WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.024 --> 00:00:01.844 Welcome to the Catholic School Leaders Podcast. 00:00:01.844 --> 00:00:04.294 My name is John Mahalio, the President and Founder of 00:00:04.294 --> 00:00:06.114 Elementary Advancement Solutions. 00:00:06.224 --> 00:00:10.044 The goal of this podcast is to connect Catholic school leaders from across the 00:00:10.044 --> 00:00:12.884 world to help it grow Catholic education. 00:00:13.284 --> 00:00:15.224 Visit us at elementaryadvancement. 00:00:15.274 --> 00:00:18.354 com to see how we can help you make advancement seem 00:00:18.354 --> 00:00:19.584 elementary at your school. 00:00:19.820 --> 00:00:20.740 Well, how are you today? 00:00:21.040 --> 00:00:25.605 I'm guessing that, uh, Summer months are here, getting ready for that 00:00:25.605 --> 00:00:29.481 school year ahead, getting ready for, everything that comes with that 00:00:29.541 --> 00:00:31.551 excitement of a new school year. 00:00:31.961 --> 00:00:35.801 And, uh, with that comes professional development. 00:00:36.281 --> 00:00:40.911 Meaningful, professional development at your school is something that makes 00:00:40.911 --> 00:00:45.401 your school not only a better place for your teachers, but for your students. 00:00:45.891 --> 00:00:49.071 Now it doesn't have to happen in one day and then go away. 00:00:49.491 --> 00:00:54.571 It can be something that is ongoing, something that is Uh, helps your teachers 00:00:54.601 --> 00:01:00.541 grow and something that, really provides them with a, a, boost of vitamin C 00:01:00.961 --> 00:01:04.921 to take back to their classrooms and make them better and more efficient 00:01:04.951 --> 00:01:06.801 and more effective in their jobs. 00:01:07.201 --> 00:01:09.421 So why don't more schools make this a priority? 00:01:09.491 --> 00:01:12.201 Well, we're going to talk about that a little bit today, but before I get into 00:01:12.201 --> 00:01:15.820 that, just a quick favor, if I can 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--> 00:01:49.366 And so I can't say thank you enough for doing this. 00:01:49.683 --> 00:01:52.203 if you're a new listener, I hope you enjoyed today's episode. 00:01:52.203 --> 00:01:54.753 There's a lot of other previous episodes with great guests. 00:01:54.803 --> 00:01:57.523 I encourage you to go back and, and check those out too. 00:01:57.734 --> 00:02:00.464 Um, give them a like and if you find something that you feel would 00:02:00.474 --> 00:02:02.927 be beneficial to someone else, be sure to share it with them. 00:02:02.937 --> 00:02:04.958 So, let's talk about professional development. 00:02:04.958 --> 00:02:09.048 And, and when I hear professional development, um, usually the 00:02:09.058 --> 00:02:13.098 things that I hear from schools are why they can't do it. 00:02:13.258 --> 00:02:14.438 So let's start right there. 00:02:14.908 --> 00:02:20.798 with the things that I hear most or that I have heard in my time as a school 00:02:20.798 --> 00:02:26.274 administrator, 20 years, 15 years in a Catholic school of why schools don't 00:02:26.564 --> 00:02:28.174 do professional development, okay? 00:02:28.234 --> 00:02:29.764 Tell me if any of these sound familiar. 00:02:29.854 --> 00:02:31.941 Number one, we can't afford to do it. 00:02:32.556 --> 00:02:36.296 Number two, we just don't have the time to do it. 00:02:36.956 --> 00:02:41.184 Uh, number three, I've just got too many subject areas, there's nothing 00:02:41.184 --> 00:02:44.934 out there that's a one size fits all, so We're just not going to do it. 00:02:45.974 --> 00:02:50.324 Number four, teachers just want to be left alone to teach. 00:02:50.664 --> 00:02:52.854 They don't want any more professional development. 