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Develop transformational professional development programs that build and sustain your school communityIn 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 experiencesIdeal 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.

The PD Book: 7 Habits that Transform Professional Development

About the AuthorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction* Pulling Back the Curtain* Defining Professional Development* What Is in This Book* Who You Are and Who We Are* What if PD Could Be More Like a Party?Chapter 1: Determine Purpose* Dismantling PD Apathy* Purpose: The Foundation for Transformational Learning* Create Purposeful Plans* Communicate: Make the Learning Matter* Putting It All Together* Assessing ImpactChapter 2: Engage Emotions* What you Need to Know about Emotions to Deliver Transformative PD* Grumpiness, Pet Peeves and Triggers* Creating Psychological Safety* Mitigating Dominant Culture: Creating Safe-ish SpacesChapter 3: Navigate Power* Sources of Power* Leveraging Power* The Impact of Power* Possibilities for Navigating Power* How to Dissolve Resistance* Start and End with RelationshipsChapter 4: Anchor in Adult Learning* You Can't Make People Learn* Adult Learning Theory 101* Adult Learning in the Virtual World* You Can Create The Conditions For LearningChapter 5: Design Intentionally* Tools for Intentional Design* A Process for Intentional Design* Mitigate the Dominant Culture in DesignChapter 6: Attend to the Details* Details Matter to Learning* Long-term Planning: Get Ready* Short-term Planning: Finalize the Details* The Day of: Go Time* Post-Event: Leave Things Better than You Found ThemChapter 7: Facilitate Adaptively* Detours Happen* When Harm Happens* The Roots of Adaptive Facilitation: Know Yourself* Becoming an Adaptive Facilitator: Skill Sets to Refine* Addressing PD Detours* Reimagining What's PossibleConclusionAppendix A: The Core EmotionsAppendix B: Nonviolent Communication NeedsAppendix C: What-Why-How Agenda TemplateAppendix D: Structures for Virtual LearningAppendix E: Checklist for Attending to DetailsAppendix F: Resources for Further LearningGlossaryReferencesIndex