Job embedded
professional learning honors adult experience, involves educators in decisions about their
learning, is
relevant and can be applied to immediate issues directly related to educators practice, occurs over time, engages educators in dialogue and reflection, provides educators the practice and feedback necessary to implement knowledge and skills, and occurs in a healthy school culture characterized by trust, collaboration, and
continuous learning.
The current CECE program proposes a means by which members can document their
professional learning using a self assessment and reflective model that reviews a member's «recent
professional learning activities, performance reviews, changes in
relevant legislation, policy and procedures or other information
relevant to... (an individual's)
continuous professional learning» (College of Early Childhood Educators, 2013, p. 6).