. It is essential that we respect the skills and expertise of other practitioners we work alongside. To work as a team we need to listen to others and take on board what they are saying. As someone new to the role we can learn a lot from our more experienced colleagues. To have a good relationship with other colleagues we need to show them that we respect their views, knowledge and opinions. In my short time at Crammer Primary I already feel that I have learnt a great amount from the other staff, particularly the support staff.
This knowledge is vital and invaluable and will stay with me throughout my career. A teaching assistant who may feel the need to improve her knowledge on dealing with children who have behavioral problems old need to do a college course, where she would need to use the internet and books for both her resource and references and extra information. To which she would then put all this into practice and have a new knowledgeable skill that would be invaluable to her professional role. While in your chosen profession, to hear the views of what others think is also another way of developing yourself, they see you in a different way to how you actually see yourself.
They may give you advice on how you could improve on a particular way that you handled a dispute between two hillier, or how you had helped/or how you could help a group of children with a subject or even doing a wall display. Their advice is an invaluable way of improving one’s self development. Another way of improving on your development is to learn from yourself. Reflect on how your day has gone and what you could have improved. 2. 2 In order to become an active participant in the process of reflective practice I answered 11 questions about events from past week. This exercise helped as to decipher what we have learnt about ourselves, to find our strengths and weaknesses, hat is our favorite task and what we find difficult and how we could adjust our style of practice to receive the best results.
See attachment 1 1 completed a SCOW analysis from which stands for strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and challenges. In this form I listed 3 strengths and 3 weaknesses, specified current opportunities input in my personal development plan. See attachment 2 2. 3 Everyone has different values, beliefs and preferences. What you believe in, what you see as important and what you see as acceptable or desirable is an essential part of who you are. The way n which you respond to people is linked to what you believe in, what you consider important and what interests you. You may find you react positively to people who share your values and less warmly to people who have different priorities.
When you develop friendships, it is natural to spend time with people who share your interests and values. However, the professional relationships you develop with people you support are another matter. As a professional, you are required to provide the same quality of support for all, not Just for those who share your views and beliefs. This ay seem obvious, but knowing what you need to do and achieving it successfully is not the same thing. Working in a school, you are bound to come across people whose views you do not agree with, and who never seem to understand your point of view. Awareness of differences, your reaction to them and how they affect the way you work is a crucial part of personal and professional development.
If you allow your own preferences to dominate your work with people, you will fail to perform to the standards of the Codes of Practice for child care workers set out by the I-J regulating bodies. All the codes require child care workers to respect and promote people’s individual views and wishes. But how do you manage to make the right responses when there is a clash between your views and those of the people you are working for? The first step is to identify and understand your own views and values. We each bring our backgrounds, beliefs, values, talents and behavior standards to work. Taken together, these define how we treat others and how we expect to be treated. They define what makes each of us unique. To respect diversity is to recognize each individual for his/her unusual and unique talents.
Once I have analyzed the demands and expectations of my Job role, the next step is to consider what I can already do and which areas I may further need to develop. This learning outcome looks at how I might evaluate my own performance and how I might use feedback to inform me. It is important to think about what I can do already and which areas I need to develop further. I also need to find ways of evaluating myself. Responding to feedback one of the ways in which I can evaluate my current state of knowledge and performance is by asking others for feedback. This is important because it can be hard to be objective about your own performance. Also I may lack skills or knowledge to be aware of what else you should be doing or other ways in which I might work.
Feedback may come from a variety of sources, including parent and colleagues as well as early year’s advisers. Feedback works best if I trust the people it comes from and if they feel that they can give me an honest view. It is a skill in itself to be able to listen to feedback carefully without becoming defensive. It is often easy to begin to defend the reasons why I do things, but the key is to remember that the focus is on improving performance. It is my responsibility to ensure my knowledge and skills are up to date. It is important to regularly attend Legislations and procedures are constantly changing and it is important to maintain your knowledge and keep it correct.
