Professional Development Education

In The PD Book, bestselling author Elena Aguilar and coauthor 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.

Beginning firmly with teachers and all those working with students, including administrators and counselors, the Plum Village approach stresses that educators must first establish their own mindfulness practice since everything they do in the classroom will be based on that foundation. The book includes easy-to-follow, step-by-step techniques perfected by educators to teach themselves and to apply to their work with students and colleagues, along with inspirational stories of the ways in which teachers have made mindfulness practice alive and relevant for themselves and their students.

A well-designed online course will not only benefit students, but will help make the experience of teaching more enjoyable for the instructor. A lot of professional Instructional Designers use the ADDIE model. ADDIE is an acronym that stands for Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate. This book compiles insights and methodologies from experienced digital educators and up-to-date scholarly works. It offers guidelines on the structuring of online courses, creating syllabi, and effectively guiding online learning environments, making it a valuable resource for both newcomers and ...

In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard - legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc. - shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. From his youth as the son of a French Canadian blacksmith to the thrilling, ambitious climbing expeditions that inspired his innovative designs for the sport's equipment.

This book is not just another public speaking and presenting skills book. It is not just a book of tips. This is the ultimate system for public speaking and presenting, whatever the situation.

YOUR KEYS TO HAPPINESS How do successful school counselors and educators achieve their goals with an unbothered attitude? After the last two years of dealing with the fallout from the COVID Pandemic, which affected everything in education and school counseling, More counselors are miserable at work. But you don’t have to be. Do you find yourself struggling to keep your emotions in check? Do you feel yourself crumbling under the weight of your “responsibilities” as a counselor or educator? If one or all of these questions are issues you can relate to, you are experiencing classic ...

Are you self-aware, rational, and pragmatic, yet still unable to achieve the results you want in your management, business or career? Success in business doesn’t solely depend on diligent planning, executing and ‘doing’. The ‘human factor’ plays a vital role in accomplishment and prosperity. As an executive or a business owner, your success depends first and foremost on your mental conduct. It’s not enough to learn tactical methods and techniques, or plan a strategy; in order to succeed in today’s competitive reality, you must first tackle your mental side and reprogram your ...

Nothing is more gratifying than pouring into someone else with the understanding that life is not about you as an individual. Life is about the lessons that are learned, good or bad and paying those lessons forward to uplift the next individual, generation, etc. This collaborative book is filled with different points of view and stories from a collection of sensational servant leaders that are focused on creating a safe space for those around them in an effort to support their continuous growth and success. These selfless acts are what make this world a better place and influences us to Do ...

Best-selling author Rafe Esquith, the only teacher to receive the National Medal of Arts, has garnered the American Teacher Award and numerous other honors. Still teaching fifth graders in a small, leaky classroom in downtown Los Angeles, Esquith fosters a wholesome climate where character, humility, and diligence matter and support is unconditional. For his mostly poor and Hispanic students, Esquith models two maxims: Be nice and work hard, and There are no shortcuts. And his students thrive!

Paper Belt on Fire is the unlikely account of how two outsiders with no experience in finance—a charter school principal and defrocked philosopher—start a venture capital fund to short the higher education bubble. Against the contempt of the education establishment, they discover, mentor, and back the leading lights in the next generation of dropout innovators and in the end make their investors millions. Can such a madcap strategy help renew American creativity? This story is the behind-the-scenes romp of one team that threw educational authorities into a panic.

Becoming Your Best: A Teacher’s Guide to Excellence in the Classroom is an empowering, practical guide for educators seeking to elevate their teaching practice and create transformative learning experiences. Rooted in Carol Dweck’s growth mindset, this book offers a roadmap for continuous improvement, helping teachers at all career stages cultivate resilience, purpose, and inclusivity. Through six insightful chapters, it explores cultivating an adaptive mindset, defining your core teaching purpose, understanding diverse student needs, fostering equitable classrooms, building personal ...

