Professional Learning Communities

I've just returned from a trip to the east coast in my second immersion experience with a new client. This client is in the business of helping schools improve their climate and culture through a whole school integration of the core values of family, trust, responsibility, respect, and caring.

A Surprise Curriculum Design Step

I spent last week out-of-state with a new client who hired me to rewrite a curriculum that had been originally written in 1985, but adapted through the years by the skilled professional development trainers who were delivering it.

Three More Pearls From Pros

Last time I started a list of some of my favorite training pearls from pros I admire in this field. Here are three more of my favorites.

Five Pearls From Training Pros

One of my most favorite things to do is chat with other trainers, or better yet, watch them train. It is in these exchanges or observations that I am refreshed and amazed at the immense talent, creativity, and downright cleverness of my colleagues in this profession. I thought I would gather the ten most recent wonderful pearls I've seen or heard into a list to share. Here today, are the first five. Sit back, be amazed, borrow their brilliance, and shamelessly adapt their genius to your venue.