Reply #58: We had an outstanding PD session yesterday

[proud2BlibKansan]

It was led by a teacher. The textbook company hired her to do a refresher presentation on our Math program, which we have had for several years and don't really need to learn how to use. This woman was outstanding. She brought in Writing and Reading and connected those subjects to Math. She talked about our new curriculum and how well our Math series fits in. And even though she was working for the publisher, she understood that instruction is driven by curriculum, not by a textbook.

I had been volunteered to be a facilitator in her session and had reluctantly agreed. I said I could only do it for a half a day because I was behind in setting up my classroom. (School starts Monday.) But at the end of her session, I wanted to stay for the afternoon. She was that good.