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Connecting the Dots and Meaningful PD
From Better Leaders Better Schools · Hosted by Daniel Bauer
Episode summary
In this episode of Better Leaders Better Schools: Shannon Buerk is the Founder and CEO of engage2learn, a leading provider of Education Intelligence through smart professional learning, job-embedded coaching, and related technology solutions since 2011. Educator turned entrepreneur, she has emerged as a thought leader on educational leadership, organizational culture, and systems thinking. Buerk recently published Connect the Dots: Utilizing Education Intelligence to Accelerate Growth, Retain Talent, and Optimize Outcomes.
Original publisher description
Shannon Buerk is the Founder and CEO of engage2learn, a leading provider of Education Intelligence through smart professional learning, job-embedded coaching, and related technology solutions since 2011. Educator turned entrepreneur, she has emerged as a thought leader on educational leadership, organizational culture, and systems thinking. Buerk recently published Connect the Dots: Utilizing Education Intelligence to Accelerate Growth, Retain Talent, and Optimize Outcomes. Show Highlights Convert PD from a burden to a benefit. Tips to redesign PD for your staff. Connect the Dots with an elegant solution to measure what you really value. Create a growth-based system to provide measurable educator growth and avoid random feedback. Teachers are the talent you need to focus on. Generate support for educator growth to lead to student growth. Evidence-based recognition is a critical and complete game changer. A Ruckus Maker perspective about teacher prep programs, certification, and evaluation. Understanding learning styles, how the brain works to truly engage all learners. "What's not working, which includes one size fits all PD. It's easy enough to say 'differentiate' and it's very...