Lose the Lecture: Engaging Approaches to Early Childhood Professional Learning - Softcover

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Teresa A. Byington, PhD, is a 20-year professional-learning veteran with deep experience as a facilitator, trainer, speaker, and professor. She is currently a professor and specialist in early childhood education for the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension. She has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Young Children, Young Exceptional Children, and The Reading Teacher. Dr. Byington earned her PhD from the University of Nevada–Las Vegas in special education with an emphasis in early childhood education

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Professional development is important, but early childhood professionals get just as bored, worn out, and disengaged from learning as their younger counterparts do. But while pre-K and K-12 classroom learning continues to evolve and improve, adult learners are often left by the wayside! There must be a better way.

Teresa A. Byington brings administrators, coaches, and facilitators a new approach to professional development and adult learning that focuses on the learners--how they think, what they need, and what motivates them to grow. Lose the Lecture features dozens of tips and strategies to engage adult learners and help them thrive in their careers.

• Teach adult learners in the ways they learn best
• Facilitate meaningful group learning
• Coach with the Reflective Strengths-Based Coaching Model
• Learn more than 60 engagement strategies
• Engage participants in honest communication and reflection

Perfect for any professional-learning facilitator--coach, mentor, or early childhood director-- Lose the Lecture helps turn professional learning from a dreaded requirement to a meaningful opportunity. The best part? There's no slide show deck!

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Professional development is important, but early childhood professionals get just as bored, worn out, and disengaged from learning as their younger counterparts do. But while pre-K and K-12 classroom learning continues to evolve and improve, adult learners are often left by the wayside! There must be a better way.

Teresa A. Byington brings administrators, coaches, and facilitators a new approach to professional development and adult learning that focuses on the learners--how they think, what they need, and what motivates them to grow. Lose the Lecture features dozens of tips and strategies to engage adult learners and help them thrive in their careers.

• Teach adult learners in the ways they learn best
• Facilitate meaningful group learning
• Coach with the Reflective Strengths-Based Coaching Model
• Learn more than 60 engagement strategies
• Engage participants in honest communication and reflection

Perfect for any professional-learning facilitator--coach, mentor, or early childhood director-- Lose the Lecture helps turn professional learning from a dreaded requirement to a meaningful opportunity. The best part? There's no slide show deck!