Thing 23 - What Next?

Ok - Thing 23 - where do I go from here?

 

I am not in the mood for a PDP as this is already a part of my Chartership and I have just updated the original one I sent to CILIP at the beginning with an Outcomes column so I can see exactly when and how I achieved/didn't quite achieve those things I set out to do.  Therefore I thought I'd try a SWOT analysis instead

Strengths   PLN – keeping up to date Excellent LRC staff Support of professional body Lots of Things to do/try Freedom to use initiative Creative & Innovative Linking to teaching & learning	Weaknesses   Sixth Form role taking too much time Being new at the job My 'prickly' nature Balancing work/life Actually implementing Things – finding the time Lurking too much online and being in my own bubble Fear and personal insecurity
Opportunities   Sixth Form role Chartership Ideal environment to try some Things out with students/staff Web 2.0 & new technologies actually in new job description City wide Librarian development Pop Up Library Idea New English Bac qualification	Threats     Sixth Form role Economic climate affect on school funding Demands/use of LRC due to timetabling/rooming/size of school Fear of stagnating – been in role/school too long New English Bac qualification

My biggest aim is to complete my Chartership and I have set myself the end of this academic year (July 2013) as my final, final date, although I would love to get it done before then.  After that, I don't honestly know.  Chartering has been on my horizon since 2005 (OFSTED, husband in hospital for almost a year in total, having a baby, being on maternity leave, procrastination) and I haven't really looked further than that.  My experiences with my ever increasing virtual network is beginning to show me that there is more to life than my LRC/Library, but just exactly what, I am not sure.  I was only saying yesterday that I never thought I would be in the same organization for this long, but what could be out there, I honestly don't know.   My interest is also piqued by the fact that my sixth form role appears in three out of the four boxes and not the Strength one so this is a definite place to start.

Finally to finish:- six word stories to describe my experience of CPD23:

• Cannot believe I have finished it
• Oh my goodness, what an achievement
• Finish chartership next or die trying
• Didn't think I would finish it
• Learned a lot, now to do/use/try/explore

Oh, and I will continue blogging because it really is a great tool to get my thoughts in order and I have learned so much from other peoples' blogs in the last few years.