The PD Book: 7 Habits that Transform Professional Development

ISBN-13: 9781119843351 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 304 str.

Elena Aguilar

Recenzje

"Elena Aguilar brings to The PD Book a wealth of knowledge and expertise delivering high-quality learning experiences for teachers and leaders. Educators who design and deliver PD will gain unique, interesting, and pertinent insights from Aguilar's ideas, her research, and the tools she offers for making PD joyful, meaningful and equitable."--Robert Ryshke, Executive Director of the Center for Teaching, Westminster School, Atlanta, GA"Grounded in research on adult learning and drawing from many years of experience, Elena Aguilar and Lori Cohen take readers on a journey into creating transformative professional development. They share strategies for building community and creating spaces that are antiracist and welcoming for participants of all backgrounds. Chapters show presenters how to engage emotions, effectively counter resistance, and navigate power. This book is a must-have for new as well as seasoned professional developers, invigorating all with the courage to provide bold, motivating, and magical sessions."--Becki Cohn-Vargas, Ed.D. Author of Identity Safe Classrooms, Places to Belong and Learn"Ever wonder how to craft the kind of PD that changes hearts, minds, and behaviors? Mystery solved. Elena and Lori provide us with the concrete knowledge, tools, and skills to create inspirational PD that ultimately transforms schools."--Jenn David-Lang, Editor, THE MAIN IDEA"In this book, Elena invites educators to level up their ability to humanize learning for adults. These are the key skills we need today if we are serious about reimagining what teaching and learning look like for equity-minded coaches and teacher-leaders who are in charge of professional learning."--Zaretta Hammond, teacher educator and author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain"Today's students need their teachers to be engaged in professional learning that helps these educators develop new relationships to learning and to each other. Aguilar's latest book shares key guideposts, facilitation moves and reflective questions that will help novice and experienced PD leaders alike to change how educators are thinking and feeling about professional learning so that it truly transforms their teaching."--Jill Harrison Berg, Ed.D. Author of Uprooting Instructional Inequity: The Power of Inquiry-Based Professional Learning"Elena and Lori's approach to professional learning is truly transformational. The tools and insights transcend any sector and prepare readers to facilitate professional development that pushes leaders and learners further down path toward justice."--Sherene Judeh, Chief Program Officer of Ampact"Aguilar and Cohen have written the quintessential book on adult learning. With a keen eye to equity, The PD Book provides the perfect blend of anecdotes, tools, and practical guidance for anyone wishing to design and deliver transformative professional development in the education space."--Ben Owens, Co-Founder of Open Way Learning"Elena has created a refreshing blueprint for every leader who is striving to create a healthy and intentional learning organization. If you are a leader searching to create opportunities for deep connection and learning through PD, this book will take you on a transformative journey and push you to design PD that shifts thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of every human in your care. Elena and her team truly "pull the curtain back" on fostering environments for change- her work and her generosity are a true gift to leaders and PD practitioners."--Shawna Wells, CEO of Wells Coaching and Consulting and B is for Black Brilliance

Spis treści

About the Authors xiiiAcknowledgments xvIntroduction1A Couple Notes on Anonymity and Terminology 4Pulling Back the Curtain 4Defining Professional Development 7Creating the Conditions for Learning 12What If PD Could Be More Like a Party? 16Who We Are and Who You Are 18What Is in This Book? 20Before You Go 231 Determine Purpose 25Dismantling PD Apathy 26Purpose: The Foundation for Transformational Learning 27Create Purposeful Plans 32Communicate: Make the Learning Matter 37Putting It All Together 40Assessing Impact 42Before You Go 472 Engage Emotions 49What You Need to Know about Emotions to Deliver Transformative PD 51Grumpiness, Pet Peeves, and Triggers 59Creating Psychological Safety 64Mitigating Dominant Culture: Creating Safe-ish Spaces 75Beyond Psychological Safety 80Before You Go 833 Navigate Power 85Sources of Power 88Leveraging Power 99The Impact of Power 102Possibilities for Navigating Power 106How to Dissolve Resistance 112Start and End with Relationships 117Before You Go 1184 Anchor in Adult Learning 119You Can't Make People Learn 121Adult Learning Theory 101 126The Stages of Learning 133Adult Learning in the Virtual PD World 138You Can Create the Conditions for Learning 140Before You Go 1415 Design Intentionally 143Tools for Intentional Design 146A Process for Intentional Design 154Shift the Dominant Culture in Design 171Before You Go 1756 Attend to Details 177Details Matter to Learning 179Long-Term Planning: Get Ready 182Short-Term Planning: Finalize the Details 196The Day Of: Go Time 200Closing: Leave Things Better Than You Found Them 205Before You Go 2087 Facilitate Adaptively 209Detours Happen 211When Harm Happens 214The Roots of Adaptive Facilitation: Know Yourself 217Becoming an Adaptive Facilitator: Skill Sets to Refine 221Addressing PD Detours 228Reimagining What's Possible 236Before You Go 237Conclusion239 Appendix A: The Core Emotions 243Appendix B: Nonviolent Communication's Universal Human Needs 247Appendix C: What-Why-How Agenda Template 253Appendix D: Structures for Virtual Learning 255Appendix E: Checklist for Attending to the Details 257Appendix F: Resources for Further Learning 261Glossary 263References 267Index 269

O autorze

ELENA AGUILAR is Founder and President of Bright Morning Consulting, an international education, coaching, and consulting firm that offers new learning practices to organizations that aspire to build resilient communities and a just and equitable world. She has twenty years' experience as a classroom teacher and instructional and leadership coach.LORI COHEN has over twenty years' experience working in public and independent schools as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, administrator, and workshop facilitator. She designs practical and portable learning experiences and facilitates sessions with a strong infusion of humor and heart.