In my last post I said that I had finished my CV for my Chartership, this took me a lot longer than I thought it would. Normally a CV hardly takes me anytime as I have kept my CV updated everytime I move jobs so that it is always handy if I apply for anything. However writing one for my Chartership seemed to take me ages.
DO CILIP care that when I was 16 I worked in my local cafe? Or that I have six years experience working in a local supermarket? If I had included all my previous work experience my CV would of went on for about 6 pages. Not that I have had a lot of jobs but when I finished my degree it did take me a while to find my first full time permanent post, I worked a few temporary jobs which I felt I had to include as they gave me experience of working in a library environment. Hopefully I have managed to include all that I needed to without going on for too long.
Although it took me a while I did actually enjoy writing my CV, I sometime struggle to big myself up (for lack of a better phrase) and writing my CV helped me to practice this. It helped me to see that although my position as a school librarian is my first permanent post, I have gained a good deal of experience in my other temporary posts which have certainly helped me get where I am today.
Monday 25 October 2010
Wednesday 20 October 2010
Behind already
So I am already a bit behind in my blogging. tut tut.
Since I last blogged I have:
Next post will look at these in more detail.
Since I last blogged I have:
- Registered to Charter under pathway 1 (received the official email and everything),
- Meet with my mentor twice,
- Completed my CV
- Completed the first draft of my PPDP.
Next post will look at these in more detail.
First Steps
So what steps have I taken into the world of Chartership?
First Steps
Once I decided to start the Chartership process the first thing I did was attended a 'Building Your Portfolio' workshop. I felt this was a great place to start although it did scare me a bit, there was another school librarian who was talking about her chartership process and once I saw her completed portfolio my first thought was I am never going to be able to produce something like that. Her portfolio was really good, she was really good, you know the type of person you think is great but secretly you are thinking why am I not that good? Well that was me.
Once I got over that and realised the only reason I thought that was because I didn't really know what was expected of me, I read the Chartership handout from the CILIP website. This gave me more of an idea of how to go about my portfoilio and what CILIP expect from me.
I also purchased the book "Building Your Portfolio: The CILIP Guide" by Margaret Watson and actually read it, OK not cover to cover but I plan on reading it more in depth over the course of my chartership and I think it will really help me to look at the examples in the book.
Next Step
My next step was to get a mentor. I knew this would be really important in my whole process and was a bit worried about not getting someone suited to me and my job as a school librarian. I shouldn't of worried (I worry a lot, you will see this as this blog goes on) I have ended up with a great mentor who has a background in school libraries and is very good at encouraging me and reassuring me that I am on the right track.
Once I had my mentor and had read up on the whole process it was time to start the serious work.
First Steps
Once I decided to start the Chartership process the first thing I did was attended a 'Building Your Portfolio' workshop. I felt this was a great place to start although it did scare me a bit, there was another school librarian who was talking about her chartership process and once I saw her completed portfolio my first thought was I am never going to be able to produce something like that. Her portfolio was really good, she was really good, you know the type of person you think is great but secretly you are thinking why am I not that good? Well that was me.
Once I got over that and realised the only reason I thought that was because I didn't really know what was expected of me, I read the Chartership handout from the CILIP website. This gave me more of an idea of how to go about my portfoilio and what CILIP expect from me.
I also purchased the book "Building Your Portfolio: The CILIP Guide" by Margaret Watson and actually read it, OK not cover to cover but I plan on reading it more in depth over the course of my chartership and I think it will really help me to look at the examples in the book.
Next Step
My next step was to get a mentor. I knew this would be really important in my whole process and was a bit worried about not getting someone suited to me and my job as a school librarian. I shouldn't of worried (I worry a lot, you will see this as this blog goes on) I have ended up with a great mentor who has a background in school libraries and is very good at encouraging me and reassuring me that I am on the right track.
Once I had my mentor and had read up on the whole process it was time to start the serious work.
Monday 4 October 2010
A good place to start
So this is my first ever blog and indeed my first ever blog post. For some time now I have been toying with the idea of blogging, everyone seems to do it and I think I would enjoy it and hopefully get something out of it. What that is remains to be seen.
The whole idea behind this blog is to record my Chartership process, help me to evaluate and reflect on what I am doing in the Chartership process. Hopefully in writing this blog it will encourage me to organsie myself, my thoughts and my time a little better than I normally do. I don't know about everyone else but every week I start with good intentions and by Wednesday they have gone out of the window as life takes over and before I know it its Friday I have only achieved half of what I set out to do. Maybe I set myself to many tasks to achieve through the week or maybe I spent to much time on things that are less important or that could be done during the school holidays. Hopefully this blog will help me sort that out.
Let the blogging commence.
The whole idea behind this blog is to record my Chartership process, help me to evaluate and reflect on what I am doing in the Chartership process. Hopefully in writing this blog it will encourage me to organsie myself, my thoughts and my time a little better than I normally do. I don't know about everyone else but every week I start with good intentions and by Wednesday they have gone out of the window as life takes over and before I know it its Friday I have only achieved half of what I set out to do. Maybe I set myself to many tasks to achieve through the week or maybe I spent to much time on things that are less important or that could be done during the school holidays. Hopefully this blog will help me sort that out.
Let the blogging commence.
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