What Are The Do’s & Don’ts Of Professional Development? is the latest “question-of-the-week” at my Education Week Teacher column.
Feel free to leave your responses in the comments section there or here….
What Are The Do’s & Don’ts Of Professional Development? is the latest “question-of-the-week” at my Education Week Teacher column.
Feel free to leave your responses in the comments section there or here….
Be clear about the purpose
Walk the talk…if you’ve been pushing DI, then model it
If it can be stated in writing, then don’t stand there and say it. Give me the written words to read later.
Make it interesting and relevant
Spend time preparing it
Have follow-ups
If it’s not relevant to part of the staff, give them something else to do or time to work on their own
Use local talent…don’t waste money on big names … Develop your own pool
Have snacks and drinks
Use music as starters, break timers, etc.
Give positive messages throughout
DO respectfully meet teachers wherever they are in their journey of the topic of the PD session, and guide them to move along. At the end of the session, they should be able to tell something specific they can do or know that they weren’t able to do /didn’t know at the beginning of the session.