Excellent book for anyone involved with Professional Development! Great format and easy to read。 Lots of examples。 I love how Elena and Lori share their thinking and belief behind different moves。 I already have so many highlighted sections and notes in the margins。 As an Instructional Coach, this is a book I will be going back to time and time again。 A must have!
Brittney Rose,
Best book I’ve ever read on providing PD。 Lots of great ideas and examples。 Reignited my passion for learning and leading PD after tough COVID virtual years or education。
A Clay,
I found out this book was coming out around the same time I decided to start looking for another job。 I’m not even kidding that on my list of pros/cons for leaving, I wrote “I’ll get to use Elena’s new book” as a reason to stay。 Reading this book, I was right to have put that on the list even if I did ultimately decide to leave。 This is the PERFECT how-to guide for planning PD。 There are resources in here that I’ve wanted for my entire career of facilitating and planning PD。 (For example, sample I found out this book was coming out around the same time I decided to start looking for another job。 I’m not even kidding that on my list of pros/cons for leaving, I wrote “I’ll get to use Elena’s new book” as a reason to stay。 Reading this book, I was right to have put that on the list even if I did ultimately decide to leave。 This is the PERFECT how-to guide for planning PD。 There are resources in here that I’ve wanted for my entire career of facilitating and planning PD。 (For example, sample agendas based on how much time a PD opportunity is planned。) I also think ANY teacher would benefit from reading this book (even if they don’t plan PD) so that they’re aware of the painstaking lengths PD facilitators often go to plan each PD session (and possibly to explore why something isn’t going well to deliver usable feedback。)Love, love, loved it。 I’ll hang on to it in case I ever get to provide PD again。 。。。more
Megan McKellar,
Excellent resource for how to structure professional development keeping in mind EI, school culture, power and DEI。