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2012 Summer Conference

Learn about effective new programs and practices and join with colleagues in advancing a positive agenda for the future. July 1-3, St. Louis, Mo.

 

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Leading Professional Development

ASCD's Online Professional Development Solution

PD QuickKit® publications are the first step in ASCD's online professional development solution. 

For a more in-depth look at a topic, look for related PD In Focus™ or PD Online™ courses.

  • PD In Focus™ is an award-winning, Web-based professional development application that provides ongoing collaborative professional development for learning groups. 

  • PD Online™ courses provide educators with in-depth, self-paced courses featuring research-based education practices and strategies.

 

The next time you want to introduce educators to a new education topic with an effective professional development presentation or a powerful multimedia workshop, you need a PD QuickKit® publication.

Each PD QuickKit has all the resources you need to put together your professional development experience—integrated video, PowerPoint slides, background readings, and implementation tools—all for only $39 (ASCD members), $59 (nonmembers).

And best of all, you don't have to wait for your materials to be delivered or pay mailing costs. Everything arrives on your computer through an instant download.


What You Get in Every PD QuickKit

  • An e-book introduces the topic, reviews key learnings, describes the research basis, and explains steps to start using the new idea.
  • Implementation tools help you and your colleagues apply the new ideas to accomplish specific goals for your school.
  • A PowerPoint presentation, with presenter notes, helps you highlight major points about the topic, guide others in understanding and implementing it, and execute every step so that the new ideas are part of daily practice.
  • Video clips featuring acknowledged experts brings the new concepts to life and shows the research-based practices in action.

Be sure to get enough PD QuickKit publications for every member of your team or everyone participating in your workshop so that they can all benefit from the background readings, tools, and implementation steps.


Easy, Cost-Effective, and Powerful

There's no easier, more cost-effective way to create a professional development experience for classroom teachers and school administrators at every level.

An easy, one-step download gives you the power to

  • Give colleagues an overview of the latest strategies and theories on a research-based education practice.
  • Involve everyone in learning and reaching mutual understandings.
  • Create and run a professional development meeting that makes you come off like a pro.
  • Bridge new ideas shared in professional development meetings and actual practice.

PD QuickKit publications are great for individual self-help, too. So you can advance your practice even when you don't have a group opportunity to learn.