5 Strategies For Better Teacher Professional Development
Just as a teacher has to create conditions that support and encourage student success, school districts have to support teachers’ professional development.
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8 Steps For Teaching Through Project-Based Learning
What is the step-by-step process for effective teaching through project-based learning in your classroom? Like all good teaching, it starts with students.
8 Things Every Teacher Needs In Order To Grow
Humility, vision, a sense of humor, and a strong foundation in pedagogical skills are among the things every teacher needs to grow.
16 Things I Want To Hear My Students Say
16 Things I Want To Hear My Students Say by Terry Heick “Ohhh, now I get it.” The iconic phrase that teachers value hearing. A sign that you’ve moved a student from not understanding to understanding. Into the light. A lot is implied in this phrase, not the least of which is your own feel-good success–a warm…
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7 Questions To Guide Your PBL Implementation Plan
7 Questions To Guide Your PBL Implementation Plan by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD Grow your school with TeachThought PD Project-Based Learning Workshops It’s that time of year again where the students are walking out the door for the summer and the gears of next year start accelerating. Spring and late summer (in the…
Want To Help Teachers Grow? 5 Tips To Be A Better Facilitator
Want To Help Teachers Grow? 5 Tips To Be A Better Facilitator by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD So you want to be a facilitator? A few weeks ago as I was wrapping up an Inquiry Workshop with a really fun and great group of Agricultural Science Educators, I was approached by a young man who said…
What Students Feel Learning In A State Of Flow
What Students Feel Learning In A State Of Flow by Jackie Gerstein Dr. Gerstein provides training and professional development through TeachThought Professional Development. To schedule her to work with your school, contact her here. Watch children, youth, and even adults when they are immersed in learning something of interest of them, and you will see often…
20 Questions That Schools Should Ask About Professional Development
The focus on teaching and learning can become lost in the hustle and bustle of running a school every day. So can the professional learning opportunities.
7 Characteristics of Great Professional Development
What are the characteristics of great professional development for teachers? It starts with training that actually improves their teaching.
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The Enduring Residue Of Project-Based Learning PD
The Enduring Residue Of Project Based Learning PD by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought Professional Development TeachThought readers have probably figured out that I’m a big fan of Project-Based Learning. I think it’s a potential game-changer for the culture of a school when done well and have written about it before here: What PBL Can Do For…
How To Avoid Pointless Professional Development
How To Avoid Pointless Professional Development by Drew Perkins, Director TeachThought Professional Development We’ve all been there. Professional Development that felt pointless and left us wondering why we were there. It might have been because the person(s) facilitating the learning was not…
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Ep. 27 Let’s Make Professional Development More Effective
Ep. 27 Let’s Make Professional Development More Effective by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought Professional Development This is episode 27 of the TeachThought Podcast! Drew Perkins discusses ways to make professional development more effective by using inquiry to align and refine it with your mission and vision statements. Interested in TeachThought Professional Development workshops? Visit TeachThought.com/PD…
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