The threat is there as is evident by the points of view of people like Charles Handy, identifying the role of TL’s as an ‘invisible profession’. As well as the suggestion that it is an ageing profession and the issue of job convergence. The fact that employees are now looking for TL’s that also have additional qualifications in ICT’s.
Karen Bonnano suggests that the way the profession of TL’s has reached the point it has, is probably not the way in which it will continue to progress into the future (2011).
But……. It is time to change the game plan, is the focus of Bonnano’s keynote.
We need to up-skill continually to meet the emerging demands and expectations put on the profession and to look at the government initiatives such as funding toward development of everything educational related moving towards the online environment, as challenges;
“How do we use our area of expertise and make it resonate with our audience”
(ASLA, Karen Bonnano, 2011. Keynote speaker: A profession at the tipping point: Time to change the game plan).
Strategies I took away from this keynote speech:
- Begin with the end in mind
- Five finger plan to success.
- Thumb-(strength of character. Pre-eminence.)
- Pointer (FOCUS follow one course until successful.)
- Middle (Brand, what do you stand for?)
- Ring (relationships. community)
- Little (little things that count, things you do that others don’t. its all about help THEM (other teachers/students not you).