00:02:52.854 --> 00:02:54.024 It's wasting their time. 00:02:54.552 --> 00:02:57.952 And number five, well you have to actually leave campus for professional 00:02:57.952 --> 00:02:59.362 development to be any good. 00:02:59.602 --> 00:03:01.422 You know, so we, we can't really do that. 00:03:01.422 --> 00:03:04.568 And that goes back to usually number one, if we can't afford it, and the 00:03:04.568 --> 00:03:09.858 cycle continues and your teachers are thirsting for professional development 00:03:09.928 --> 00:03:13.428 and, and we need to give that to them, but we keep hearing these reasons 00:03:13.428 --> 00:03:14.818 for why we can't give it to them. 00:03:14.828 --> 00:03:15.148 So. 00:03:15.843 --> 00:03:19.993 As a school, I don't care what your financial situation is, your location 00:03:19.993 --> 00:03:24.253 is, your enrollment is, You can provide your faculty with professional 00:03:24.253 --> 00:03:26.283 development on an ongoing basis. 00:03:26.293 --> 00:03:30.273 And we can dispel a lot of these myths right away, one at a time. 00:03:30.273 --> 00:03:31.693 So, let's break them down here. 00:03:31.693 --> 00:03:34.423 Number one, we can't afford to do it. 00:03:34.513 --> 00:03:36.983 And now I'm going to ask you to look at this another way, and I'm going 00:03:36.983 --> 00:03:38.303 to state it to you a different way. 00:03:38.613 --> 00:03:42.973 And that is that you can't afford not to do it as a school. 00:03:43.415 --> 00:03:45.915 There's an old story by Stephen Covey that goes something like this. 00:03:46.145 --> 00:03:48.445 The executive said to Uh, him. 00:03:48.755 --> 00:03:52.005 What if we provide our team with this growth opportunity and this 00:03:52.095 --> 00:03:55.275 development and they leave and go work for another company? 00:03:55.900 --> 00:03:59.660 And Stephen Covey's reply to them was, Well, what if we don't and they stay here? 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:03.150 By making your team better, you can improve your school. 00:04:03.850 --> 00:04:07.610 You're going to enhance your school, which improves your brand as a school. 00:04:08.020 --> 00:04:09.140 It's going to lead to more growth. 00:04:09.490 --> 00:04:12.110 It's going to lead to more substantial student achievement. 00:04:12.320 --> 00:04:16.130 It's going to lead to a happier faculty that you're going to have because they're 00:04:16.130 --> 00:04:18.320 experiencing growth as individuals. 00:04:18.700 --> 00:04:19.470 So how do you afford it? 00:04:19.520 --> 00:04:20.650 Well, a couple of things you can do. 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:23.445 Number one, Your school can claim Title II funds. 00:04:23.525 --> 00:04:27.621 They're something that your school is entitled to, even as a Catholic school. 00:04:27.711 --> 00:04:29.361 These funds are yours. 00:04:29.791 --> 00:04:30.941 You're entitled to them. 00:04:30.961 --> 00:04:33.031 Public school, private school, doesn't matter. 00:04:33.231 --> 00:04:36.271 Contact your local county offices if you're not taking 00:04:36.271 --> 00:04:37.521 advantage of these right now. 00:04:38.221 --> 00:04:41.041 And you can usually find the person that's in charge of federal programming. 00:04:41.581 --> 00:04:44.091 Sometimes it's got to jump through some hoops to do them. 00:04:44.101 --> 00:04:46.601 Some counties are more willing to work with you than others. 00:04:47.051 --> 00:04:48.241 But these are your funds. 00:04:48.351 --> 00:04:51.704 If you need help with these, we'd be happy to speak with you about it, and see 00:04:51.724 --> 00:04:53.264 if we can help you obtain these funds. 00:04:53.264 --> 00:04:54.604 But these funds are yours. 00:04:54.924 --> 00:04:58.514 There's a dollar amount that's assigned, usually based upon enrollment from the 00:04:58.514 --> 00:05:01.004 previous year, and an allotted amount. 00:05:01.044 --> 00:05:03.134 Maybe it might be, you know, twenty, twenty or twenty five 00:05:03.134 --> 00:05:04.734 dollars, whatever the case might be. 00:05:05.099 --> 00:05:08.159 But you can spend this money on any sort of professional development 00:05:08.159 --> 00:05:09.289 as long as it's been approved. 00:05:09.289 --> 00:05:13.719 And so, work with your county, get to know your, um, person that does 00:05:13.719 --> 00:05:17.059 the, the, the federal funding and the federal programs in your county. 00:05:17.288 --> 00:05:18.928 and, and take advantage of those funds. 00:05:19.008 --> 00:05:20.458 So, that's number one. 00:05:20.518 --> 00:05:21.768 And that's, that's free money. 