Final Reflections

Well, this is the end of it then... My year is over and now back to the real world. This has definitely been a roller coaster year and the best professional development I have ever undertaken. Firstly I would like to thank the Ministry of Education for making this programme available. It is definitely worthwhile and life changing. I have not only had the time to work on my own professional development but I know I have had a lot of input into other teacher's lives this year as well. It has been great to have the time to craft presentations and to fully develop my thinking.

The reason why this year has been so successful has been the programme devised and delivered by the team at CORE Education . I would like to say a BIG thank you to Vince, Michael and Ann for making this year so exciting, stretching, challenging and rewarding. Without the leadership of CORE this would just be a year's study leave with no direction, but CORE took us every step of the way, showing us how to be teacher researchers and how to get the most out of the year. They molded our fellowship, helped us to connect and collaborate, and made the year "Professional Development on Steroids"!

This has been the most rewarding year of my teaching career and I know I will take all my learning back into my classroom. I will be refreshed and renewed to start teaching again. I wish the new eFellow recruits the best and look forward to reading their blogs and reports.

Onwards and upwards as they say ....