College of Early Childhood Educators CPL Portfolio Components 2022

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CPL Portfolio Components
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Name: Kathie Tait-Rayner Registration #: 17777 Date: June 24, 2023

Reflection and Planning Tool A. Self-Reflection and Discovery

1. In planning your upcoming CPL portfolio year, consider and record your potential professional learning priorities, interests and needs.

For inspiration, consider some of the Learning Priorities

following:
• your role and responsibilities 1. Mentoring

• daily practice 2. Indigenous Ways of Being (outside education)

• experiences and opportunities
• challenges, concerns, or questions
• changes in the sector or in your
work
• leadership development
• legislation, policy and research
• College advisories and guidelines

“RECEs are reflective and intentional

professionals who engage in ongoing
learning. They engage in critical
reflection, collaborative inquiry and
demonstrate their commitment to
ongoing learning by engaging in the
Continuous Professional Learning
program.” (Standard IV: A, C.1)
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Reflection and Planning Tool A. Self-Reflection and Discovery

2. What feedback have you received hard working

about your professional knowledge ideas
passion
and practice? Reflect on feedback from
good communication skills
others (e.g., colleagues, supervisors,
families, children) about your strengths
and areas for growth.

3. How do you learn best? Note the ways workshops, discussions

you like to learn. For example, reading,
discussions, visuals, listening, learning becomes meaningful when I can see how to apply it
experiential learning.
co-constructing learning with others i.e. community members, students, colleagues

Some prompts for your reflection:

• Consider your past portfolio
learning activities and reflections.
• What makes learning meaningful
to you?
• How might you adapt your
learning to co-construct
knowledge with other RECEs
and colleagues?
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Reflection and Planning Tool A. Self-Reflection and Discovery

4. Based on your reflections above, identify one topic to prioritize for this year’s CPL Portfolio.

1. Mentoring
Some questions to guide your
decision-making: Continue to a part of the WERECE Mentoring project through committee work, research
and as an active mentor.
• How would focusing on this I have a lot of informal inforamtion, but would like to formalize this knowledge through
topic benefit your current or reading and researching, and ultimately putting together a guide for mentoring students on
future practice? placement.

• What’s your current knowledge

and experience related to this 2. Indigenous Ways of Being
topic? -outside education ie. forest schools
Continue to understand and learn, especially with respect to the calls for action for
• What outcome would you like as reconciliation.
a result of additional learning in Complete Forest School training, and incorporate these ideas into ECE education for new
this area? professionals.

• Do you want to focus on

enhancing knowledge, skills or
experience?
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Reflection and Planning Tool B. Integrate the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice

As a regulated professional, it’s important to regularly review the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. Identify the Standards of
Practice that relate to the learning you want to prioritize for this year’s CPL Portfolio.

1. Standard IV...mentoring is a part of professional behaviour

Standards of Practice 2. Standard 11, 111, 1V, V...

Standard I: Caring and

Responsive Relationships

Standard II: Curriculum

and Pedagogy

Standard III: Safety, Health

and Well-Being in the Learning
Environment

Standard IV: Professionalism

and Leadership

Standard V: Professional
Boundaries, Dual Relationships
and Conflicts of Interest

Standard VI: Confidentiality,

Release of Information and
Duty to Report
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Reflection and Planning Tool C. Take Action: Learning Goal and Plan

Review your responses in Professional learning goal

sections A and B.
1. Mentoring
2. Indigenous Ways of Being

In the chart:
• Identify one professional Professional learning activities and experiences (e.g., case study or practice Timelines
learning goal based on scenarios, review College resources, webinars, facilitated discussions with colleagues, etc.) (optional)
the topic of learning that
you prioritized above. 1. -onoing until Dec.
Participation with committe events, mentor partners, and document writing. 23
• Identify learning
activities or experiences 2. Indigneous ways of being -ongoing until
that will support you with -Forest school training program June 2024
meeting your goal.

• Indicate when you plan

to engage in the learning
activities or experiences
during this portfolio year
(optional).

Refer to the CPL Portfolio

Handbook, for examples
of learning activities and
experiences (p. 11).
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Record of Professional Learning A. Engagement: Document Your Learning

As you complete your professional learning activities and experiences, record them in the Record of Refer to the CPL Portfolio Handbook
Professional Learning chart below. Keep all documentation (e.g., notes, reflections, samples of your (p. 12) for examples of documentation.
work) with your portfolio.
1. Mentoring
Professional 2. Indigenous Ways of Being
learning goal

Documentation of Next steps

Description of professional professional learning Consider some of the following questions:
learning activities and List the documentation that shows • How will you integrate your learning into your professional practice?
experiences with dates you have engaged in your learning • What are you inspired to learn next to build on your knowledge, skills and
activities and experiences. competencies?
1. Mentoring
-see mentoring charts

2. Indigenous Ways of Being

Forest school sessions (June 6-10, 2023)
8 self study sessions (production of
documents)
6 sessions with children
-see forest school handbook

training:Seven seasons of learning

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Record of Professional Learning B. Expression: Reflect on Your Learning

Reflect on your professional learning during the past portfolio year. Generate your response in a format (e.g., writing, mind mapping, etc.)
that works for you.

Some prompts to support your

reflection:
• What were your
accomplishments, challenges, or
unexpected outcomes?
• What new insights did you
discover about yourself or your
practice?
• Did you share your learning with
someone else (e.g., colleague,
employer)? What was the
outcome?
• How did your learning activities
and experiences support you with
working toward your goal?
• Are there areas where you would
like to extend your learning after
this portfolio cycle? If so, how
might you do this?
• If you are not currently practising
in the sector, how will your
professional learning this past
year support your readiness to
practise?
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