00:05:21.838 --> 00:05:23.418 It's free money that you're entitled to. 00:05:23.541 --> 00:05:26.659 other sources, they can come from line items in your budget. 00:05:26.727 --> 00:05:30.717 certain donors will be willing to give gifts for a specific program. 00:05:30.717 --> 00:05:33.642 But if you tell them, hey We've got this opportunity, but it 00:05:33.692 --> 00:05:35.012 costs X amount of dollars. 00:05:35.063 --> 00:05:37.293 would you be willing to sponsor us to make our school better? 00:05:37.293 --> 00:05:39.043 I guarantee you there's people out there. 00:05:39.383 --> 00:05:41.173 that are just willing to do that. 00:05:41.183 --> 00:05:44.433 And if you just have those conversations and then they know that they're 00:05:44.443 --> 00:05:46.263 making your school a better place. 00:05:46.653 --> 00:05:49.843 So even if you can't afford to pay big bucks for professional development, 00:05:50.183 --> 00:05:53.703 you can still have it happen at your school, but don't be afraid to 00:05:53.703 --> 00:05:58.343 invest in your school and invest in your people and invest in yourself. 00:05:58.573 --> 00:05:59.578 Such an important thing. 00:06:00.168 --> 00:06:03.018 So, myth number one, debunked. 00:06:03.588 --> 00:06:07.958 Myth number two, we just don't have the time to do it. 00:06:08.588 --> 00:06:09.578 Well, here's what I'm going to say to that. 00:06:09.578 --> 00:06:12.528 If you don't have the time, make the time. 00:06:12.858 --> 00:06:15.738 You have faculty meetings, it's a great opportunity. 00:06:15.738 --> 00:06:19.538 I'm going to guess most schools have faculty meetings at least once a month. 00:06:19.818 --> 00:06:23.158 This is a great opportunity to provide meaningful professional development 00:06:23.168 --> 00:06:25.468 to your faculty in smaller chunks. 00:06:25.781 --> 00:06:29.111 Perfect opportunity to flip the script on your meetings to make 00:06:29.111 --> 00:06:30.701 them impactful to your team. 00:06:31.131 --> 00:06:34.131 Now, as you walk your school, there's no bigger compliment that you can 00:06:34.141 --> 00:06:36.891 give to one of your teachers than asking them to say, hey, I really 00:06:36.891 --> 00:06:38.281 like the way you're doing this. 00:06:38.441 --> 00:06:40.901 Would you consider presenting this to our faculty? 00:06:40.901 --> 00:06:43.831 Now, some will be like, absolutely, let's do it right now. 00:06:43.831 --> 00:06:46.931 And I have this 42 page PowerPoint already put together. 00:06:47.276 --> 00:06:50.856 Others may be a little more reluctant and may need some convincing, but 00:06:50.876 --> 00:06:54.617 every one of our schools has talented faculty members right now, right 00:06:54.617 --> 00:06:56.267 now that are on our current teams. 00:06:56.897 --> 00:07:00.717 Let them learn from each other and help them to grow together. 00:07:01.047 --> 00:07:05.067 And we all know that there's some teachers that are eager to understand 00:07:05.067 --> 00:07:07.137 the buzz of what's going on in Mr. 00:07:07.137 --> 00:07:08.667 Jones's classroom or Mrs. 00:07:08.667 --> 00:07:10.927 Smith's classroom or whatever the case might be. 00:07:11.217 --> 00:07:13.317 Uh, you know, I hear all the kids talking about this. 00:07:13.327 --> 00:07:15.177 What, what, what is this person doing? 00:07:15.177 --> 00:07:16.357 And how can I learn from them? 00:07:16.701 --> 00:07:19.161 Uh, too many principals, I think, think faculty meetings just need 00:07:19.161 --> 00:07:22.751 to revolve around the principal being the center of attention. 00:07:23.081 --> 00:07:26.981 And they give their teachers a lot of information that could be 00:07:26.981 --> 00:07:29.041 read and could be in an email. 00:07:29.401 --> 00:07:32.861 You don't have to be the star of the show and the star of every faculty meeting. 00:07:33.351 --> 00:07:36.681 Trust your people to help each other become better teachers. 00:07:37.171 --> 00:07:40.830 Now, beyond faculty meetings, If one thing COVID gave us was to 00:07:40.830 --> 00:07:43.990 learn that online trainings are something you can participate in 00:07:43.990 --> 00:07:45.300 without even leaving your school. 