In 2004, I became one of the first P12 online professional learning developers in Colorado. I was newly graduated with my PhD in Instructional Design, a branch of educational technology that studies adult learning strategies within the design and facilitation of training. Training is defined broadly as professional learning, in-person workshops, remote synchronous sessions, games, informal learning opportunities, on-the-job experiences, social learning, self-paced asynchronous sessions,...

I had the opportunity to present about coaching for equity at a P-12 educational conference a few weeks ago. As part of the conversational exchange between participants, we discussed the importance of practicing effective communication in all our conversations; a topic that I decided to share for my Monday Morning Message. Three elements of effective communication involve how the sender and receiver process feelings, data, and credibility within a discussion. The speaker/sender must...

“It is possible to prepare for the future without knowing what it will be. The primary way to prepare for the unknown is to attend to the...