Connecting the Dots and Meaningful PD

<p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Show Highlights</strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Convert PD from a burden to a benefit. Tips to redesign PD for your staff.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Connect the Dots</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">with an elegant solution to measure what you really value. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Create a growth-based system to provide measurable educator growth and avoid random feedback.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Teachers are the talent you need to focus on. Generate support for educator growth to lead to student growth.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Evidence-based recognition is a critical and complete game changer. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">A Ruckus Maker perspective about teacher prep programs, certification, and evaluation. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Understanding learning styles, how the brain works to truly engage all learners. </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“What's not working, which includes one size fits all PD. It's easy enough to say ‘differentiate’ and it's very diffic