The Impacts of Transformational Learning for Educators
Transformational Professional Development: What It Is and Why It Matters
Schools invest thousands in professional development, but the real return comes from how it’s done. This post explores why one-off trainings fall short and how transformational PD creates lasting growth, boosts morale, and strengthens school culture. See how tools like sideby and the Small Wins Dashboard bring this vision to life.
Why Educators Deserve Transformational Professional Learning
Educators deserve transformational, not transactional, learning.
True professional growth reshapes identity, not just practice.
sideby’s 1:1 peer learning model fosters agency, relevance, and reflection.
Transformational PD leads to better teacher retention, engagement, and student outcomes.
AI is not the Segway
I get it. I’m a critical consumer here even though I am advocating for mass consumption of ai in education. mass critical consumption. Mass aware and thoughtful consumption. Mass study Joy buolamwini’s ted talk, join the algorithmic justice league, Learn from this article about the magnitude of bias, and apply Unesco’s ai competency framework etc etc etc. mass led by us for us consumption in education. because it’s not the segway. (and if you don’t know what the segway, is, perfect.) i’m talking to folks in education, at schools and universities as an insider and outsider, and sometimes it sounds like people are talking about the segway when they’re talking about AI in education.
Valuing Teachers For More Than Just The Climb
It was like staying in a school, actually teaching and working in a school for years (more than two years if you want to really get down to it), is somehow an indication of your worth in the field of education. Meaning your worth is inversely connected to your years looking at students in the eyes every day.