Professional Development Pillows

"'Lunch'? Well, yes - but what are your long-term goals?"

"Why don't you try learning from your own mistakes?"

'Since we initiated regular staff development sessions, we've turned the school around 360 degrees.'

"I don't think the guy with the business-card cannon has ever been to an actual networking event,"

'The three little pigs attended a professional development seminar on dealing with bullies and they were never bothered by the big bad wolf again.'

'And when all else fails...'

'Since we initiated regular staff development sessions, we've turned the school around 360 degrees.'

The best advice I can give a new teacher is to listen to your students with your ears and heart

"The team needs LEADERSHIP, anyone have a view on that?"

"I wish I could find the time to take a time management course."

'I'm afraid turn out isn't as high as we'd expected...three of them misheard the date, five got the time wrong and everyone from marketing went to a hotel in Norwich by mistake.'

In-Service Seminars for Teachers

'This isn't third grade, Bob. You can speak.'

'All right, all right, Hershman, you can go attend the 'improve your negotiating skills' seminar.'

Imitate me, formerly 'Think'.

'My talk today was going to be on the art of being prepared, but I lost my notes.'

'I dunno Jim...Accounting just doesn't thrill me like it used to.'

Woman searches for a book on 'Zoom Etiquette'.

'Conduct dismissal was what I had in mind...but it's just too damned complicated.'

"Effective and CLEAR communication with customers is ESSENTIAL so we're going to practise drilling down to identify core interpersonal information transfer methodologies to accelerate a meaningful dialogue."

'Do you get the feeling that, in educational workshops, there are way too many buzzwords thrown around?'

'No, I'm not a secretary. I'm a consultant, are you a secretary?'

'Bill, we've decided to send you back to the minors for a while so you can brush up on your delegating!'

'There's a Mr. Tilbin here to see you, Sir. Shall I tell him you're on the phone, in a meeting or out of the office?'

The experienced coach, like a panther, patiently awaits the precise moment to mount his challenge...

Delegation - "Miss Brown come in and read me this book."

You are not alone! It is a TEAM EFFORT!

'The good news is that all the teachers liked the weekend brainstorming retreat. The bad news is that twelve of them are out today with splitting headaches.'

'There's an assertiveness training course. Want to go?'

Keys to Success: Focus, Alertness, Concentration...

Since we initiated staff development, we've turned the school around 360 degrees.

'School of hard knocks.'

Cycle of Professional Development

'Am I biased or are my ideas always best?'

"Baxter, I'm doing an online course in delegating and I want you to sit the exam for me."