Educators share their #bestpd, #worstpd

[embedded content] _Education Week_ asked educators to share on Twitter the professional development that inspired them or that left them scratching their heads. Here’s a sample of

responses: WORST PD Once got PD on how to use the new soap dispensers in the bathroom #worstPD           —@ConnorKWarner If the presenters haven’t stepped foot in a classroom in the last 3

years, it’s probably going to be the #worstPD           —@hmarshall528 Paying a speaker who, legit, pressed “play” on an old-time-y tape player for a few hours. I think we all died inside.

          —@MissGantSC So numerous: presenter hands us printout of PowerPoint and then proceeds to read us the PowerPoint … All. Day. Long.           —@tracymonroe50 A full-district PD

where the speaker had us respond to hand signals w/ claps, etc. like trained animals. Offensive.           —@MichaelisMath Motivational spkr made us stand & sing all the verses to Kenny

Rogers ‘You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me, Lucille’           —@teachmoore BEST PD No substitute for having to watch/analyze myself on video. It makes you self-examine much more

authentically. #bestpd —@schoolfool           Practicing strategies on students, getting immediate feedback, trying again. #bestPD —@jennieherriot           The #bestPD gives teachers

something that they can walk away with and immediately use in the classroom —@kayleetmetheny           When our district relied on the talents of our own employees to provide training in

various areas, especially tech #bestPD —@freshfromthe4th           #bestPD mirrors best classroom practices … differentiated, challenging, interactive, student-centered, inquiry-based…

—@lara_4teachers           The #bestPD is where what you learn can be applicable at YOUR school, in YOUR class, for YOUR students. —@thestilesfamily