Professional Idea

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF

THE FACULTY

By: Amrinder Singh

Lect. BGIET



PROFESSIONALISM

“ It’s not the job youdo. It’s how you dothe job.”

“Professionalism isknowing how to do it,

when to do it anddoing it.”



PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Professional development refers to skills and knowledge attainedfor both personal development and career advancement.

Professional development includes all types of learnings

opportunities, ranging from college degrees to formal coursework,

conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in practice.

It relates to the developing of the faculty’s skills, relating to

teaching, behaviour and delivering the latest knowledge relating to

the subject.



MAIN CRITERIA FOR PROFESSIONAL INCLUDE

THE FOLLOWING:

Academic qualification

Expert and specialised knowledge in field which one is

practising professionally. High quality work in (examples): creations, products,

services, presentations, consultancy, primary/other research,

and administrative.

A high standard of professional ethics, behaviour and work activities while carrying out one's profession

Reasonable work moral and motivation.

Is an individual who does not require supervision.



WHO AND WHY PARTICIPATE

A wide variety of people, such as teachers, military officersand, health care professionals, lawyers, accountants and

engineers engage in professional development. Individuals

may participate in professional development because of :

an interest in lifelong learning a sense of moral obligation

to maintain and improve professional competence

enhance career progression

keep upgrade with new technology and practice

to comply with professional regulatory organizations



APPROACHES TO PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Case Study Method

Consultation

Coaching Lesson Study

Mentoring

Technical Assistance



SUGGESTIONS /RECOMMENDATIONS FOR

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF FACULTY

Refresher training programmes should be conducted in

related subjects for the faculty in educational institutes

Latest technology such as LCD’s , audio and visual aspects

should be provided by the institutes for effective delivery of

the subject to the students.

Academic staff colleges should be established in the

engineering , social science/, Business schools, to train the

new faculty and refresher courses for the senior faculty for

every semester/ term/year



All the faculty members should be encouraged and motivated

by management/institutes for attending seminars / conferences /

workshops and training programmes both at national and

international level and all the related expenditure and on duty

leaves should be given to the faculty by the concerned

institutions

E-books and e-journals/ periodicals, digital libraries should be

made available to every faculty member in every institute.



Faculty should also be provided positive atmosphere and support

both in monetary and non-monetary terms for carrying out their

further studies, such as PhD’s and Post Doctorates.

Faculty need evidence that someone’s paying attention- jobsecurity, positive service conditions etc.

The institute should conduct F.D.P programmes by inviting eminent

acadmecians from IIM’s and IIT’s.

For interfacing with industry, Guest lectures should be organised

and interactive sessions should be carried with the eminent peoplefrom the industries, such as CEO’s, so that the practical aspects can

be learned and are given the practical scenario’s of the companies,

to bring about the synergistic effects.



Faculty evaluation programmes should be introduced.

Programmes should be conducted to change the mindset or the psychology of the teachers, as they shouldnot consider their profession as a burden but perform

their duties and responsibilities with the enthusiasm andtheir own inner will.

Problem solving research workshops should be

organised i.e. the research should be future orientedand not past oriented.



E-FDP’s and e-training arrangements should be made

available for the female faculty of every institute, who

especially due to certain responsibilities are not able to takeup training programmes outside their home towns.

Faculty exchange programmes should be organized and

various sessions such as interaction foreign delegates should

be conducted frequently to gather the facts because each

person involved will have a new/different perspective



In order to develop faculty professionally, certain skills

should be incorporated, that they should focus their skills and

minds, not only in doing postmortem of the research, but

think a step further in coming up with new innovations and

researches, which have not been made by the industry. So

there is a great need for the faculty to be proactive rather than

reactive

Institutions must create opportunities for faculty to

engage in critical reflection and have open discussionso that they can frame issues clearly.



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