The Absolute WORST Professional Development Sessions We've Ever Attended!

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Buckle up as we dive into the world of professional development in this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty, featuring the incredibly talented comedian and host of Crying in My Car, a podcast for teachers, Devin Siebold! Gabe, Devin, Tell, and Lauran share their most outrageous and hilarious professional development stories, from forgotten departments to surprise presenters.
Devin recounts a county that completely forgot about his department and the ethics violation rundown by a judge that was anything but planned. Meanwhile, Lauran shares her experience of a PD in Houston, emphasizing the importance of keeping things stress-free. Gabe talks about his visits to universities, enlightening future educators on what he wishes he knew before becoming a teacher.
The laughs keep coming as we discuss the various hiccups of PD presentations, teachers sneaking in extra tasks during PDs, and the fleeting impact of supposedly inspiring professional development sessions. Devin also shares his unique approach to PD speaking - comedy in the classroom - and its importance in keeping teachers engaged.
Don't miss this hilarious take on the often absurd world of professional development with the hilarious Devin Siebold. Tune in, laugh out loud, and don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe to The Teachers Off Duty podcast for more comedic insights into the teaching world.
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@justinegray4918 Год назад

My campus paid something like $16,000 for a PD training, and the instructor had NO IDEA what kind of campus she was on. We are Title I, free & reduced lunch, low income housing, etc. She was showing us pictures of classrooms she'd been in previously who had MONEY. For example, she was surprised by the fact that our classrooms didn't have stationary bikes with laptop stands for our students.

@Imbatmn57 8 месяцев назад

Geeze

@anitacutler9961 Год назад

My problem is that we are supposed to differentiate our teaching for individual student needs, yet there is ONE PD for all the teachers Art, Gym, Choir, core subject etc and first year teachers to me 28 years experience.

@latestmoviehouse999 10 месяцев назад

Nice

@JLS1315 Год назад

Gabe’s intense hatred for school brown paper towels will never not be funny

@graceisenoughmusic23 Год назад

fr though they don’t dry your hands AT ALL

@joykinser3444 Год назад

School papertowels are like the top layer of a card boatd box. I have advocated for years to get real paper towels on the watehouse list. Tissues and REAL paper towels are the only thing I ask parents to send.

@laurenberk74 Год назад

So glad mine actually clean things up lol

@janmiller1591 Год назад

My worst was a new teacher mansplaining AP Calculus to me, with 20 years experience teaching it and a PhD in mathematics.

@XX89948 Год назад

Lol take a humble pie and stop being stuck up.... Maybe that could work?

@ghostie7790 Год назад

Wow 😩

@Dom-pi1gj Год назад

Why are you not teaching college or doing something better with a PHD

@Ali-et9mc 10 месяцев назад

Good

@jccaine7522 Год назад

I take my laptop, open a Word doc for "notes" and just do whatever I want. I occasionally type a note in case anyone asks. You can require my body to be there, but you can't require my brain to be there.

@colettedehaan2558 Год назад

Same!

@marka.1882 Год назад

The presenter in the worst PD I ever attended had us practice, for half a day, how to shake hands and make eye contact. The best PDs in my opinion, are the ones that are presented by our peers, and offer great ideas that we can use in future lessons.

@JarrettD12 Год назад

We need a full show of good or garbage with gabe

@excitedaboutlearning1639 Год назад

American professional development sounds insane - lecture after lecture. I'm a college student going for a master's degree in educational sciences. It's basically my third year of a five-year two-degree program. Here in Finland, every teacher needs a master's degree to teach in a school. We don't have national tests except for year 12. We do have a national curriculum, but the methods are not mandated, that is, the teachers get to choose them. Our pay doesn't depend on our students performance on a standardized test made by a for-profit company. The thing is I'm not sure what the standard Finnish teacher professional development is like. I've heard that in some schools they get one person to attend the session and expect that person to teach the rest of the school. The initial teacher training is very systematic and varies by university, but continued professional development is unsystematic. I'm curious to see what my professional development sessions will look like. Thank you for your interesting stories. The fact that so many teachers suck at using computers baffles me. How are these people supposed to teach if they're not even capable of learning and figuring out how to use a device that's been in use for two decades.

@heathersiems7901 7 месяцев назад

We have to do one hour of PD a month, but we get to choose what we want to do. My supervisor told me that watching TOD counts for my PD.

@joykinser3444 Год назад

I was accused by my assistant superintendent of leading 2nd grade teachers in a walk out of PD. We were scheduled for a zoomed training where we were all required to meet in person but the presenter was zoom. The county did not tell them we had been using the text book for 7 years and we had no new teachers in the room. The county facilitator did not interact with the presenter when she needed someone to, so I stept up. As such, I was very kind to her bc it wasn't her fault we already know what she had to present. I do admit that I did use the the "wrap it up" code words so she realeased us early. The "facilitator" who did NOTHING told the Assistant Superintendent that I got all the 2nd grade teachers to walk out. Fortunately my admin backed me after calling me completely freaked out and the presenter confirmed that she did release us early. It is still a joke in 2nd grade and we all look at each other any time we get dismissed early.

