Leadership in Action My Thinking about Professional Development

Talking about professional development has enabled me to rethink my definition of personal development by looking at it from a different angle. Reflecting back on my internship program, I have realized that my thinking of professional development has been transformed as occasioned by the different variables in the workplace. It continues to change as it encounters intense and competitive learning strategies that employees apply in real life situations. I have realized that professional development is dynamic because of the employers’ need to evaluate the knowledge and skills that employees have. In the end, employees are constantly being judged by looking at their capabilities in the changing and competitive work environment. The reasoning arises from the fact that the movement experienced in the workplace resonates to changing the position of the goalpost every season. Such encounters could be related to new technology, legislation, or the ever-changing customer’s demands. Therefore, professional development should be taken as an individual initiative because it trickles down to one’s desire to remain competitive in the changing work environment.

Teacher Leadership and Leadership in the Schools

The conceptualization of teacher leadership and...

The whole idea of working competently is not enough because they want to bring about transformation because their working environment is seemingly charged and unstable because of the activities of various stakeholders in the education sector. They no longer want to play the role of educators only. They wish to serve as change agents who contribute positively to building relationships that empower learners to be useful members of the society (Servage, 2009).
The Impact of Parker Palmer’s Article

Parker Palmer’s article has influenced me positively. It has encouraged me to be a change agent in our schools. The change starts with the school leaders who are requested to go beyond their responsibilities and look at their capabilities in helping their students to become better individuals in the learning environment. Therefore, school leaders are obligated to create a different learning environment for teachers to encourage trust and collegiality (Palmer, 2008).

The first step to be undertaken requires the building of collegial communities around work. In such a scenario, the teams created will seek to help teachers do their job by honoring them and later empowering their human spirit. The teams will focus…