Page 2 - Professional Learning Framework for the Teaching Profession - June 2016
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Cover note
The cover photo portrays Bruce K. Beardy, a First Nations educator and member of the Ontario College of Teachers and Lakehead University’s Faculty of Education, Aboriginal Education Department.
Bruce is holding an Anishinaabe representation of the Standard of Practice for the Teaching Profession, Ongoing Professional Learning, which he created to depict the rich and diverse nature of professional learning that members of the profession are committed to and engage in.
Ongoing professional learning
Members recognize that a commitment to ongoing professional learning is integral to effective practice and to student learning. Professional practice and self-directed learning are informed by experience, research, collaboration and knowledge.