The Complete Book of Grant Writing is the ultimate grant book that shows you how to write a grant proposal if you're seeking funding through government grants, foundation grants, and specialty grants. Grant proposal writing is an intricate process where any bits of misinformation or formatting errors can mean the difference between securing funding or not. Professional grant writer Nancy Burke Smith and philanthropy consultant and grant maker E. Gabriel Works unveil the secrets behind how to find and successfully apply for grants.

Marine Maxims is a collection of fifty principle-based leadership lessons that Thomas J. Gordon acquired commanding Marines over a career spanning three decades of service. Dealing with the complexities and challenges of the contemporary operating environment requires an internal moral compass fixed true. These maxims focus on developing inner citadels of character, moral courage, and the resilience to persevere in a contested domain where information is key. Its purpose is to provide future leaders with a professional development plan that will enable them to lead with honor.

Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried, or uttered any sound. Despite efforts to reach her, Jadie remained locked in her own troubled world - until one remarkable teacher persuaded her to break her self-imposed silence. Nothing in all of Torey Hayden's experience could have prepared her for the shock of what Jadie told her - a story too horrendous for Torey's professional colleagues to acknowledge.

Leading Impact Teams: Building a Culture of Efficacy and Agency offers a dynamic school transformation framework for instilling a culture where collective efforts drive remarkable outcomes. The Impact Team Model (ITM) reimagines traditional PLCs into asset-based agents of change. Readers will explore efficacy's pivotal role-a belief in one's ability to reach goals-in propelling teams toward continuous improvement by advancing system-wide learner agency. Reimagine PLCs by anchoring collaborative inquiry with design thinking. Shape self-empowered learners who are intellectually adept and ...

Enjoy teaching every day. When tеасhеrѕ аrе аѕkеd to еxрlаіn whу they сhоѕе еduсаtіоn аѕ a career, there іѕ nо telling whаt the answer mіght be. Different people сhооѕе tеасhіng for different rеаѕоnѕ, but оnе thing is fоr ѕurе, nо mаttеr whаt the rеаѕоn, thе end result is thе same. Tеасhіng іѕ a challenging, yet highly rewarding саrееr, and teachers everywhere wіll аttеѕt tо thе satisfaction thаt іѕ fеlt knоwіng they are lауіng the foundation of сhіldrеn’ѕ futurеѕ. This guide will introduce you to ...

A dramatic and remarkable narrative of an extraordinary teacher's determination, from the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers The Tiger's Child and One Child. Torey Hayden faced six emotionally troubled kids no other teacher could handle - three recent arrivals from battle-torn Northern Ireland, badly traumatized by the horrors of war; an eleven-year-old boy, who only knew life inside an institution; an excitable girl, aggressive and sexually precocious at the age of eight; and seven-year-old Leslie, perhaps the most hopeless of all, unresponsive and unable to speak.

In The Diary of a West Point Cadet, by Captain Preston Pysh, the author teaches essential West Point leadership through the most fun and unique reading of any book in its class. Each intriguing firsthand account of Preston's top 12 enthralling and hilarious stories from attending West Point, will capture your interest and imagination. The stories walk the reader down a personal journey many outsiders never see behind the thick stoney walls.

Are you passionate about music and have a desire to share it with others? Discover the exciting world of starting your own music lessons business with our comprehensive eBook, "Start Your Music Lessons Business!" This resource is designed for anyone ready to embark on the journey of turning their musical expertise into a rewarding profession. Kick-start your business by learning how to identify your unique music niche and explore various sub-genres, while diving into the art of early childhood music education. Understand the importance of cultivating musicality in toddlers and the first ...

Study for your ASWB social work licensing exam on the go! With this audio study guide from social work exam coach Jeremy Schwartz, author of Pass the LMSW Exam and LMSW Passing Score, you can review content and practice questions during gaps in your day. This volume covers human development and behavior--one of the core content areas for the ASWB master's level social work licensing exam--and includes 80 practice questions with detailed answer explanations.