The Professional You

The Professional You

Sharon L. Poitier Senior Education Officer Ministry of Education 29th September, 2009

Five Keys to Professionalism

• Character

• moral qualities strongly developed or strikingly displayed • pattern of behaviour • qualities or features that are typical or together define someone

• Attitude

• manner of thinking, acting or feeling • position of the body implying or indicating an action or mental state

• Excellence

• superiority as in quality, ability or worth • Something in which a person or thing excels

• Competency

• having sufficient ability • sufficient or adequate for the purpose • being legally qualified or admissible

• Conduct

• way of acting, personal behaviour • deportment

• Ethical

• of or relating to standards of morality • in accordance with accepted standards of conduct especially the standards or codes of a profession

TIPS FOR SUCCESS be prepared be prepared be organized be organized be enthusiastic be enthusiastic Find constructive ways to handle stress • read professional materials • • • •

•TREASURE THE TIME WITH YOUR STUDENTS AND BE PROUD OF YOUR PROFESSION

•More importantly, make your profession proud of you!