Professional Development

Professional Development

2017 – 2018

DLC Professional Development Modules
* Module: Student Response Tools
* Module: Infographics
ECET: Work Smarter, Not Harder: Tech Can Help!  (March 2018)
NCTies: Personalized PD in your Pajamas (March 2018)
12 Days of Techmas (Dec 2017)
NERESA: Badging Best Practices: Innovative School Transformation   (Nov 2017)
Google Suite Tips and Tricks (MHS, 2017)
Innovating Differentiation  (NHES, 2017 – 2018)
Dare Days: Badging in the Classroom (Aug 2017)
Dare Days: Google’s Triple Threat (Aug 2017)

2016 – 2017

#Hyperdocs for Differentiated Instruction (Feb 2017)
NC-ASCD: Growth Mindset and Effective Change (Feb 2017)
District: Differentiation in High School Classroom (Feb 2017)
NERESA: Growth Mindset and Effective Change (Nov 2016)
NERESA: Digital Differentiation and Data Analysis (Nov 2016)
NERESA: Going Paperless with Google (Aug 2016)

Professional Book Studies

Current:
Explore Like a Pirate (Michael Matera)
Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning from Static to Dynamic (Kasey Bell)
Teach Like a Pirate (Dave Burgess)
The Innovator’s Mindset (George Couros)
The Pepper Effect (Sean Gallaird)

Previous Reads:

Cage-Busting Leadership (Frederick Hess)
The Cage-Busting Teacher (Frederick Hess)
Crucial Conversations (Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, & Switzler)
Culturize (Jimmy Casas)
Digital Leadership (Eric Sheninger)
Ditch that Textbook (Matt Miller)
Eduprotocols (Marlena Habern & Jon Corippo)
Empower (John Spencer & A.J. Juliani)
Escaping the School Leader’s Dunk Tank (Rebecca Coda & Rick Jetter)
Everyday Problem-Based Learning (Brian Pete & Robin Fogarty)
Fierce Conversations (Susan Scott)
Flipping 2.0 (Jason Bretzmann)
The Four-O’Clock Faculty (Rich Czyz)
The Google Infused Classroom (Holly Clark & Tanya Avrith)
Hacking Engagement (James Alan Sturtevant)
The Homework Myth (Alfie Kuhn)
How Children Succeed (Paul Tough)
Kids Deserve It (Todd Nesloney & Adam Welcome)
Inquiry Mindset (Trevor Mackenzie & Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt)
Instant Relevance (Denis Sheeran)
Launch (John Spencer & A.J. Juliani)
Lead Like a Pirate (Shelley Burgess & Beth Houf)
Lead with Culture (Jay Billy)
Leaders Eat Last (Simon Sinek)
Learn Like a Pirate (Paul Solarz)
Learner-Centered Innovation (Katie Martin)
The Limitless School (Abe Hege & Adam Dovico)
Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfuless (Schoeberlein)
Mindset (Carol Dweck)
The Power of Unstoppable Momentum (Fullan & Edwards)
Quiet (Cain)
Shift This (Joy Kirr)
Spaceman (Mike Massimino)
Shattering the Perfect Teacher Myth (Aaron Hogan)
The Smartest Kids in the World (Amanda Ridley)
Start. Right. Now (Todd Whitaker, Jeffrey Zoul, & Jimmy Casas)
Teach. Breathe. Learn (Meena Srinivasan)
Teach Like Finland (Timothy Walker)
Teacherpreneurs (Barnett Berry, Ann Boyd, & Alan Wieder)
Turn This Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders (Marquet)
Uncommon Learning (Eric Sheninger)
What Connected Educators do Differently (Todd Whitaker, Jimmy Casas, & Jeffrey Zoul)
The Wild Card (Hope & Wade King)
The Zen Teacher (Dan Tricarico

Other Reads:

Daring Greatly (Brene Brown)
Drive (Daniel Pink)
I Thought it was Just Me (But it isn’t) (Brene Brown)
When (Daniel Pink)
The Gifts of Imperfection (Brene Brown)
The Power of Habit (Charles Duhigg)
Wired to Resist (Britt Andreatta)

On the List to Read:

180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage …(Gallagher & Kittle)
Atomic Habits (Clear)
The Art of Gathering (Parker)
Better Leaders, Better Schools
Bold School (Kieschnick)
Brain Rules (Medina)
Choosing Hope: How I Moved Forward from Life’s Darkest Hour (Roig-DeBellis)
The Connected Educator: Learning and Leading in the Digital Age (Nussman & Hall)
Digital Citizenship in Action (Mattson)
Design Thinking of School Leaders (Gallagher & Thordarson)
Ditch That Homework: Practical Strategies to Help Make Homework Obsolete (Miller & Keeler)
The Dot, Ish, and Sky Color
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (Gatto & Slayback)
Education for a Civil Society (Gartrell)
The End of Average: Unlocking Our Potential by Embracing What Makes Us Different (Rose)
The Epic Classroom: How to Boost Engagement … (Muir)
Faster isn’t Smarter (Seeley)
Firefly Classrooms (Cockrum)
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (Ferriss)
The Genius Hour Guidebook (Krebs)
Genius Hour (McNair)
Hacking Project Based Learning (Cooper & Murphy)
The Happiness Advantage (Achor)
Inside the Magic Kingdom (Connellson)
Kick Start Your Class: Academic Icebreakers to Engage Students (Johnson)
Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading (Heifetz & Linsky)
Leading 21st Century Schools: Harnessing Technology … (Schrum & Levin)
Learning By Doing: A Handbook for PLCs at Work (Dufour, Dufour, Eaker, and Many)
Lost at School (Greene)
Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (Brown & Roediger)
Make Space (Doorley & Whitthoft)
Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era (Wagner & Dintersmith)
Move Your Bus (Ron Clark)
The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong (Peter & Hull)
Professionally Driven: Empower Every Educator to Redefine PD (Bormann)
Quit Point (Chamberlain & Matejic)
Rewiring Education (Couch)
The Space: Guide for Educators (Hare & Dillon)
Start with Why (Sinek)
Teach Skills and Break Habits (St. Romain)
The Third Teacher (Pigozzi, Peterson, & Mau)
Unleash Talent (Knollmeyer)
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There (Goldsmith)
What Great Principals Do Differently: 18 Things that Matter Most (Whitaker)
What Schools Could Be (Dintersmith)