Supercharge Your Professional Learning Book

Supercharge Your Professional Learning: 40 Concrete Strategies to Improve Adult Learning

Professional learning initiatives in schools come and go, and the constant cycling through programs can resemble fad diets—hype and hope followed by crash and burnout.

In this timely book, longtime professional learning providers Kasia M. Derbiszewska and T. Nicole Tucker-Smith share concrete strategies that will help you design professional development sessions that are compelling, convincing, and sustainable using the framework of Universal Design for Learning.

Learn to recognize and reduce common barriers to effective PD. In each chapter, the authors clearly address the Purpose, Preparation, Implementation, and Benefits to Learning for each aspect of professional learning, as well as UDL Tidbits that help ensure the health and longevity of the initiative.

If you are ready to take the leap toward creating healthy and sustainable professional learning, jump into the chapter that is most relevant to your needs. Get ready to consider the whole adult learner and apply practical strategies for cultivating and maintaining healthy, vibrant professional development that has a track record of success.

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What People Are Saying:

Kasia Derbiszewska, lead our organization through many professional learnings and she never disappointed. The fact that she is willing to share her craft speaks volumes. As a presenter, we were always impressed with her ability to move from theory to practice by engaging the participants in meaningful tasks. Our group not only enjoyed what she said but saw her as a master teacher that helped shape us by leading by example. We loved the ease of the book, the connections the authors made to UDL, and have used the learning in our craft. What more could you ask for? These authors know what they are talking about because they are both speaking from experience.

Jesse Gluckman, Project Consultant for UDL

This book uses a creative approach in linking the important tenets of professional development to approaching health from a holistic perspective. The authors go on to identify six “culprits” that stunt an educator’s professional growth, but then counters those with coaching strategies in a flexible, workbook-style design.

Heather Short, Superintendent

Written in the voice of experienced, thoughtful facilitators, the narrative helps to frame this incredibly useable and helpful bank of ideas and resources. The structure makes it easy to navigate all 40 (!!) of the powerful ideas to find exactly what you need based on your specific context. I am thrilled to be able to refer to this book so that I can make sure I am walking the walk, and helping to make one-and-done PD sessions a thing of the past.

Ari Fleisher, Senior Program Manager