Changes in Practice

It's been 32 weeks!!
 I think the biggest thing I've learnt is resilience and that even though I thought I had a positive mindset, perhaps there were times both of the aforementioned qualities were tested. The good news is, this experience has definitely shown me I am more resilient and able to shift my mind set than I thought. Teaching full time, in management with a hubby that has a pretty full on job, requiring him to go to meetings about 3 times a week, I think we've managed to adjust life to enable our three kids (14, 12 and 4) to carry on with their busy lives also. So I guess another outcome from the last 32 weeks is that I'm grateful. My two older kids and husband Horowai have stepped up big time and have not only supported me by taking the strain but have fully understood my busy (and sometimes crazy) mind also. I'm proud of them. Mr 4, - well he's getting his Mum back a bit more now, so he'll be happy, but this also means no more McDs every time I'm too tired to cook ;)  As hard as this journey was from time to time and the sacrifices that came with this, I'm actually happy to have learnt  from and achieved this goal. It's definitely helped me understand and apply different approaches in my management, a lot of what was covered in the leadership paper really helped my practice and caught my interest. Probably one of the hardest, but more beneficial outcomes from this process was the literature review and inquiry portfolio. They really tested my resilience, but I actually could see the links between research and application.

In relation to the PTCs in e-learning, Criteria 4 and 12 have been two areas that have made been significant, but strongly connected with this is Criteria 5, which connects the two areas of continued professional learning and development with the critical inquiry and problem solving, because it's the leadership aspect, and often that's an area I need to think carefully about in my approach. Like I said previously, the leadership in digital learning element really interested me, particularly around leadership style. I feel more secure in my leadership overall and want to continue to develop this, I now have the direction, tools and understanding to continue this journey.
Having been apart of the elearning leadership team and a professional learning group (Magpie cluster), in the past, that worked under the 'enabling elearning' umbrella, I some how, now,   have a better understanding of how to gain the best from a PLc, particularly the online professional learning communities that are available. There are several areas we have explored over the last 32 weeks also, such as flipped and blended learning that have captured my interest to explore further. The SAMR model now guides me a lot more in my teaching practise, and I intend to continue to explore this further also. I see these as areas and possibilities for future inquiry next year, hence criteria 12, where I would like to really hone in on the specifics of these areas and how they can enhance outcomes for my learners.
I guess that is my 'dream': to consolidate this year's learning. To carry out the inquiry created in the research paper and adapt this to my next group of target learners for 2018.