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The Professional You
The Professional You
The Professional You
Sharon L. Poitier
Senior Education Officer
Ministry of Education
29th September, 2009
Five Keys to
Professionalism
• Character
• moral qualities strongly developed or
strikingly displayed
• pattern of behaviour
• qualities or features that are typical
or together define someone
• Attitude
• manner of thinking, acting or feeling
• position of the body implying or
indicating an action or mental state
• Excellence
• superiority as in quality, ability or
worth
• Something in which a person or thing
excels
• Competency
• having sufficient ability
• sufficient or adequate for the
purpose
• being legally qualified or admissible
• Conduct
• way of acting, personal behaviour
• deportment
• Ethical
• of or relating to standards of
morality
• in accordance with accepted
standards of conduct especially the
standards or codes of a profession
TIPS FOR SUCCESS
• be prepared be prepared
• be organized be organized
• be enthusiastic be enthusiastic
• Find constructive ways to handle
stress
• read professional materials
•TREASURE THE
TIME WITH YOUR
STUDENTS AND
BE PROUD OF
YOUR
PROFESSION
•More importantly,
make your
profession proud of
you!