Teachers turning into students? It's not Freaky Friday! It's a thoughtful workshop that teaches participants how to plan professional development for staff. Third in a 15-part series, the workshop provides a platform for the other modules within the curriculum. It also addresses technology integration within a workshop and techniques for reaching adult learners. The resource is a must-have if you want to plan a successful staff development.

Concepts

professional learning community, teaching strategies, teachers

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Additional Tags

classroom support

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Instructional Ideas

• If using the workshop to plan a professional development opportunity, send out a Google form to those attending to gather data before making decisions 
• Use the Questions to Answer section to create learning targets for groups of participants

Classroom Considerations

• Check out the lesson materials; some include, but are not limited to Post-it notes, chart paper, sticky notes, highlighters, and copies of paper handouts

Pros

• Workshop successfully teaches educators to plan purposeful, need-based professional development for their staff
• Models evidence-based strategies to implement in a classroom setting

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a