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Table of Contents

About the Authors xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction1

A Couple Notes on Anonymity and Terminology 4

Pulling Back the Curtain 4

Defining Professional Development 7

Creating the Conditions for Learning 12

What If PD Could Be More Like a Party? 16

Who We Are and Who You Are 18

What Is in This Book? 20

Before You Go 23

1 Determine Purpose 25

Dismantling PD Apathy 26

Purpose: The Foundation for Transformational Learning 27

Create Purposeful Plans 32

Communicate: Make the Learning Matter 37

Putting It All Together 40

Assessing Impact 42

Before You Go 47

2 Engage Emotions 49

What You Need to Know about Emotions to Deliver Transformative PD 51

Grumpiness, Pet Peeves, and Triggers 59

Creating Psychological Safety 64

Mitigating Dominant Culture: Creating Safe-ish Spaces 75

Beyond Psychological Safety 80

Before You Go 83

3 Navigate Power 85

Sources of Power 88

Leveraging Power 99

The Impact of Power 102

Possibilities for Navigating Power 106

How to Dissolve Resistance 112

Start and End with Relationships 117

Before You Go 118

4 Anchor in Adult Learning 119

You Can’t Make People Learn 121

Adult Learning Theory 101 126

The Stages of Learning 133

Adult Learning in the Virtual PD World 138

You Can Create the Conditions for Learning 140

Before You Go 141

5 Design Intentionally 143

Tools for Intentional Design 146

A Process for Intentional Design 154

Shift the Dominant Culture in Design 171

Before You Go 175

6 Attend to Details 177

Details Matter to Learning 179

Long-Term Planning: Get Ready 182

Short-Term Planning: Finalize the Details 196

The Day Of: Go Time 200

Closing: Leave Things Better Than You Found Them 205

Before You Go 208

7 Facilitate Adaptively 209

Detours Happen 211

When Harm Happens 214

The Roots of Adaptive Facilitation: Know Yourself 217

Becoming an Adaptive Facilitator: Skill Sets to Refine 221

Addressing PD Detours 228

Reimagining What’s Possible 236

Before You Go 237

Conclusion239 Appendix A: The Core Emotions 243

Appendix B: Nonviolent Communication’s Universal Human Needs 247

Appendix C: What-Why-How Agenda Template 253

Appendix D: Structures for Virtual Learning 255

Appendix E: Checklist for Attending to the Details 257

Appendix F: Resources for Further Learning 261

Glossary 263

References 267

Index 269

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      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/05/2022
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      About the Authors xiii

      Acknowledgments xv

      Introduction1

      A Couple Notes on Anonymity and Terminology 4

      Pulling Back the Curtain 4

      Defining Professional Development 7

      Creating the Conditions for Learning 12

      What If PD Could Be More Like a Party? 16

      Who We Are and Who You Are 18

      What Is in This Book? 20

      Before You Go 23

      1 Determine Purpose 25

      Dismantling PD Apathy 26

      Purpose: The Foundation for Transformational Learning 27

      Create Purposeful Plans 32

      Communicate: Make the Learning Matter 37

      Putting It All Together 40

      Assessing Impact 42

      Before You Go 47

      2 Engage Emotions 49

      What You Need to Know about Emotions to Deliver Transformative PD 51

      Grumpiness, Pet Peeves, and Triggers 59

      Creating Psychological Safety 64

      Mitigating Dominant Culture: Creating Safe-ish Spaces 75

      Beyond Psychological Safety 80

      Before You Go 83

      3 Navigate Power 85

      Sources of Power 88

      Leveraging Power 99

      The Impact of Power 102

      Possibilities for Navigating Power 106

      How to Dissolve Resistance 112

      Start and End with Relationships 117

      Before You Go 118

      4 Anchor in Adult Learning 119

      You Can’t Make People Learn 121

      Adult Learning Theory 101 126

      The Stages of Learning 133

      Adult Learning in the Virtual PD World 138

      You Can Create the Conditions for Learning 140

      Before You Go 141

      5 Design Intentionally 143

      Tools for Intentional Design 146

      A Process for Intentional Design 154

      Shift the Dominant Culture in Design 171

      Before You Go 175

      6 Attend to Details 177

      Details Matter to Learning 179

      Long-Term Planning: Get Ready 182

      Short-Term Planning: Finalize the Details 196

      The Day Of: Go Time 200

      Closing: Leave Things Better Than You Found Them 205

      Before You Go 208

      7 Facilitate Adaptively 209

      Detours Happen 211

      When Harm Happens 214

      The Roots of Adaptive Facilitation: Know Yourself 217

      Becoming an Adaptive Facilitator: Skill Sets to Refine 221

      Addressing PD Detours 228

      Reimagining What’s Possible 236

      Before You Go 237

      Conclusion239 Appendix A: The Core Emotions 243

      Appendix B: Nonviolent Communication’s Universal Human Needs 247

      Appendix C: What-Why-How Agenda Template 253

      Appendix D: Structures for Virtual Learning 255

      Appendix E: Checklist for Attending to the Details 257

      Appendix F: Resources for Further Learning 261

      Glossary 263

      References 267

      Index 269

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