@desteni1992 Год назад

I hope those tour shows go amazing and sell out fast that way they hopefully expand and add more dates/locations. Come to Columbus or Cleveland ohio please!!!!!

@cheyennemoore8380 Год назад

Dallas tx too!

@vickeycodella7828 Год назад

Salt Lake City is fun! Come see us!

@Izzy_G15 Год назад

Iowa is too! We are not just corn 🌽

@vickeycodella7828 Год назад

Sooo many, I can’t even name one. They all blend together into one giant, awful nightmare!!!

@jambutt7050 10 месяцев назад

PD is absolutely necessary

@behanbilqees 10 месяцев назад

Teachers and students must watch your videos. Many things will be counseled.

@spklyunicorn Год назад

i worked at a private school. Our PD was a FULL WEEK. Since there were only 60 of us, they knew when you weren't there. Some of the most messed-up ridiculousness went on. We were miserable.

@ranamehfooz-ru1dc 10 месяцев назад

American professional development sounds insane - lecture after lecture.

@kristenpotter7100 Год назад

My worst was this past year. My district bought into this WHOLE YEAR PD about UDL. Every PD we have now is focused on UDL which is exactly what we’ve been doing with a new fancy name. The first day they rolled it out, they shoved the entire district staff into the high school auditorium for a full day PD. It was being run by a guy who had only two years teaching experience in public education back in 2012. After that, all his experience was as an admin in some expensive alternative private school where there were 100 kids K-12. His examples of how to implement ideas were painfully out of touch and downright insulting. Then, they tried sending hundreds of teachers to break out rooms all around the school, so we were running back and forth to the third floor. Also, there wasn’t enough internet for the entire staff to function, so we couldn’t do what we were assigned to do.

@lisak604 Год назад

The moment I was disgusted with PD was when we were discussing suicide prevention resources. Then I went and looked on the school’s website and none of the recommendations were available on their website. So disgusted. District should spend money on things other than mandated PD.

@anniewallace3601 Год назад

My worst was when they had this amazing pd. It was fun. They talked about glitter bombs cheering kids on about everything classroom management using glitter bombs. I was like yeah this is awesome I want to be mrs. Tinker bell pixie dusting every happy choice I see and then after the person left our director said if we do any of that we will get written up and I was like well then you wasted my Saturday morning.....agh!

@HeidiBuss-pd8cw Месяц назад

I taught credit recovery using computer aided individualuzed instruction. I was required to attend all Professional Developments which never applied to my unique situation. It still makes me angry.

@abiabibi4725 10 месяцев назад

Amazing tour

@anitacutler9961 Год назад

My middle school did a 6hour PD for classroom yoga! We could have done it in an hour and work in our rooms. This was the day before school started.

@OtterPenguins Год назад

Devins shirt is absolutely amazing

@minahililyas4694 10 месяцев назад

Thank you dear ❤

@azharmehmood-vv7bi 10 месяцев назад

I hope those tours goes amazing.

@IrishFireEyes 11 месяцев назад

My first year in my district (para, not teacher) my school did the Start With Why and gave each of us the book to read and spent three hours talking about all this stuff the day they gave us the book in a PD. I tried reading it and promptly went to the internet, found out he'd made a TED Talk, and spent the next week talling coworkers (quietly) to spare themselves the time and just find the 20 minute TED Talk. All of our "district" PD days for ESPs have been garbage. They are the same sessions every single one of the 4 days a year we have. Each year they change up the lineup, but it's all the same rubbish. Every session is filled with people who are just bored and like middle schoolers passing notes so we don't disrupt and get called out. The only PD I actively enjoyed was a live zoom PD with a former drug addict talking about the signs and how to approach a student you think might be abusing some substance. That was the most fascinating and honest PD I've ever sat in. Would absolutely sit through that every time because it's useful and interesting.

@kathryntanner9796 Год назад

Don't think it was actually called PD, but at a mandatory meeting, a guy had a whole set-up of kitchenware and proceeded to try to sell us pots and pans for an hour.

@Madara-fy2xn 10 месяцев назад

Best development session so far thanx

@rafiasiddiqui5707 10 месяцев назад

Love this keep the good work

@AzanSon-hz2so 10 месяцев назад

Great job!

@apnipasnd3450 10 месяцев назад

I love listening to these ❤

@zamankhan-zq8il 10 месяцев назад

GREAT!!!!!! episode!!!!!

@laylaward2345 Год назад

Anyone else realize how tell was anxious And Lauran helped go to 17.38 to watch how sweet Woolley is

@Willow_DontCryWillow Год назад

17:38 for anyone wondering :)

@LoudLilDucky Год назад

Wonder why he was anxious then

@Iwenttothewoods1379 6 месяцев назад

lol, everyone forgets about social studies and officially our state has now removed it from our state testing…..

