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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

For the better part of my educational career, I always referred to any type of learning to assist me as a teacher or administrator as professional development (PD). It was at this time that I began to shift away from PD and instead embrace a culture of professional learning. I was both enlightened and empowered.

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How Kristen Swanson Applies Her Classroom Experience to Lead ‘Professional Learning’ at Slack

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She began her career as a third-grade teacher, later served as director of technology for a school district, then directed a research department at BrightBytes, which helps K-12 administrators and school leaders align school spending with learning outcomes. Pull Learning'. She still chairs the board for the foundation.).

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What Constitutes Good PD?

A Principal's Reflections

Below are some effective strategies, ideas, and learning opportunities that will provide you and your school the means to invigorate professional development to get real results. So where do we begin? Each is hyperlinked to additional information.

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Educators as Empowered Learners

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Below is the excerpt from the ISTE Standards for Educators that describes this standard: Empowered Professional Learner - Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning.

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3 Steps to Creating Empowered Leadership in Your School

Kyle Pace

All too often in education – whether that be at a conference, in a professional learning workshop, or even at a faculty meeting, we have become used to one person in the room being the “expert”, or the “Oz” around a particular topic. This is the worse possible post-event outcome I can think of. If no, then why not?

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3 Steps to Creating Empowered Leadership in Your School

Kyle Pace

All too often in education – whether that be at a conference, in a professional learning workshop, or even at a faculty meeting, we have become used to one person in the room being the “expert”, or the “Oz” around a particular topic. This is the worse possible post-event outcome I can think of. If no, then why not?

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Do-It-Yourself Professional Development

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During the school year, the professional learning we receive can be very district- or campus-centered. According to Malcolm Knowles' theories in adult learning, we should: Be task-oriented -- not only focused on memorization. Take a deep dive. This is when I turn to the EdTech Quick Take videos.