{"product_id":"the-pd-book-isbn-9781119843351","title":"The PD Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eDevelop transformational professional development programs that build and sustain your school community\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe PD Book,\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll also: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCraft effective outcomes for your adult students and design an agenda that aligns with adult learning principles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUse storytelling as a tool for effective workshops and trainings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlan backwards from evaluations and outcomes to create powerful and lasting educational experiences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdeal for educational leaders and administrators, professional development facilitators, coaches, and positional leaders in both K-12 and higher education, \u003ci\u003eThe PD Book\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive resource offering concrete strategies for educators at all levels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Introduction1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Couple Notes on Anonymity and Terminology 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePulling Back the Curtain 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining Professional Development 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating the Conditions for Learning 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat If PD Could Be More Like a Party? 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho We Are and Who You Are 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is in This Book? 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore You Go 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Determine Purpose 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDismantling PD Apathy 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurpose: The Foundation for Transformational Learning 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreate Purposeful Plans 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunicate: Make the Learning Matter 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePutting It All Together 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing Impact 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore You Go 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Engage Emotions 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat You Need to Know about Emotions to Deliver Transformative PD 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrumpiness, Pet Peeves, and Triggers 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating Psychological Safety 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMitigating Dominant Culture: Creating Safe-ish Spaces 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Psychological Safety 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore You Go 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Navigate Power 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources of Power 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeveraging Power 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Impact of Power 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePossibilities for Navigating Power 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Dissolve Resistance 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStart and End with Relationships 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore You Go 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Anchor in Adult Learning 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou Can’t Make People Learn 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdult Learning Theory 101 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Stages of Learning 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdult Learning in the Virtual PD World 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou Can Create the Conditions for Learning 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore You Go 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Design Intentionally 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTools for Intentional Design 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Process for Intentional Design 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShift the Dominant Culture in Design 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore You Go 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Attend to Details 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetails Matter to Learning 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong-Term Planning: Get Ready 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShort-Term Planning: Finalize the Details 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Day Of: Go Time 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClosing: Leave Things Better Than You Found Them 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore You Go 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Facilitate Adaptively 209\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetours Happen 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Harm Happens 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Roots of Adaptive Facilitation: Know Yourself 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecoming an Adaptive Facilitator: Skill Sets to Refine 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAddressing PD Detours 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReimagining What’s Possible 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore You Go 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion239 Appendix A: The Core Emotions 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Nonviolent Communication’s Universal Human Needs 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C: What-Why-How Agenda Template 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix D: Structures for Virtual Learning 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix E: Checklist for Attending to the Details 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix F: Resources for Further Learning 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eELENA AGUILAR\u003c\/b\u003e is Founder and President of Bright Morning Consulting, an international education, coaching, and consulting firm that offers new learning practices to organizations that aspire to build resilient communities and a just and equitable world. She has twenty years’ experience as a classroom teacher and instructional and leadership coach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLORI COHEN\u003c\/b\u003e has over twenty years' experience working in public and independent schools as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, administrator, and workshop facilitator. She designs practical and portable learning experiences and facilitates sessions with a strong infusion of humor and heart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelop and Sustain Your School Community with Transformational Professional Development\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe PD Book\u003c\/i\u003e offers seven practical habits—and a wealth of hands-on tools—that will revolutionize your school’s professional development. This book teaches educational leaders, administrators, professional development facilitators, coaches, and positional leaders how to inspire adult learners with a clear purpose and a strategy for navigating group power dynamics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou’ll discover a new way to plan professional development that allows you to stay focused on important details and respond to your groups’ needs. You’ll also find dozens of actionable tips, tricks, anecdotes, research, tools, and resources to create an ideal learning environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJENN DAVID-LANG\u003c\/b\u003e, Editor, THE MAIN IDEA \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Elena Aguilar brings to \u003ci\u003eThe PD Book\u003c\/i\u003e 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.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eROBERT RYSHKE\u003c\/b\u003e, Executive Director of the Center for Teaching, Westminster School, Atlanta, GA  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Elena Aguilar brings to \u003ci\u003eThe PD Book\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRobert Ryshke\u003c\/b\u003e, Executive Director of the Center for Teaching, Westminster School, Atlanta, GA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBecki Cohn-Vargas\u003c\/b\u003e, Ed.D. Author of \u003ci\u003eIdentity Safe Classrooms, Places to Belong and Learn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJenn David-Lang\u003c\/b\u003e, Editor, THE MAIN IDEA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eZaretta Hammond\u003c\/b\u003e, teacher educator and author of \u003ci\u003eCulturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJill Harrison Berg\u003c\/b\u003e, Ed.D. Author of \u003ci\u003eUprooting Instructional Inequity: The Power of Inquiry-Based Professional Learning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSherene Judeh\u003c\/b\u003e, Chief Program Officer of Ampact\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Aguilar and Cohen have written the quintessential book on adult learning. With a keen eye to equity, \u003ci\u003eThe PD Book\u003c\/i\u003e provides the perfect blend of anecdotes, tools, and practical guidance for anyone wishing to design and deliver transformative professional development in the education space.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBen Owens\u003c\/b\u003e, Co-Founder of Open Way Learning\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eShawna Wells\u003c\/b\u003e, CEO of Wells Coaching and Consulting and B is for Black Brilliance\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990307913957,"sku":"NP9781119843351","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119843351.jpg?v=1761787292","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-pd-book-isbn-9781119843351","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}