3.1 Level-Up; Power Moves in Your Professional Learning

🎙️ Season Premiere: Level Up Your Professional Learning
Welcome to a brand-new season of the podcast where we dive into power moves that elevate your professional learning journey! This season kicks off with a dynamic conversation with instructional specialist Kim Wadsworth exploring how educators can take intentional steps to grow, lead, and thrive. This season highlights the wide range of differentiated learning experiences we offer in Talent Development—designed to meet all educators where they are and help them level up in meaningful ways. Get ready to 'Grab & Grow!'

Chapters

• 0:12 Welcoming Kim Wadsworth to kick off Season 3 of the podcast: Level Up: Powering Up Your Professional Learning
• 2:11 Celebrating becoming an 'A' School District!
• 2:33 Sustaining and accelerating growth in core content areas.
• 3:02 Connecting district goals to planning professional learning and student success
• 5:33 Teacher goals and leveraging professional learning to accelerate practice and empowerment
• 6:29 Power of self-reflection through a Deliberate Practice Plan
• 11:58 Choice is key for busy professional educators
• 13:47 Maximizing in-person professional learning opportunities
• 14:11 Content training, Learning Expeditions with Teacher Leaders, New Teacher Learning Quest Walks, and more
• 17:55 Virtual professional learning on your time to promote work-life balance
• 18:32 60 Second Strategies, SLPSTalks experts, EduChats for collaboration and resource and strategy sharing, Canvas courses, and micro-learning modules
• 24:06 Helping teachers help students. Transferring professional learning into practice to support student success.
• 24:37 Using data to support professional needs. E.g. K-2 Data in Action
• 30:21 Reflecting on personal learning goals and align professional learning for professional growth and student success