What's the Difference Between Training and Professional Development?

My friends Mike Patterson and Pete Logli got me thinking about how to quickly, easily describe the difference between "training" and "professional development" lately, and I think this is it. What do you think?Download the PDF vers...

3 Critical Mistakes to Avoid When Conducting Staff Development

We've ALL been the victims of bad / boring / unoriginal or otherwise unintentionally painful staff development, but where does it go SO WRONG? Here are the top three ways to sink your staff development and some ideas on how to avoid them. Have another top pet peeve or suggestion...

Engage Me Academy

Since my first year as a teacher in 1997 I've been deeply interested in how to get students interested in learning what I wanted and needed them to learn. Lately I learned what I was striving for had a name that has become quite the buzz word in education; I wanted students...