Professional Development

EDU 105

Live Session Rules 1)Do not chat out of turn

2) Do not ask questions out of turn

3) Use the raise-hand icon in the top-right corner in order to raise your hand, then wait for the teacher to call your name. When the teacher calls your name, you may ask your question.

4) Keep all questions related to the topic. Off topic questions will not be taken.

5) You do not need to ask permission if it is prayer time, you may leave and pray without informing me.

6) Please remain and calm and quite if the Tutor goes offline for a while. 7) Please maintain good manners when interacting with any teacher or

student, and be patient and tolerant if someone has a different opinion or viewpoint than you.

Introduction

Where do you see yourself in 5 years time?

What is Professional Development ?

Anything that allows you to grow individually or professionally.

Not just the acquisition of knowledge. Supporting colleagues to improve. Professionalism

› Meeting targets.› Feel confident in capabilities.› Improve and upgrade knowledge or skills.› Skills that allow success to be achieved.

Professional Development On – going enhancement and

maintenance of skills Planning

Reflecting Executing

PlanningPrior Planning Prevents Poor

Performance. Planning should always be the first step

despite repetition. Establish your starting point

› Initial project vs repetitive.› Always room for improvement.› Log and record activities

Focus on the task at hand.

Executing

Action and consequence Record the process Responsibility for perfection (Ihsaan)

Mistakes can be expected

Reflection Learn from mistakes How can it be made better? Focus on improvement

› Eg. Salaah, fasting Analyse each step including the

planning phase which ultimately leads to the planning of the next attempt.

Activity You are in the month of Shabaan? What was your plan? How did you execute that plan Reflect on the month of Ramadan

bearing in mind your preparation for the next Ramadan in sha Allah.

Impressions

First impressions last. The character of a Muslim

› The life of the Prophet SAW before prophethood.

› Character could not be flawed.

Don’t judge Islam by the actions of Muslims!!!

Supporting Pillars

Character Attitude Competency Excellence Conduct Be a role model

How are you a professional?

Professionalism

Knowledge

Character / Attitude

Consistency

Anger!!!!!

“Those who spend (in Allah’s cause) in prosperity and in adversity, who repress their anger, and who pardon men, verily, Allah loves the al-Muhsinun (the good-doers).” (3:134)

“A man said to the Prophet, ‘Give me advice.’ The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, ‘Do not get angry.’ The man asked repeatedly and the Prophet answered each time, ‘Do not get angry.’”

Related by Bukhari & Muslim

Perseverance

"Oh you who believe! Seek help with patient perseverance and prayer, for God is with those who patiently persevere." (2:153)

Module 2 - Overview

Knowledge without Action

3 Types of People How do we learn?

Knowledge Without Action Examples of Knowledge without

action?› Knowing verses of the Quran and

not implementing it.› Knowing CPR and being too afraid

to perform it › Being grateful for being a Muslim

but not inviting others to Islam.

3 Types of People Functions of the brain? Knowledge absorbed differently by different

people.1. Benefit of Knowledge

› Hadith knowledge that continues after you have passed on (EDU 104).

2. Knowledge shared but not practiced.› Hadith – man with intestines inside out

3. Knowledge of no benefit› Verse in Quran – Allah alone guides and those who

are misguided can never be guided.

How Do We Learn. Information processed should be

repeated in order to be assimilated / internalised.

Information should be small bite sized chunks so that recall is effective.

ExerciseRemember this list:

Boat, rabbit, frame, turnip, desert, goldfish, motorcycle, classroom,

highway, lamp.

How do we learn?

Why?