00:07:45.840 --> 00:07:47.950 And there's a lot of opportunities out there for teachers to 00:07:47.950 --> 00:07:49.540 participate in workshops. 00:07:49.810 --> 00:07:53.850 Uh, they might be a few hours a day, they might be a day or two, and they require 00:07:53.850 --> 00:07:55.870 just minimal disruption to the school day. 00:07:56.345 --> 00:07:59.625 Now, you're, you're paying for a substitute teachers each year. 00:07:59.625 --> 00:08:01.235 You probably put that in your line item. 00:08:01.695 --> 00:08:05.255 Can you allot some of those funds that are for your substitutes to cover 00:08:05.255 --> 00:08:09.885 professional development needs for teachers to grow and to hone their skills? 00:08:10.175 --> 00:08:14.785 Now, for our leaders, for you to say, well, I don't have the 00:08:14.795 --> 00:08:16.305 time to do these things either. 00:08:16.605 --> 00:08:18.215 Uh, we're going to dispel that myth too. 00:08:18.575 --> 00:08:19.815 There's things out there. 00:08:20.025 --> 00:08:20.325 There's. 00:08:20.970 --> 00:08:23.620 professional groups that you can belong to probably within your 00:08:23.620 --> 00:08:25.770 own diocese, within your own area. 00:08:26.220 --> 00:08:29.950 We offer our mastermind groups for our principals and assistant principals 00:08:29.950 --> 00:08:33.360 and development directors and recruitment and marketing directors. 00:08:33.710 --> 00:08:38.350 It's an opportunity that for you to come together, very little time each month to 00:08:38.350 --> 00:08:43.160 come together with other professionals who are looking to grow and looking to 00:08:43.400 --> 00:08:46.340 sharpen the saw and iron sharpens iron. 00:08:46.790 --> 00:08:49.250 It's a great way to get connected with other leaders who have 00:08:49.250 --> 00:08:50.810 that same interest in improving. 00:08:51.330 --> 00:08:54.820 It takes up very minimal time each month, and it's something that's really going to 00:08:54.830 --> 00:08:58.850 be that, like I said, that shot of vitamin C for you to take forth into your school. 00:08:59.210 --> 00:09:03.750 I guarantee you, when you are putting yourself first, and you are making 00:09:03.760 --> 00:09:07.260 yourself a priority to get better, it's going to make your teachers around 00:09:07.260 --> 00:09:10.310 you more eager to take on professional development opportunities as well. 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:13.525 So, That's something you want to explore, elementaryadvancement. 00:09:13.555 --> 00:09:17.015 com, you can schedule a time for us, check out the tab there about our 00:09:17.015 --> 00:09:20.193 mastermind groups and, try to keep those affordable, and again, something you 00:09:20.193 --> 00:09:21.893 could potentially use title funding for. 00:09:22.193 --> 00:09:26.237 So, myth number three, I have too many teachers teaching 00:09:26.277 --> 00:09:27.827 too many different things. 00:09:28.257 --> 00:09:31.447 There's really no one size fits all, so why even bother? 00:09:31.467 --> 00:09:35.800 Now, no arguments here that certain topics are for certain subjects or certain 00:09:35.800 --> 00:09:39.150 grade levels, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't find a way to make 00:09:39.150 --> 00:09:40.880 it happen to make those people better. 00:09:41.380 --> 00:09:44.800 It's okay to provide training for a subgroup of teachers or a smaller 00:09:44.800 --> 00:09:48.420 group and not require everybody to be present, because it makes those 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:52.320 that are included feel valued, but those not included feel valued as 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.420 well because their time wasn't wasted. 00:09:54.790 --> 00:09:58.115 Now I get it that some skills are essential to have at all grade 00:09:58.115 --> 00:10:01.875 levels, as well as skills that build on each other from year to year. 00:10:02.155 --> 00:10:06.775 So how well your third grade team does to know what your fourth grade 00:10:06.775 --> 00:10:08.385 team is doing can be very valuable. 