What Makes PD Transformational: Episode 282

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March 2, 2026

Best-selling author and coaching expert, Elena Aguilar, brings weekly tips, tools, and wisdom to educators with one goal: to help you thrive.

If you’ve ever led a PD session that felt great in the moment but didn’t lead to real change, this episode is for you. Elena Aguilar shares the 3 B’s framework—behavior, beliefs, and ways of being—and how to use it to design professional learning that sticks.

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Reflection questions:

Which of the 3 B’s do you tend to emphasize in your facilitation—and which ones do you overlook?
Think of a past session. Did it support any shifts in beliefs or ways of being? Why or why not?
What’s one small change you could make to your next PD that invites people into deeper transformation?

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