CH Bonus: Secrets to Powerful PD for Teachers

Gone are the days that PD sessions should be viewed as a one-and-done meeting. Professional development should be seen as a whole program experience, that people will talk about and think about after it is over. Listen in on this Clubhouse Chat where our guest educator – Erica – shares her tips, tricks, and secrets on how to plan and implement the most powerful and productive PD sessions for your teachers.

Quotables

• We have a lot of talent in our school buildings that aren’t being leveraged and it’s because the ways we are setting up learning opportunities for us adults.


• Adults learn because they are in a specific role for learning.


• Start with the end in mind.


• Less is more – bring it down to a bite-sized learning objective.


• Learning doesn’t always have to be a PD session; professional development meets learners where they are.


• Remember there is magic in the simple stuff too.


• Every minute you spend talking is one less minute that they have to collaborate and implement their learning.

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