{"id":2619,"date":"2016-02-23T06:17:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T14:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2016-03-16T06:16:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T13:16:12","slug":"learning-on-the-edge-reflections-on-pro-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/learning-on-the-edge-reflections-on-pro-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning on the Edge &#8211; Reflections on Pro-D"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<p class=\"entry-title\">\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2620\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2016\/02\/northvikingband-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"northvikingband\" width=\"256\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2016\/02\/northvikingband-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2016\/02\/northvikingband.jpg 538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>We just finished a districtwide Pro-D, where for the first time we squeezed 2000 people into one building. So parking was\u00a0quite hairy and the deluge of rain didn\u2019t help matters. Once inside, the atmosphere was positively electrifying (thanks to the facilitators and participants). Our opening started with North\u2019s own Viking marching band, keynote\u00a0<strong>Abe Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.childrensaidsociety.org\/news\/2013\/children%E2%80%99s-aid-society-names-abelardo-fern%C3%A1ndez-director-collective-impact\" target=\"_blank\">Director of\u00a0Collective Impact, the Children\u2019s Aid Society\u00a0and Co-director of South Bronx Rising Together<\/a>) and then hundreds of workshops and \u2018edcamp-ish\u2019 conversations to choose. My team of three led four sessions \u2013 a crazy rewarding day of connected energy.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><em>Here are some things I learned:<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Building community and togetherness is everything even though the only building that can handle the numbers is a very old one! Crossed our fingers as fuses blew\u2026but all was wonderfully organized. North&#8217;s school staff and students were amazing!<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2016\/02\/Comfort-Zone-Quote.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2621 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2016\/02\/Comfort-Zone-Quote-300x186.png\" alt=\"Comfort Zone Quote\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2016\/02\/Comfort-Zone-Quote-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2016\/02\/Comfort-Zone-Quote-1024x634.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2016\/02\/Comfort-Zone-Quote-600x371.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2016\/02\/Comfort-Zone-Quote.png 1123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>New experiences have to be connected to what you understand and then move from there<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Individuals make personal conscious decisions to learn new things. What is ultimately worth learning is difficult and messy. It takes courage to make the leap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sometimes people will try something only because they know you will support them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>When you see something with a new lens, you can never go back<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2622\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2016\/02\/myquote_changethelens-300x203.png\" alt=\"myquote_changethelens\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2016\/02\/myquote_changethelens-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2016\/02\/myquote_changethelens-600x406.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2016\/02\/myquote_changethelens.png 611w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pro-D, while meant as a learning experience, is really an event. How will you carry these ignited sparks and these\u00a0challenges to thinking into your classrooms and offices? That\u2019s where the magic happens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We just finished a districtwide Pro-D, where for the first time we squeezed 2000 people into one building. So parking was\u00a0quite hairy and the deluge of rain didn\u2019t help matters. Once inside, the atmosphere was positively electrifying (thanks to the facilitators and participants). Our opening started with North\u2019s own Viking marching band, keynote\u00a0Abe Fern\u00e1ndez (Director&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83,84],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2619"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2653,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619\/revisions\/2653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}