Designing and Facilitating Innovative Professional Learning Experiences – Fall 2023

Do you have a unique skill or talent that you would like to share with other early childhood professionals? Sharing your knowledge and passion is an impactful way to enhance your professional skills and improve the early childhood field! This four-part interactive workshop series will guide you in creating a professional learning experience that showcases a specific area of interest or expertise you would like to present to early childhood professionals.

Susan MacDonald will use her experience as a professional speaker and instructional designer to support you in identifying an innovative focus for your project and provide a framework for bringing your project to life.

This series will focus on:

  • Exploring key components of Instructional Design and Adult Learning Theory
  • Developing a clear and concise focus for your professional development project.
  • Some possibilities include staff meeting presentations, workshops, webinars, conference sessions, and presentations for parent or board events.
  • Understanding how to write learning objectives that focus on meaningful outcomes.Creating a detailed action plan and a timeline for completing your project
  • Providing insightful tips and strategies for facilitating engaging, inspiring, and interactive learning experiences
  • Participants will have the opportunity to present their ideas and receive feedback from each other. Susan will share a wealth of valuable resources, including information from her soon-to-be-published book – 101 Ways to Supercharge Professional Development Experiences!
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    This workshop series includes:

    Four live sessions via Zoom. Each session will be recorded and posted to the course site.
    A comprehensive workbook to guide you in creating your professional development project
    A course site with a private discussion board to interact with course participants and share resources.
    An opportunity to receive feedback on your project from Susan.
    A ten hour professional development certificate.

    Who should attend:

    Educators, Administrators, Leaders, or Coaches who are interested in learning how to develop a professional learning experience.

    Course Dates and Times:

    The live course sessions will be held from 1:00 – 2:30 pm EST on:
    September 20 , 2023
    September 27, 2023
    October 18, 2023
    November 1, 2023
     

    Course Cost:

    PRIVATE