{"id":92496,"date":"2024-08-05T11:22:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T15:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=92496"},"modified":"2024-08-05T11:22:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T15:22:10","slug":"how-to-set-up-district-wide-choice-based-professional-development-kersznowski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/08\/05\/how-to-set-up-district-wide-choice-based-professional-development-kersznowski\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up District-Wide Choice-Based Professional Development [Kersznowski]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/article\/choice-based-pd-technology-integration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How to Set Up District-Wide Choice-Based Professional Development<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from edutopia.org by\u00a0Kathi Kersznowski<br \/>\n<em>This district reimagined PD by tapping interested teachers to guide PD sessions on new software, creating a model that can be used for smaller initiatives as well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">As an edtech coach, I constantly seek innovative ways to deliver impactful professional development (PD), and when our district decided to transition from Microsoft to Google, I saw an opportunity to reimagine our approach to PD. My team of edtech specialists, plus our administrators and I.T. department, and I created Google Day, setting up a transformative model that engaged our entire staff and created lasting impact.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">While our focus was a major platform change, this model can be adapted for any professional development topics or district-wide rollouts. Whether you\u2018re introducing a new curriculum or teaching strategies or starting any other initiative, the principles we applied can help you create a dynamic, effective PD experience.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The key elements\u2014leveraging in-house expertise, offering choice in sessions, and creating a lasting set of resources\u2014can be applied to virtually any PD need.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Set Up District-Wide Choice-Based Professional Development &#8212; from edutopia.org by\u00a0Kathi Kersznowski This district reimagined PD by tapping interested teachers to guide PD sessions on new software, creating a model that can be used for smaller initiatives as well. As an edtech coach, I constantly seek innovative ways to deliver impactful professional development (PD), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,119,7,838,199,309,196,269,89,50,321],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation","category-instructional-design","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-experience-design","category-more-voice-more-choice-more-control","category-platforms","category-productivity-tips-and-tricks","category-professional-development","category-teachers","category-teaching-learning","category-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92496"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92499,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92496\/revisions\/92499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}