"After attending PD That Changes Practice Workshop, facilitating transformational PD, even within a state-mandated literacy program, feels much more possible now. Since the workshop, our team has adopted the What/Why/How agenda, built shared planning protocols around purpose, and become far more intentional about adult engagement, reflection, and emotional safety. We’ve since facilitated learning for 300+ teachers, and this work has fundamentally changed how we design PD."

Noelle T.

Early Literacy Coach

"After attending PD That Changes Practice, I know that sharing an agenda and collecting participant data prior to a training has been very helpful in setting the context and a predictable environment. This has reduced potential barriers that may arise before the training begins. Participants know what they are doing, why they are doing it, and how they will get there. I appreciated how [the Bright Morning presenter] reinforced pausing and paraphrasing during the facilitation. She was attending fully to ensure all voices were heard, even if it was in the chat or a verbal contribution."

Brittany L.

Manager of Resident Development

"After attending PD That Changes Practice Workshop, I find that I have a much easier time tending to the emotions in the room. I'm not afraid to recognize and address the emotional component of the learning in a way that hopefully improves the psychological safety of the learning environment. I've also found that having clarity of purpose has been transformational to keeping every step of the learning in a session meaningful. This clarity of purpose has also allowed me to focus on the key learning goals as I design, so that I can ensure enough processing time for the new learning. Becky provided an exemplar model throughout, which inspired me and my team to apply this learning to our work immediately. We used the tools and strategies we learned to design and execute a PD session for a state-level audience, and the feedback confirmed how impactful the session was. We have created a planning protocol based on what we learned, and we use it regularly now for all of our sessions. We truly owe our success to Becky for modeling so well and making the learning comprehensible and relevant."

Jaime N.

Literacy Coach

"Prior to starting this workshop, I was looking for a way to make professional development a more intentional and meaningful experience. During professional development workshops, there is sometimes no built-in time to reflect and develop the ideas further. Also, there is often no follow-up after the event to see what learnings have taken root. [PD That Changes Practice Workshop] helped me to incorporate the what, why and how into many areas - not just professional development. I have built in time for pair sharing, small group work, and collective sharing."

Karen F.

Head of School

"This workshop offered valuable resources, strategies, and opportunities for active participation that I can immediately apply and refer to moving forward. I am truly grateful for this experience."

Jonathan F.

"The impact of this workshop will allow me to be my authentic self when I present to my team and school. I can find an opening that will help engage learners while also allowing them to feel safe and confident in the environment."

Avis C.

"This PD has allowed me to "refind" a part of myself I lost. It has been so incredible. This is my second time for this one- and I brought along 3 people with me... and I will continue to keep bringing anyone who works with adults. I am shifting my thinking from delivering PD to designing learning experiences that empower people to transform their educational spaces."

Wendy D.

"This workshop is perfect if you want to engage in meaningful learning and connect with other professionals in the field. It is so thoughtfully crafted and facilitated, and it definitely invites deeper reflection after the PD is over. Highly recommended!"

Katarina B.

"As someone with extensive experience in facilitating adult learning and having benefited from effective facilitation in my own workplace, I still found this session to be fresh, helpful, and informative. I gained new insights that I will immediately apply both with my team and in my work facilitating adult learning."

Stacy L.

"This workshop was an extremely engaging and enriching opportunity. I added many tools to my facilitation toolbox and have a much deeper understanding of the importance of my role as a facilitator and how I show up and hold space for collective learning."

Ellen Z.

"I have facilitated professional development for over 15 years and this session focused me in a way others haven't before. I am able to be a more reflective facilitator because of what I learned here."

Christina O.

"This training impacted the way I connect with my audience, plan, and facilitate PD. I was given time to connect with others, receive and give feedback, and time to practice what I was learning. There are many strategies I came away with for me to use. I would recommend this to anyone no matter how long you have been a facilitator because it gives everyone a new lens in designing successful PD."

Ann T.

"If you are looking to take your PD, team meetings, staff development meetings, and workshops to another level, this workshop is for you! PD that Changes Practice Workshop was empowering and thoughtfully designed... It validated my current work and allowed me to go deeper."

Precious W.