PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT

Professional Engagement

Explore why Professional Engagement matters, how the continuum develops this competence, and how the ITE short course and the CPD MOOC build on each other across the ContinueUP journey.

WHY IT MATTERS

Why Professional Engagement matters

Professional Engagement is at the heart of the ContinueUP continuum. It refers to teachers’ ability to use digital technologies to participate effectively in the professional community, communicate with stakeholders, collaborate with colleagues, manage online environments ethically, engage in continuous learning, and reflect on their own digital practice.

Professional Engagement in SELFIEforTEACHERS includes the following dimensions:

Organisational communication
Online learning environments
Professional collaboration
Digital technologies and school-level infrastructure
Reflective practice
Digital life
Professional learning through and about digital technologies
Computational thinking
CONTINUUM

How the continuum develops this competence

The ITE short course introduces these competences at the A1–A2 level while the CPD MOOC continues the trajectory at the B1 level.

ITE & CPD

Professional Engagement across the continuum

ITE – Initial Teacher Education (A1–A2)
CPD – Continuous Professional Development (B1)
Focus of professional engagement
The ITE course introduces student teachers to professional engagement by supporting them in working and communicating with colleagues through online platforms, participating in collaborative tasks, and reflecting on their learning using digital tools. They explore ethical and safety issues related to digital practice, build initial personal learning networks, become familiar with school infrastructure and digital resources, and design an action plan to guide their future professional growth.
The CPD MOOC supports teachers in deepening professional engagement by evaluating and selecting digital tools that fit their school infrastructure, participating actively in online communities of practice, and engaging with parents and other stakeholders. Teachers apply ethical guidelines in real decision-making, analyse the digital culture of their school, reflect on their students’ digital needs, and design and implement a coherent digital professional learning trajectory.
Role of the teacher
Student teachers learn how to learn professionally with digital tools through guided exploration, structured activities, and supported reflection.
Teachers move from guided exploration to autonomous integration, taking responsibility for their professional learning and its impact on classroom and school practice.
Whereas the ITE course focuses on becoming a digital lifelong learner, the CPD MOOC focuses on being a digital lifelong learner in practice. Together, these components constitute a full developmental pathway.
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