00:10:08.425 --> 00:10:10.885 Just the same as how your second grade team knows what your third 00:10:10.895 --> 00:10:12.775 grade team doing is very valuable. 00:10:12.775 --> 00:10:17.005 So, Trying to make those efforts to create a day where each team would 00:10:17.005 --> 00:10:21.045 get to spend some time with the grade level below and above them or content 00:10:21.045 --> 00:10:23.202 area together, is so important. 00:10:23.372 --> 00:10:27.282 Now, I think this is great because it helps them to know what the 00:10:27.282 --> 00:10:32.072 students in the classrooms above or below are retaining, but also what 00:10:32.072 --> 00:10:33.662 areas could use some more attention. 00:10:33.945 --> 00:10:37.065 That's a great way for these teachers to share strategies that may have worked 00:10:37.065 --> 00:10:38.435 for students in the previous year. 00:10:38.925 --> 00:10:42.835 And I guarantee you, when you give teachers these days or half days just to 00:10:42.865 --> 00:10:47.865 come together and talk and learn from each other, it helps them because they feel 00:10:47.865 --> 00:10:52.325 truly like professionals and collaborating together is something that's so important. 00:10:52.335 --> 00:10:56.545 So, it's a simple, yet an effective way to provide your faculty with 00:10:56.615 --> 00:10:58.285 informal growth opportunities. 00:10:58.745 --> 00:11:01.355 Don't be afraid to take advantage of these things. 00:11:01.893 --> 00:11:06.323 Myth number four is that teachers just want to teach. 00:11:06.443 --> 00:11:08.993 They don't want to be bothered by these things. 00:11:09.443 --> 00:11:14.373 And, and I think back to that old, um, Farside cartoon where the student, uh, 00:11:14.383 --> 00:11:17.823 raises his hand and he says, Hey, can I be excused because my brain is full? 00:11:18.073 --> 00:11:21.173 everyone gets a chuckle at this because we know that's not possible. 00:11:21.173 --> 00:11:25.173 Now, we all know that our brains might seem to be full some days, uh, but no 00:11:25.173 --> 00:11:29.353 matter how much it may seem like on a hectic day, we all want to learn more. 00:11:29.853 --> 00:11:33.543 And here's a little secret, even those teachers who are going to fight you tooth 00:11:33.543 --> 00:11:37.363 and nail on attending a professional development opportunity, they're going 00:11:37.363 --> 00:11:41.873 to enjoy it, and they're going to want to improve their craft as a teacher if it's 00:11:41.883 --> 00:11:43.973 meaningful and something they can use. 00:11:44.473 --> 00:11:47.393 The key to this, provide your faculty with some professional development 00:11:47.393 --> 00:11:48.813 that has some substance to it. 00:11:49.173 --> 00:11:53.203 So tell everybody, put your phones away for an hour, put your, uh, computers 00:11:53.203 --> 00:11:56.423 away, those papers that you need to grade, or those lesson plans that you 00:11:56.423 --> 00:11:58.913 need to do, or the copies that you need to make, they're gonna be there. 00:11:59.123 --> 00:12:02.253 Just put them away for a little bit and be here and be present. 00:12:02.353 --> 00:12:07.503 Now, You can bring your faculty together and allow them to grow together. 00:12:08.143 --> 00:12:11.243 Almost all of them are going to enjoy and benefit from it. 00:12:11.763 --> 00:12:15.413 When they know they can count on it being ongoing during the school year, 00:12:15.713 --> 00:12:18.293 they're going to embrace this, and they're going to begin to look forward 00:12:18.293 --> 00:12:22.273 to it, and your stronger teachers who are embracing this are going to bring those 00:12:22.273 --> 00:12:23.843 along who may be a little reluctant. 00:12:24.183 --> 00:12:27.117 So, don't buy into that myth that your teachers don't 00:12:27.117 --> 00:12:28.107 want to be bothered with it. 00:12:28.317 --> 00:12:31.197 They want to get better, but they just want to make sure that 00:12:31.197 --> 00:12:34.977 it's meaningful and something they can use in their classrooms. 00:12:35.304 --> 00:12:39.324 Last myth, you have to leave campus for professional development to be any good. 00:12:39.804 --> 00:12:41.084 Now, I don't disagree. 