Collaboration for Professional Development

How does collaborative planning and reflection incorporate differentiation for learning needs and styles? What are the benefits of differentiating learning needs and styles?

Collaborative planning and reflection incorporates differentiation for learning needs and styles because it ensures that the office training is employee centered. It allows for leaders to offer advice and experience personally and professionally. Those who have been to different professional workshops, seminars, or had specific employees on their teams or underneath their supervision previously are capable of giving ideas on how to implement tips and advice that encourages different learning styles so that employee will feel empowered, be proactive and ultimately exceed expectations.

Within an office environment there are daily professional development meetings which include project development, reflections, sharings, leaders’ gatherings, team meetings, and trainings. The ‘Minutes of the Meetings’ (MOM) should be recorded, socialized, and reflected on via an email group, blog postings, and/or then placed on the network server for future reference. Additionally, employees should meet regularly with their coordinators and teammates to discuss goals, targets, and weekly planning with concerns, hesitations, or excitement from others in the office.

Positive open office communication guarantees that there is integration and understanding of the special skills of each individual and what they can offer the team to encourage reaching goals. By engaging everyone into the process there will be better results. It allows for everyone to be a leader and take ownership of their work. Employees prove capable of making their own targeted accomplishments and strive for the mission of being great employees.

At my workplace, employees are encouraged to set targets and complete self and group assessments. The assessments are then reflected upon to assure that progression can be made. This allows for the staff to have ownership within their activities and document their own progression and journey. Having transparency within these processes also ensures that there is balance, inquiry, and risk taking being engaged by management and the employees.

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