Yes, the new semester for CSU starts this coming Monday. As always, I look forward to the start of uni for the new year. That is until the time comes when I have all aspects of my life competing for attention and TIME and the anxiety begins...
This year marks the end of my time at CSU as I only have one subject left to complete: ETL507 Professional Experience/Professional Portfolio. This subject has three components - a professional study visit, a 10-day professional placement and the completion of a professional portfolio. This blog will serve as my professional portfolio for the subject. I have been quite sporadic in my posting to this blog but aim to tidy it up and also post more frequently.
I've begun to do so by finding a really helpful post by blogger Heather Wright whereby she explains how to link to a PDF or Word doc in a post. I hope to use this function to document my attendance at professional development sessions as part of my overall portfolio.
I look forward to what this subject will bring, as I can see how it will have positive influences on my professional practice.
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Career
I graduated from university with a Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) in 2005. My teaching methods were Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE). In July 2006, I got my first teaching position at a school in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs teaching English, TESOL and SOSE. I worked there for 18 months before moving to Sydney, where I began my career as a Teacher Librarian.
In 2008, I joined the New South Wales Department of Education and signed up for their Teacher Librarian Retraining Program. I was thrown right in the deep end, with a position as Teacher Librarian at a high school in Sydney's south-west. In 2007, I undertook four subject as part of Charles Sturt University's Graduate Certificate of Education (Teacher Librarianship) course. Those subjects were ETL 401 Teacher Librarianship and ETL503 Collection Management in the first semester, and ETL and ETL Teacher Librarian as Leader in the second semester.
In late 2008, I decided that I would continue on with my studies and complete my Masters of Education (Teacher Librarianship) through Charles Sturt University. I decided to break the remaining subjects up over two years, as I had found the previous year very taxing. In 2009, I completed ETL402 Children's Literature and EER500 Introduction to Educational Research in the first semester and ETL in the second semester. I have one final subject to complete before I graduate: ETL507 Professional Experience and Portfolio.
In 2010, I changed my place of employment and began working as a Teacher Librarian for the Catholic Education system.
I have found being a Teacher Librarian to be a challenging and rewarding career so far, and continue to explore new aspects of the profession throguh professional learning and development.
In 2008, I joined the New South Wales Department of Education and signed up for their Teacher Librarian Retraining Program. I was thrown right in the deep end, with a position as Teacher Librarian at a high school in Sydney's south-west. In 2007, I undertook four subject as part of Charles Sturt University's Graduate Certificate of Education (Teacher Librarianship) course. Those subjects were ETL 401 Teacher Librarianship and ETL503 Collection Management in the first semester, and ETL and ETL Teacher Librarian as Leader in the second semester.
In late 2008, I decided that I would continue on with my studies and complete my Masters of Education (Teacher Librarianship) through Charles Sturt University. I decided to break the remaining subjects up over two years, as I had found the previous year very taxing. In 2009, I completed ETL402 Children's Literature and EER500 Introduction to Educational Research in the first semester and ETL in the second semester. I have one final subject to complete before I graduate: ETL507 Professional Experience and Portfolio.
In 2010, I changed my place of employment and began working as a Teacher Librarian for the Catholic Education system.
I have found being a Teacher Librarian to be a challenging and rewarding career so far, and continue to explore new aspects of the profession throguh professional learning and development.
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