00:12:41.204 --> 00:12:44.914 There's a lot of value in traveling off campus to a professional development 00:12:44.914 --> 00:12:46.484 or a conference or anything like that. 00:12:46.494 --> 00:12:48.184 No argument at all for me on that one. 00:12:48.794 --> 00:12:49.994 Let's look at the good part of that first. 00:12:49.994 --> 00:12:52.744 The time you spend with colleagues at the event, maybe over a 00:12:52.744 --> 00:12:55.904 meal or socializing, that's a tremendous upside in your building. 00:12:56.034 --> 00:12:59.914 Helps your team, helps them grow together, maybe in a less formal setting. 00:12:59.914 --> 00:13:00.664 I think that's awesome. 00:13:00.814 --> 00:13:02.624 But the bad is this. 00:13:03.304 --> 00:13:05.664 These events can cost a lot of money. 00:13:05.724 --> 00:13:07.074 Maybe you don't have that in your budget. 00:13:07.402 --> 00:13:10.812 Additionally, conference is a great thing to attend, but maybe it lasts two 00:13:10.812 --> 00:13:14.252 or three days, and then you come back to the school and you're trying to catch 00:13:14.252 --> 00:13:17.662 up on things, and apply maybe something that you learned immediately in your 00:13:17.662 --> 00:13:21.802 classroom, but this phone call needs to take place, and this email needs to be 00:13:21.802 --> 00:13:25.971 returned, and these things need to be graded, or whatever the case might be. 00:13:26.342 --> 00:13:29.052 in addition to your responsibilities out of school. 00:13:29.402 --> 00:13:33.392 And so people with families may not be able to take that time to get 00:13:33.392 --> 00:13:37.192 away to a conference that requires a great deal of traveling or to being 00:13:37.192 --> 00:13:38.692 away from home for a couple of days. 00:13:38.722 --> 00:13:40.107 But here's the good news. 00:13:40.408 --> 00:13:44.848 With some creativity, maximizing the resources that you have in your building, 00:13:45.038 --> 00:13:49.068 you can help your teachers grow in their craft as Catholic school educators. 00:13:49.068 --> 00:13:53.348 So let's look at the things you can do here over the first 30, 60, 90 00:13:53.348 --> 00:13:55.028 days all throughout the school year. 00:13:55.318 --> 00:13:58.358 to grow your school's culture in the areas of professional development. 00:13:58.368 --> 00:14:01.888 So, look at the times when your teams are going to be together. 00:14:02.098 --> 00:14:05.098 If you don't already have a calendar of when your faculty meetings are going 00:14:05.098 --> 00:14:08.388 to be for the rest of the year, for the upcoming year, I would put this 00:14:08.388 --> 00:14:11.618 together to tell your teachers at the beginning of the year, when they come 00:14:11.618 --> 00:14:14.678 back, hey, Here's every faculty meeting that we're going to have this year. 00:14:14.678 --> 00:14:16.738 If you're going to have a day where committees are going to meet, if 00:14:16.738 --> 00:14:19.888 you're going to have a day where you're going to allow subject matters to come 00:14:19.888 --> 00:14:24.638 together, but put those dates on the calendar now for people to know when 00:14:24.638 --> 00:14:25.888 your faculty meetings are going to be. 00:14:26.181 --> 00:14:28.866 Uh, include any time commitments, uh, the trainings are going to be. 00:14:28.876 --> 00:14:31.306 If you say something's going to be 60 minutes, make sure it's 60 minutes. 00:14:31.841 --> 00:14:34.801 There's nothing that's going to frustrate somebody more than when 00:14:34.801 --> 00:14:38.131 you tell somebody it's only going to last 60 minutes and it lasts for 90. 00:14:38.661 --> 00:14:42.341 Even if it lasts for 65 minutes, people will give you the stink eye. 00:14:42.431 --> 00:14:46.261 So, if you tell someone they're gonna have three hours to, to complete 00:14:46.261 --> 00:14:48.179 something, don't want to cut them off. 00:14:48.199 --> 00:14:49.812 You want to make sure that, you know, Hey, you're gonna 00:14:49.812 --> 00:14:50.992 have three hours to do this. 00:14:50.992 --> 00:14:52.312 We're gonna give you this three hours to do this. 00:14:52.312 --> 00:14:53.872 Maybe we'll get you subbed throughout the day. 00:14:54.133 --> 00:14:56.899 just make sure that you're adhering and you're respecting those time 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:58.059 constraints that you've given them. 00:14:58.384 --> 00:15:01.164 You want to identify the spaces that you might need to 00:15:01.164 --> 00:15:02.424 provide any sort of training. 