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The PD Book
7 Habits that Transform Professional Development
"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." "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." "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." "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." "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." "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." "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." "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."
—Robert Ryshke, Executive Director of the Center for Teaching, Westminster School, Atlanta, GA
—Becki Cohn-Vargas, Ed.D. Author of Identity Safe Classrooms, Places to Belong and Learn
—Jenn David-Lang, Editor, THE MAIN IDEA
—Zaretta Hammond, teacher educator and author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
—Jill Harrison Berg, Ed.D. Author of Uprooting Instructional Inequity: The Power of Inquiry-Based Professional Learning
—Sherene Judeh, Chief Program Officer of Ampact
—Ben Owens, Co-Founder of Open Way Learning
—Shawna Wells, CEO of Wells Coaching and Consulting and B is for Black Brilliance
Elena Aguilar (Author), Lori Cohen (Author)
9781119843351, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 20 May 2022
304 pages
23.4 x 18.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.431 kg
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: 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 xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction1 A Couple Notes on Anonymity and Terminology 4 Pulling Back the Curtain 4 Defining Professional Development 7 Creating the Conditions for Learning 12 What If PD Could Be More Like a Party? 16 Who We Are and Who You Are 18 What Is in This Book? 20 Before You Go 23 1 Determine Purpose 25 Dismantling PD Apathy 26 Purpose: The Foundation for Transformational Learning 27 Create Purposeful Plans 32 Communicate: Make the Learning Matter 37 Putting It All Together 40 Assessing Impact 42 Before You Go 47 2 Engage Emotions 49 What You Need to Know about Emotions to Deliver Transformative PD 51 Grumpiness, Pet Peeves, and Triggers 59 Creating Psychological Safety 64 Mitigating Dominant Culture: Creating Safe-ish Spaces 75 Beyond Psychological Safety 80 Before You Go 83 3 Navigate Power 85 Sources of Power 88 Leveraging Power 99 The Impact of Power 102 Possibilities for Navigating Power 106 How to Dissolve Resistance 112 Start and End with Relationships 117 Before You Go 118 4 Anchor in Adult Learning 119 You Can’t Make People Learn 121 Adult Learning Theory 101 126 The Stages of Learning 133 Adult Learning in the Virtual PD World 138 You Can Create the Conditions for Learning 140 Before You Go 141 5 Design Intentionally 143 Tools for Intentional Design 146 A Process for Intentional Design 154 Shift the Dominant Culture in Design 171 Before You Go 175 6 Attend to Details 177 Details Matter to Learning 179 Long-Term Planning: Get Ready 182 Short-Term Planning: Finalize the Details 196 The Day Of: Go Time 200 Closing: Leave Things Better Than You Found Them 205 Before You Go 208 7 Facilitate Adaptively 209 Detours Happen 211 When Harm Happens 214 The Roots of Adaptive Facilitation: Know Yourself 217 Becoming an Adaptive Facilitator: Skill Sets to Refine 221 Addressing PD Detours 228 Reimagining What’s Possible 236 Before You Go 237 Conclusion239 Appendix A: The Core Emotions 243 Appendix B: Nonviolent Communication’s Universal Human Needs 247 Appendix C: What-Why-How Agenda Template 253 Appendix D: Structures for Virtual Learning 255 Appendix E: Checklist for Attending to the Details 257 Appendix F: Resources for Further Learning 261 Glossary 263 References 267 Index 269
Subject Areas: Education [JN]