@colettedehaan2558 Год назад

I hate that they throw all kinds of strategies at us and then zero time to integrate them into our current curriculum. I personally latch on to one strategy I like and then spend the rest of the PD organizing how I will add it in the next week. I'm sure all the other strategies are awesome too but I can't add all the things immediately.

@elainefenwick6375 7 месяцев назад

Not quite a PD story, but... I teach in China, and in China they have 'Women's day." On this day, it is traditional to give the ladies little presents. At one of my schools that I worked at, I was given body wash, shampoo, and a coffee. I had a friend who worked at a different school than mine. They called in all the teachers for a 'PD' which turned out to be a tutorial on how to do hair and makeup. It was their 'Women's day' present. *insert the eyeroll of rage here* So ridiculous.

@TahaAsif-r6l 10 месяцев назад

Love this work ❤

@BasitMalik-mq4sp 10 месяцев назад

Well done💯

@Stzeeprofitpro_ho6tp 10 месяцев назад

Fantastic job 👍

@siddiquekhan9714 10 месяцев назад

Very good tour

@hashimkhanhashimkhan4814 10 месяцев назад

Love this keep up .

@BabyMahnoorcraftandvlogs794 10 месяцев назад

Fantastic job

@cheyennemoore8380 Год назад

I’d love a PD by you Mrs. Woolie

@fremontpathfinder8463 Год назад

The PD's I have been forced to endure for the past 21 years have been ridiculous. They always just spout eduspeak. I used to ditch PD at a huge 3 track urban school in Los Angeles. About 3 years ago the worst PD I went to was when one of our APs who was known for talking a lot handed out puzzle pieces to every teacher. He then held up a puzzle piece and expounded for 30 minutes about how we teachers were "all pieces of the puzzle." Then he had us match up our particular color puzzle pieces to teachers who had our same puzzle. We got in groups and had to "share out." Thank god I have a job now where I work directly with a particular group of students at different schools .This means I can schedule myself around the PD's of the schools. So I avoid each school on their PD days. I've been to one decent PD in 21 years.

@margaretthym8234 Год назад

Okay but you know what is worse than school paper towels? SCHOOL TOLIET PAPER

@MohidIkram-z7l 10 месяцев назад

Well said

@sairaamjad2906 10 месяцев назад

Great work

@adibahussain2330 10 месяцев назад

Fantastic job keep it up

@naturevibes5738 10 месяцев назад

Amazing sharing

@Abdulrehman890-v7m 10 месяцев назад

Mind blowing

@BilalBabar-dw5tw 10 месяцев назад

love this keep up the good work❤

@MrMarohlsclassroom Год назад

I would 100% go to PD by Gabe and Devin. Do not agree with the trying to make everything fun or jokes, kids need to learn that not every subject is going to interest them and to push through. I do agree not everyone should teach PD, but can’t fight paying for it until the nation cares more about education❤

@hrazamemon4040 10 месяцев назад

Please upload full show

@Mrpapu-t8j 10 месяцев назад

Love this keep up tha good work 👍

@rzviworld 10 месяцев назад

Great job 👍👍👍

@muhammadzohaib6798 10 месяцев назад

Outstanding video

@SConArt87 Год назад

Childcare teacher here; at one of the daycares I've worked at we had to "make up" snow days with PD. I remember one was a 6 hour Saturday seminar on (no lie) KID FRIENDLY YOGA! The room was freezing cold and we were all spacing out the entire time.

@ShumailaiftikharIftikhar-fz6uv 10 месяцев назад

Amazing 👌👌👌👌 discution about studen and teacher life

@ADDYL6 10 месяцев назад

Excellent ❤

@kishwer5662 10 месяцев назад

Amazing 👏

@IrfanMugal-e7z 10 месяцев назад

Great job

@AyeshaShoukat-rr3kd 10 месяцев назад

Well done

@muhammadijlalg7342 10 месяцев назад

Outstanding

@FaizanRajput-z5p 10 месяцев назад

I hope those tour shows go amazing and sell out fast that way they hopefully expand and add more dates/locations. Come to Columbus or Cleveland ohio please

@darshoppingcenter6212 10 месяцев назад

Love this

@Sarahtheresa0624 Год назад

I love watching you guys are so much fun to watch and listen to you guys

@dpworld685 10 месяцев назад

Thnx

@myshtaqahmed8901 10 месяцев назад

Nice to see this

@KalsoomIlyas-kp6jt 10 месяцев назад

I hope those tour shows goes well

@shayankhosani6581 10 месяцев назад

Fantastic 😊

@zahidabbas69 10 месяцев назад

Well done 👍🥰

@atifsehgil1 10 месяцев назад

Good conversation

@Tahahussain-dp1kh 10 месяцев назад

Brilliant 👍😊

@anthonyjsgamingchannel7272 Год назад

of all of the teachers i have worked with as a substitute say professional development is going to drive you crazy. i worked at a school where all their other sites were closed. only one was open for a week and that friday and the next monday were for pd. so many people said no especially since it was juneteeth. and a lot of the african american teachers said they are not going and were able to get out. and had one on another holiday for when school is out which is crazy.