00:15:02.594 --> 00:15:06.274 Now, you may have a small conference room, you might have a big cafeteria, you might 00:15:06.274 --> 00:15:09.344 have a big library, but you're going to want to make sure that if you're going 00:15:09.344 --> 00:15:13.374 to do something of this nature, that you have those things, uh, booked and reserved 00:15:13.374 --> 00:15:17.514 to make sure that you don't have double booking or you don't have, uh, maybe a 00:15:17.514 --> 00:15:22.219 parish meeting that's taking place in that same area Because you didn't decide to, 00:15:22.463 --> 00:15:23.936 tell somebody that this was happening. 00:15:23.936 --> 00:15:27.356 So, um, looking at opportunities and looking at where you can have 00:15:27.356 --> 00:15:30.896 those meetings or those professional development opportunities is a big thing. 00:15:31.486 --> 00:15:35.136 Now, I mentioned before about making everybody come to 00:15:35.136 --> 00:15:36.626 something or just certain people. 00:15:36.996 --> 00:15:40.016 Decide who needs to be in what pieces of training ahead of time. 00:15:40.776 --> 00:15:42.736 If it's a full faculty workshop, that's great. 00:15:43.036 --> 00:15:46.216 If it's only going to be certain teachers, let them know. 00:15:46.566 --> 00:15:51.616 And that might sound obvious, but when you tell them why they need to be there 00:15:51.616 --> 00:15:55.250 and who needs to be there, and you want to make sure that you're providing those same 00:15:55.250 --> 00:15:59.282 opportunities for everybody, if you just pick the same small group of people every 00:15:59.282 --> 00:16:03.222 time, you're going to create resentment from others, and the group always having 00:16:03.222 --> 00:16:06.432 to attend is feeling like they're either not doing a good job, or they're being 00:16:06.432 --> 00:16:08.102 picked on, or whatever the case might be. 00:16:08.822 --> 00:16:12.852 Finding those opportunities to decide who needs to be there, but also balancing it 00:16:12.852 --> 00:16:16.972 out so that everybody gets to participate in something is, is really important. 00:16:17.682 --> 00:16:21.892 Now, deciding the focus or the theme that you want your development to be on in 00:16:21.892 --> 00:16:23.822 the trainings is, is important as well. 00:16:23.998 --> 00:16:25.268 what does that success look like? 00:16:25.268 --> 00:16:27.938 Where do you need them to be at the end of the training? 00:16:27.948 --> 00:16:28.928 What are you hoping for? 00:16:28.928 --> 00:16:31.808 What's going to be the, the, the case if they're successful with that? 00:16:32.088 --> 00:16:34.068 Um, what's it going to look like at the halfway mark of that 00:16:34.068 --> 00:16:35.558 if, if success is happening? 00:16:36.003 --> 00:16:39.143 Who's the key players that are going to help you achieve these goals and, 00:16:39.143 --> 00:16:40.733 and how are they going to contribute? 00:16:40.733 --> 00:16:44.573 But just looking at these things with intentionality is so important. 00:16:44.846 --> 00:16:47.690 We went back and started the things with, with cost. 00:16:47.929 --> 00:16:50.849 you do need to look at what costs are associated with any sort of development 00:16:50.849 --> 00:16:52.039 opportunities you're going to provide. 00:16:52.348 --> 00:16:55.678 always providing snacks or drinks or bottled water or 00:16:55.678 --> 00:16:56.638 whatever the case might be. 00:16:56.638 --> 00:17:00.307 Sometimes you can get, Parents to donate something, cookies, or whatever the case 00:17:00.307 --> 00:17:02.457 might be in advance is always a winner. 