The Art of Learning

Meena Rakhra                          Making Teacher PD Effective             Inquiry Blog #3     As a teacher for the last 16 years, I have attended many professional development opportunities.  Professional development is important because ‘​​learning brings change, and supporting people in change is critical for learning to "take hold"’ (Loucks-Horsley, 1996). However, there is variability in the quality of some workshops and talks I have attended. Some workshops have left me feeling inspired, some were boring and uninspiring, while some provided me with useful information but there was no means for followup.  I could not pinpoint why PD was so variable until I read this: It’s hard for a single PD session to be highly relevant for a first-year teacher, a 30-year veteran, and everyone in between—especially considering that each ...