Supercharge Your Professional Learning

Professional learning initiatives in schools come and go, and the constant cycling through programs can resemble fad diets--hype and hope followed by crash and burnout. In this timely book, professional learning providers Kasia M. Derbiszewska and T. Nicole Tucker-Smith share concrete strategies that will help you design professional development sessions that are compelling, convincing, and sustainable using the framework of Universal Design for Learning. Learn to recognize and reduce common barriers to effective PD. In each chapter, the authors clearly address the Purpose, Preparation, Implementation, and Benefits to Learning for each aspect of professional learning, as well as UDL Tidbits that help ensure the health and longevity of the initiative. If you are ready to take the leap toward creating healthy and sustainable professional learning, jump into the chapter that is most relevant to your needs. Get ready to consider the whole adult learner and apply practical strategies for cultivating and maintaining healthy, vibrant professional development that has a track record of success.

Design online PD experiences that won't result in Zoom fatigue. Gain techniques and learn how to apply concepts that optimize distance professional learning.

101 Ways to Supercharge Professional Development empowers early childhood program leaders to transform their current professional development practices, offering innovative and concrete ideas for supporting educators. The timely and inspiring resources in this handbook will increase engagement, build collaboration, and enhance all aspects of any professional development program. The wealth of information and guidance in this handbook includes: 101 specific strategies, tools, and activities featuring well-researched techniques for engaging all adult learners with respect for the unique needs of individuals from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. Inspirational tips and strategies from highly regarded speakers, authors, and researchers, including interviews and video clips available via QR codes. Suggested resources for designing and implementing professional learning experiences. Planning tools and templates for designing a variety of professional development experiences. Examples of workshop activities with adaptations for group size, diverse adult learning styles, and live or virtual events.

Explore how to apply innovative, technology-driven strategies in the classroom to create personalized and dynamic learning experiences for your students. As educators seek out new ways to energize and engage their students and prepare them for the future, they need to know how to employ the latest technologies in creative and innovative ways. Learning Supercharged looks at emerging approaches and tools, and incorporates professional educators’ stories of how and why they have implemented each trend, including information on challenges faced and overcome, how to get started and other resources to explore. Topics covered include: • Digital equity considerations • Digital citizenship • Personalized learning • Project-based learning • Blending formal and informal learning • Coding and robotics • Makerspaces • Gamification and badging • Open Educational Resources (OERs) The book inspires educators to try new approaches with the understanding that they will devise new ways to synthesize, interpret and implement ideas to fit their context, learners and resources.

Data has dramatically changed how our world works. From entertainment to politics, from technology to advertising and from science to the business world, understanding and using data is now one of the most transferable and transferable skills out there. Learning how to work with data may seem intimidating or difficult but with Confident Data Skills you will be able to master the fundamentals and supercharge your professional abilities. This essential book covers data mining, preparing data, analysing data, communicating data, financial modelling, visualizing insights and presenting data through film making and dynamic simulations. In-depth international case studies from a wide range of organizations, including Netflix, LinkedIn, Goodreads, Deep Blue, Alpha Go and Mike's Hard Lemonade Co. show successful data techniques in practice and inspire you to turn knowledge into innovation. Confident Data Skills also provides insightful guidance on how you can use data skills to enhance your employability and improve how your industry or company works through your data skills. Expert author and instructor, Kirill Eremenko, is committed to making the complex simple and inspiring you to have the confidence to develop an understanding, adeptness and love of data.

Supercharge your formative assessment skills and watch student learning soar! The authors describe an effective four-step process for improving teachers’ formative assessment practices that provides opportunities to reflect, consider alternative instructional approaches, and apply what they have learned. The text suggests that teachers ask themselves the same questions they ask students: Where am I going? What can formative assessment practice look like? Where am I currently in my formative assessment practice? How do I close the gap? Included are case studies, examples of formative assessment in practice, and a companion website with tools and templates.

The new Every Student Succeeds Act governing K-12 education in the United States defines and endorses Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a framework to help achieve greater opportunity and academic achievement for all learners, including those with disabilities, English learners, and "gifted and talented" students. In this book, Novak and Rodriguez, veteran school administrators, provide school leaders and educators with a guidebook for putting the UDL framework into practice. They show how to guide district and school staff in discussions around student data and use the UDL guidelines to shape curriculum decisions. This is a must-read for any education leader who wants to create more equitable, inclusive, and effective learning environments.

Build Slack bots to automate your work and enhance your team's productivity with Salesforce-powered Slack in a faster, better organized, and more secure way Key FeaturesGet to grips with setting up and creating Slack bots for your organizationIntegrate Slack with tools such as nTask and Tettra to manage all your applications in one placeUnderstand when to buy and when to build botsBook Description Slack is an online communication tool that allows workplace teams to collaborate efficiently, effectively, and securely. It's the leading channel-based messaging platform used by millions to align their teams, unify their systems, and drive their businesses forward. As a developer, you can use Slack to create tools such as bots that handle and maintain routine and time-consuming tasks. If you're looking to set up a Slack workplace or build a Slack bot or app, this is the book for you. In this book, you'll explore scenarios that show you how to set up a Slack workplace, build a Slack bot, or integrate your favorite tools. You'll also learn how Slack can help you create a more collaborative, efficient, and coordinated work environment from any location. As you advance through the chapters, you'll find out how to manage your tasks and boost your business productivity by automating the trivial tasks. You'll also cover more advanced features such as using a Slack bot to complete tasks, including automating message responses and accessing personal reminders. By the end of this Slack book, you'll have learned how to use Slack effectively to communicate with your team and build bots and have gained a solid understanding of how the platform can help you to progress in your industry. What you will learnUnderstand how to set up a Slack workspaceMigrate existing workspaces to your organizationExplore expert tips and techniques for using Slack effectivelyImprove collaboration within your team by integrating multiple apps with SlackFind the right bots and apps to use for your workspaceDiscover how to build your own Slack botExplore the right channels on Slack to improve your presence in professional communitiesFind the best solutions for automating your work directly through SlackWho this book is for Supercharge your Slack Productivity is for professionals in organizations, businesses, or communities who are already using Slack or looking to use it for improving communication. With this book, you'll understand how Slack can make your work life simpler by automating routine tasks and managing all the tools you need in one place for working with or managing remote teams efficiently.