Continuing Professional Development

OUR previous conversation was on blending two models in designing a continuing professional development plan (CPD) for faculty members particularly for those who are assigned to the higher education levels. These two models are the developmental vertical model which divides the tenure of faculty members into three stages, the novice, the newly experienced and the experienced experience. The last stage has been refined by one expert to extend the stage to another phase – renewal where a faculty member shifts his/her interest to another area which he/she carries over after exiting/retiring from the institution.

We illustrated the content of CPD anchored on a blended application of the developmental vertical model of stages in a teacher’s career with the holistic horizontal model which presents three dimensions of needs at any career stage. We offered illustrations of the content of CPD particularly for those newly inducted into the institution related to their organizational dimension needs and those drawn from the professional dimension.