How to Give Good PD to Teachers

The process of giving PD is intimidating because I know that what I hear from a lot of teachers that I know they just dread it. It's just an awful awful feeling and so nobody wants to put themselves at the front of that room knowing what all the grumblings are. We're going to be focusing in this interview on the second one which is called engage emotions but before that in the book you sort of summarize what the research tells us about psychological safety and learning. When we are afraid children and adults when we're afraid our brains basically shut down if we feel like someone especially someone in power poses a threat to our well-being.