Continuous Professional Development

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Importance of continued professional development to improve skills and early years practice.
Continuous Professional Development is the way in which you keep your knowledge, skills and working practices up to date.
• Gives you new knowledge that may help you to deal with new or complex situations.
• Can help you achieve your career goals by focusing on learning and development.
• Will give you confidence in your role.
• Will demonstrate your commitment to developing your skills and knowledge in a subject area.
Importance of reflective practice in relation to working with children.
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(Willan et al, 2004:141)
As practitioners working with young children, and their families, we need to challenge ourselves, our assumptions and our ways of …show more content…

Requirements relating to maintaining current and competent practice.
• Regularly monitoring and reviewing work is essential to maintaining good practice. It is important to be open to, and conscientious in considering, feedback from colleagues, appraisals and assessments. Responding constructively to feedback helps to advance practice.
• A commitment to good practice requires practitioners to keep up to date with the latest knowledge and respond to changing circumstances. They should consider carefully their own need for continuing professional development and engage in appropriate educational

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