Pd Book: 7 Habits That Transform Professional Development

The Pd Book: 7 Habits That Transform Professional Development

By Elena Aguilar and Lori Cohen

"The PD Book compiles everything the authors know about designing and facilitating professional development and have categorized that knowledge into eight habits (and eight chapters). The book will offer you habits and behaviors to emphasize the actions that you can take. Readers will also explore the beliefs and ways of being that are below the behaviors the authors encourage a reader to take, while focusing on the behaviors the authors would hope to see if they observed the reader delivering a PD session after reading this book.

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Book Information

Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Publish Date: 05/24/2022
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781119843351
ISBN-10: 1119843359
Language: English

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Develop transformational professional development programs that build and sustain your school community

In The PD Book, bestselling author Elena Aguilar and co-author Lori Cohen offer seven habits--and a wealth of practical tools--that help you transform professional development. In this book, you'll learn how to inspire adult learners, the importance of having clear purpose, and how to navigate power dynamics in a group. You'll also learn a new way to plan PD that allows you to attend to details and be a responsive facilitator. The dozens of tips and tricks, anecdotes and research, and tools and resources will enable you to create the optimal conditions for learning.

You'll also:

  • Craft effective outcomes for your adult students and design an agenda that aligns with adult learning principles
  • Use storytelling as a tool for effective workshops and trainings
  • Plan backwards from evaluations and outcomes to create powerful and lasting educational experiences

Ideal for educational leaders and administrators, professional development facilitators, coaches, and positional leaders in both K-12 and higher education, The PD Book is an incisive resource offering concrete strategies for educators at all levels.

About the Authors

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.<

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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.

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