Summary: <p style="text-align: justify;">I’ve been wanting to have Rich Czyz on PodcastPD since Chris, AJ, and I re-launched the podcast in January 2017. An engaging PD facilitator and advocate for QUALITY professional development, Rich’s voice, message, and ideas are a natural fit for PodcastPD. During the conversation, we discuss what makes PD relevant, how to create PD educators want to attend, and building habits for a writerly life. We know this episode will help you set some amazing PD goals.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-408 size-full" src="http://podcastpd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/podcastpd-sketchnote-012.jpg" alt="" width="766" height="495"></p> <p> </p> <h4>Featured Content</h4> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Rich Czyz</strong>, author of <span style="font-weight: 400;">The 4 o’clock Faculty site and book, shares strategies for creating meaningful and relevant PD for all educators. He discusses how to move beyond sit and get learning toward PD that is engaging, models best practices, offers voice and choice, </span><b>and</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> includes elements of fun (think ultimate rock-paper-scissors). The former fifth-grade teacher, come principal, shares his writing habits and what it really means to go ROGUE with your own PD. In the end, we hope that you create your PD cohorts/PLCs and schedule a weekly PD meeting.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Educator and author, Rich Czyz</strong> is on a mission to revolutionize professional learning for all educators. In The Four O’Clock Faculty: A Rogue Guide to Revolutionizing Professional Development, Rich identifies ways to make PD meaningful, efficient, and, above all, personally relevant. This book is a practical guide that reveals why some PD is so awful and what you can do to change the model for the betterment of you and your colleagues.</span></p> <h4>Links and Resources</h4> <ul> <li><a class="twitter-follow-button" href="https://twitter.com/raczyz">Follow @raczyz</a></li> <li><a href="https://fouroclockfaculty.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4 O’clock Faculty</a></li> <li><a href="http://amzn.to/2vwHyEE" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Four O’Clock Faculty: A Rogue Guide to Revolutionizing Professional Development</span></i></a></li> <li><a href="http://amzn.to/2wiG0kc">The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors</a></li> <li><a href="http://worldrps.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Rock Paper Scissor Society</a></li> </ul> <h4>What Are We Listening To</h4> <p><strong>Chris: <span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://overcast.fm/+Hyig07DNA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">StartEDUp with Don Wettrick – guest Gary Vee</a>! – Followed up with watching A LOT of GV YouTube videos.</span></strong><strong><br> </strong></p> <p><strong>Stacey: </strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1201339595/podcastpd-anytime-anywhere-learning-for-educators" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">#PodcastPD</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1122025600/ungeniused" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UnGeniused Podcast</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1028877816/the-yarn" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Yarn Podcast</span></a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Rich:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://overcast.fm/+Gsa0BMdZE" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Malc</span></a></li> </ul>
