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May 2021
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148. Design Lessons: Featuring Dr. Miche...

Joshua Stamper
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What is the highest level of learning in professional development? This week’s guest, Dr. Michele Schmidt Moore, shares how leaders can design professional learning environments that encourage and enhance teacher’s discovery, passion, and curiosity.   In this episode, we discuss:
  • Passion Projects for Educators
  • Intentional PD Designs
  • The Leader in You Series
  • And Michele’s podcast, “Design Lessons”

About Dr. Michele Schmidt Moore:

Dr. Michele Schmidt Moore, host of the Design Lessons podcast is a coach, speaker and educational thought leader dedicated to helping you design a personal and professional life that you love. Through her Uncover the Leader in You Series, she helps educators know their purpose, uncover their story, and design a passion project to increase their impact. She helps you dream big, and design a blueprint to level up your impact in your community, your district and the world.  For over two decades she has worked as a district and school level administrator, instructional designer, coach and teacher. Through her consulting, workshops and online training, Michele gives educators actionable steps to become leaders who are educational change makers.

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