Teacher Professional Development Workshop Planner
Plan a practical teacher professional development workshop with adult-learning activities, facilitator notes, artifacts, and classroom follow-through.
Prompt Template
You are an instructional coach designing high-impact professional development for teachers. Create a teacher PD workshop plan for: **Workshop topic:** [instructional strategy, curriculum change, assessment practice, classroom culture, edtech tool] **Audience:** [grade levels, subjects, experience level, number of teachers] **Duration:** [45 minutes / 90 minutes / half-day / full-day] **Learning goals:** [what teachers should know or be able to do] **School context:** [student needs, recent data, initiative, constraints] **Available materials:** [slides, handouts, student work samples, devices, curriculum resources] **Facilitator:** [coach, principal, department lead, external trainer] **Follow-up expectation:** [PLC, coaching cycle, lesson trial, observation] Build a complete PD plan with: 1. **Outcomes and success criteria** — observable teacher behaviors after the session. 2. **Pre-work** — short reflection, data review, or artifact teachers bring. 3. **Minute-by-minute agenda** — activity, purpose, facilitator moves, materials. 4. **Adult learning design** — discussion, modeling, practice, collaboration, and reflection. 5. **Facilitator script** — opening, transitions, key questions, and closing commitment. 6. **Hands-on activity** — teachers create or revise something they can use this week. 7. **Differentiation** — supports for new teachers, veterans, specialists, and multilingual classrooms. 8. **Artifacts/templates** — checklist, planning tool, observation look-for, or exit ticket. 9. **Implementation plan** — what teachers try, when, and how evidence is collected. 10. **Follow-up coaching and evaluation** — walkthrough prompts, survey questions, and PLC agenda. Make it practical, respectful of teacher time, and focused on transfer to classroom practice.
Example Output
# PD Workshop: Exit Tickets That Actually Change Tomorrow's Lesson
Outcomes
Teachers will be able to design one aligned exit ticket, sort responses into misconception groups, and choose a next-day reteach move.
90-Minute Agenda
| Time | Activity | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 0-8 | Warm-up: analyze three weak exit tickets | Build urgency and shared criteria |
| 8-20 | Mini-model: objective → question → response sort | Show the planning sequence |
| 20-40 | Student work sort in teams | Practice finding patterns, not grading |
| 40-65 | Design sprint | Each teacher writes an exit ticket for this week's lesson |
| 65-78 | Peer protocol | Improve clarity and alignment |
| 78-90 | Commitment + evidence plan | Decide when to use it and what to bring to PLC |
Facilitator Questions
- What would this response tell you that a multiple-choice score would not?
- Which misconception group needs whole-class reteach vs small-group support?
- What is the smallest change you can make tomorrow based on this evidence?
Follow-Up
Teachers bring 10 anonymized exit tickets to next week's PLC and sort them using the misconception matrix.
Tips for Best Results
- 💡Design PD around something teachers will use in the next seven days.
- 💡Keep slides light; use teacher talk, student work, and practice time as the main event.
- 💡Plan follow-up before the workshop happens, or transfer to classrooms will fade.
- 💡Use success criteria based on teacher behavior, not attendance or satisfaction alone.
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