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By: Ryan Steuer, CEO
Magnify Learning
Dallas, TX
@ryansteuer
How do you know if professional development is going to be awesome?
How do you pick between all the Project Based Learning options?
How do you know you'll be able to use this work in your classroom next year?
If you're going to give up 3 days in the summer to learn Project Based Learning, you want to make sure you're learning with the right people. At Magnify Learning we've trained over 10,000 Educators in Project Based learning. I claim the most important time of a PBL workshop is the first 10 minutes. In the first 10 minutes the 30 teachers in the room are going to decide if it's going to be an awesome 3 days or if it's going to be a waste of time for these 3 days.
In this blog, I'm going to share with you some of the testimonials we've received from these 10,000+ educators over the last decade. I'm also going to add context to their comments so that you know why teachers love Magnify Learning workshops.
Here are some testimonials from teachers just like you!
“I enjoyed being able to create a new PBL unit for a new school year with a new grade level!”
PBL Unit In Your Grade Level and Your Content Area
When you leave a Magnify Learning PBL Workshop, you leave with a PBL unit in your content area and your grade level. You leave this professional development Workshop with a unit you can implement the next school year. During the entire workshop, you will create artifacts that you will use in your classroom. You are not theorizing about ideas you may apply at a future date. It is work that you can immediately apply to your classroom with your learners.
“I enjoyed getting
feedback from peers and sharing ideas with them.”
Tuning Protocols
In every Project Based Learning Workshop that we run at Magnify Learning we run tuning protocols. Tuning Protocols are a structured way for you to get feedback from other participants. When you take part in a tuning protocol, you get to hear really great PBL unit ideas, and you get feedback on your PBL unit idea. Whether it's in-person at the PBL Movement Conference, on-site at your school or a virtual workshop, you will have a tuning protocol in your PBL Workshop.
“I liked that throughout the training we were experiencing a PBL and are walking away with completed units.”
Live a PBL
Because Project Based Learning is different from the traditional teaching that you may have grown up with, you need to experience the flow of a Project Based Learning classroom. Magnify Learning PBL workshops are set up so you can live out a PBL while building a PBL. We want you to feel the energy and excitement in an Entry Event and the moment after an entry event when you realize you have a large task ahead of you that you don't know how to do. Your learners are going to feel the same thing. We are going to lead you through need-to-know workshops on everything you need to learn. It helps to build trust with facilitators and helps your students build trust with you. Living the PBL process while building a PBL is a game-changing win.
“There was a good balance between instruction, team interaction, and work time.”
Time to Build Your PBL
If you go to a conference and learn something but have to build it later, those ideas tend to go into a pile of other conference ideas that never get implemented. At a Magnify Learning PBL Workshop, you have time to build out your PBL unit while you're in the room with PBL Certified educators who help you build and refine your work. You need time, protocols, processes, and mindset work to build a PBL that is truly impactful. You need time to process; you need time to collaborate; time to build. In a Magnify Learning PBL Workshop, we give you that time.
“It was interactive and everyone’s voice was heard.”
Interactive and Safe Culture
We model a learning environment in a PBL Workshop that mirrors what you want in your classroom. You want your learners to be active, to be learning, and to be safe. You want them to be safe to try new things and fail. You want them to have conversations and stretch and try new ideas. You want your learners to be in a safe environment where they can become their best selves. The best way to create that interactive and safe culture is to experience that interactive and safe culture.
We would love you to join us for a future Magnify Learning PBL Workshop. You can join us virtually, in-person at a PBL Movement Conference, or we can customize a PBL On-Site Workshop just for you and your staff.
You are right to investigate Project Based Learning. It is the way that you've always wanted to teach. Jump into a Magnify Learning PBL Workshop today to see what your positive testimonial will be!
I’m Ryan Steuer – author and thought leader who specializes in Project Based Learning training, coaching, community, and content to help educational leaders fulfill their vision of deeper learning in their schools. I’ve worked with leaders in school districts of all sizes, from 400 students to 100,000 students. These visionary leaders care about their students, but they are often stressed, overworked, and overwhelmed with the work ahead of them. That’s where I come in! I help leaders achieve their PBL vision, lead their staff, AND stop working weekends.
When I’m not guiding school leaders through Project Based Learning mindset shifts, I am outdoors with my wife and 5 kids - canoeing, hiking, biking, and traveling the US in our RV.
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