Did you know that this week is Read an E-Book Week? Yeah, ok…I didn’t either. But now that you’re in the know, I have the perfect way for you to celebrate! Head over to my Smashwords site and get my e-book, “How to Implement Professional Learning Communities the Right Way,” for 50% off this week only (March 1-7)! That makes it only $2! Use code EBW50 at checkout. Happy e-book reading!
I’ve got quite a few projects in the works right now and thought I’d give you all a sneak peek of some of them!
Indy folks…be on the lookout for a guide tailored to parents trying to navigate the complicated school enrollment process. I’ve done the research and condensed the overwhelming amount of information available into an easy-to-understand guide that walks parents through the steps to researching, applying to and enrolling in schools in Indianapolis.
The next topic I’ll be tackling for professional development opportunities is trauma-informed practices in schools. Think this is only useful in inner-city, high-poverty schools? Think again! I will be introducing several trauma-informed practices that can be easily implemented into ANY classroom or school to help ANY student be more successful.
The professional development on PLCs is still going strong! Know of a school looking to improve upon teacher collaboration and data analysis? This PD is the answer! Between the book, audio course and in-person professional development, there’s a little something to fit every school’s needs and budget!
I’d love to hear from you! What topics are you interested in?
See a preview of my Implementing Effective Professional Learning Communities professional development course here. Just click the link, then click Slide Show and play the preview. Be sure to turn your sound on!
Like what you see? Contact me today for a free phone consultation to learn more about how I can help your school.
So, I published a book yesterday. No big deal. Just kidding…it’s a very big deal (at least to me). For weeks, I’ve been working hard on turning my professional development presentation on Professional Learning Communities into an ebook, and yesterday, I uploaded it to Smashwords (an online ebook publisher and retailer), and it was accepted! Very soon (like later today), it will be available on Apple Books, Barnes and Noble and several other online bookstores. Eventually, it will be available on the holy grail of online shopping…Amazon.
I’m super excited to share it with you all. Head over to the Smashwords site to check it out. As a bonus, if you use the coupon code KZ56Z, you can get it for 50% off through October 19, 2019. That makes it only two bucks, and you can download it to just about any device you own and in a variety of formats.
Stay tuned because I already have my next book idea, and I’m excited to get started writing!
Almost 3 weeks ago, I traveled to Canton, Ohio to present a professional development on implementing PLCs at a small Catholic school. This particular school doesn’t have a collaborative time for teachers factored into their master schedule. They also don’t have common prep periods for grade level teams on a consistent basis or an administrator or teacher leader to oversee PLCs. So I just left because how was I supposed to help them?
Just kidding! One of the best parts of presenting in-person professional development is having the opportunity to ask questions and brainstorm with staff, and that’s exactly what we did! We may not have solved all of their problems that day, but we did come up with some excellent outside-the-box strategies to help them implement PLCs DESPITE the challenges they were facing.
After I returned home, I got to thinking that there are probably quite a few schools out there who either don’t do PLCs or aren’t doing them very effectively. This could be due to a variety of reasons. So I decided to take the presentation I created for the Canton school and add audio to it so that it could be shared with other schools. While it may not be the same as me presenting in-person, I think it’s the next best thing. I still get the chance to talk through my ideas and experiences to help teachers and leaders get PLCs off the ground in their buildings. If you’re interested in the audio presentation (think of it as a webinar), click here.
If that’s not exciting enough, I’ve also been working on writing an ebook that details all of the information in the presentation plus so much more. It will be published and available on Smashwords by the end of September!
Stay tuned for lots more updates! And if you’re interested in having me come present at your school on this topic (or another), click the contact me link above. I’d love to chat!
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