Professional development

The Standards are designed to inform ongoing professional practice..... This is a product of the standards as a whole and its also specified in individual standards for example...... finding one....aha in order to sustain a high level of professional knowledge teacher librarians need to demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional development like say Standard 3.2 “..continual professional development”. As a whole, Standards can improve the professional practice by serving as framework for ongoing professional learning. Mayer, Mitchell, Macdonald, Land, & Luke (2002) found proff for this improving professional practice too...theres dome evidence for my argument. How about some TL examples.... well Standards can be used to set trajectories, benchmarks and goals. TLs can also measure their professional practice against the statements, based on the skills, knowledge and commitment outlined by the Standards. In this instance, the Standards can serve as a diagnostic tool to identify areas in a TL’s professional practice which are in need of developing.