PD days offer teachers a much-needed break

Gordon Cairns

By Gordon Cairns
Community contribution / September 23, 2019

The apologetic language teachers use around attending a personal development course carries a not-so-subliminal message: developing your teaching abilities is not considered as important as an actual day’s teaching.

PD can help to put your own work-related issues into context.

PD training is referred to as ‘a day off work’ as if the on/off switch has been pressed and ...

This story appeared in the September 2019 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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