00:17:02.727 --> 00:17:05.997 Uh, food goes a long way, especially if it's a day that's maybe gonna 00:17:05.997 --> 00:17:08.827 be a longer training or retreat kind of day or things like that. 00:17:09.542 --> 00:17:11.152 Communicating the why! 00:17:11.542 --> 00:17:15.062 behind what you're doing is really, really important with your team. 00:17:15.312 --> 00:17:18.542 I know it's going to sound really overly simplified, but if your group 00:17:18.542 --> 00:17:22.782 knows the benefits and how it's going to help them in the classrooms, they're 00:17:22.782 --> 00:17:24.472 a lot more likely to get behind it. 00:17:24.482 --> 00:17:28.462 So making sure that you're telling them why we're doing something and what it 00:17:28.462 --> 00:17:32.472 is that you're hoping to accomplish and why it's so important to them is really 00:17:32.472 --> 00:17:34.092 going to be a big feather in your cap. 00:17:34.657 --> 00:17:37.647 Give your teachers that you plan to provide the training to, or 00:17:37.647 --> 00:17:41.357 the workshop time to, as much time to prepare as possible. 00:17:41.802 --> 00:17:44.232 Checking in with them, making sure that they're on track to 00:17:44.232 --> 00:17:46.682 meet your expectations, give them that confidence that they need. 00:17:47.042 --> 00:17:50.312 Uh, but letting them know, nobody likes surprises and surprising them 00:17:50.312 --> 00:17:52.722 five minutes before training to tell them that they've got to spend the 00:17:52.722 --> 00:17:56.672 next three hours doing something not going to be well received by anybody. 00:17:56.982 --> 00:17:59.512 Uh, so make sure that you're, you're giving them a heads up. 00:18:00.192 --> 00:18:02.712 And last thing I would say when it comes to professional development, 00:18:02.939 --> 00:18:06.069 oftentimes we do professional development and we don't tell anybody about it. 00:18:06.479 --> 00:18:10.419 Let your parents and your community members know what it is you're doing. 00:18:10.869 --> 00:18:13.749 When you bring your groups together, let them know that, you know, Mr. 00:18:13.749 --> 00:18:14.659 Jones or Mrs. 00:18:14.659 --> 00:18:18.609 Smith provided training on topic ABC for your entire faculty at 00:18:18.659 --> 00:18:19.819 the meeting after school today. 00:18:20.209 --> 00:18:22.809 Put that on social media and watch how much attention you get. 00:18:23.329 --> 00:18:28.099 Communication of this promotes your teachers, it emphasizes growth, and it 00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:31.189 lets parents know what's happening at your faculty meetings, or maybe when a 00:18:31.189 --> 00:18:33.129 teacher is out of the classroom for a day. 00:18:33.639 --> 00:18:37.219 So communicate those things and convey those, that information to your parents. 00:18:37.499 --> 00:18:40.299 It's going to give your parents a lot more confidence in what's 00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:41.609 happening at your school as well. 00:18:42.219 --> 00:18:45.649 Now, there was once a quote by Abraham Lincoln who said, Give me six hours to 00:18:45.649 --> 00:18:49.459 chop down a tree, and I'm going to spend the first four hours sharpening that axe. 00:18:49.854 --> 00:18:53.934 No matter who we are or what we do in life, we can continually 00:18:53.954 --> 00:18:55.794 improve things and get better. 00:18:56.224 --> 00:18:59.364 So look for ways, I hope we've dispelled some of the myths that 00:18:59.364 --> 00:19:03.524 may be associated with professional development in our world of education. 00:19:03.748 --> 00:19:06.368 if we can be of help to you and we can support your school in your 00:19:06.368 --> 00:19:08.828 professional development, like I said, through our masterminds, through 00:19:08.828 --> 00:19:11.758 our coaches, executive coaching, uh, whatever the case might be. 00:19:11.808 --> 00:19:14.548 I'd love to sit down with you and hear more about what your goals are 00:19:14.548 --> 00:19:18.238 at the school and ways to help you provide professional development to 00:19:18.238 --> 00:19:20.398 your faculty in a meaningful way. 00:19:20.658 --> 00:19:22.818 Um, reach out to us at elementaryadvancement. 00:19:22.838 --> 00:19:23.318 com. 00:19:23.378 --> 00:19:24.248 Schedule a time with us. 00:19:24.248 --> 00:19:27.018 Let's do a virtual cup of coffee, hear more about what's happening at your 00:19:27.018 --> 00:19:31.318 school and how we can help advance Catholic education forward at your school.