Switching Up Staff Meetings, Volume 4
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Switching Up Staff Meetings, Volume 4

  Stuck with stifling staff meetings or looking for something different to engage adult learners. Try these strategies from Volume 4 or look for more ideas from one, two, and three! Find the PD…
PD Madlibs
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PD Madlibs

  Do you remember doing Madlibs as a kid? You would come up with the list of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and then read the ridiculous story aloud. The odd pairing…
How Do We PD Now?
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How Do We PD Now?

  This week, Angela Stockman asked how other educators have been facilitating professional learning in the midst of a year long pandemic. She also shared her learning on professional learning…
Connecting through Professional Development
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Connecting through Professional Development

  Finding it difficult to not meet in person for professional development purposes? Try these ideas to make connections to continue learning!   Rich   For more professional development ideas,…
20 Words: Your Own Meeting
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20 Words: Your Own Meeting

  Words matter.  A sentence or two can make a difference.  20 words can change your perspective.  Words can spark ideas, thoughts, debate, questions, and conversations.  Let us know what…
Device-Free PD
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Device-Free PD

  Right now, there are not many professional development opportunities that can happen without a device. Being forced to join a Zoom Call or Google Meet, we are reliant on…
PD & Responsibility
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PD & Responsibility

  How do you convince a colleague to take their own time to learn something new? How do get them to go beyond to grow professionally? PD is the responsibility…
How Long Should a Meeting Be?
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How Long Should a Meeting Be?

  How long should a meeting be? In schools, we’ve had a standard answer to this question. The usual time in my experience is sixty minutes. Maybe, forty five minutes…
Thoughts on PD Right Now
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Thoughts on PD Right Now

  This weekend, I had the opportunity to lead a session on Innovative and Effective PD on a Zoom meeting during Edcamp LEAD. Approximately 25 people showed up to talk…