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Impactful PBL Podcast
Hi, I’m Dr. Candice Wilson, the founder of Impactful PBL Network, where we cultivate a community of practice for 3rd-5th grade teachers so they can transition students from being passive learners in their classrooms to active participants in their schools and community via real-world project-based learning experiences.
This podcast provides proven strategies and invaluable tips for building a sustainable project-based learning culture at your school without overwhelming instructional leaders, teachers, and students. If you are an educator who desires to move from theory to practice with project-based learning, follow the podcast to receive notification of new episodes. Let's talk PBL!
Impactful PBL Podcast
[3.7] Sustaining PBL: Conducting a needs assessment
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Picture this: You're excited to bring project-based learning to your school. Your teachers say they're experienced with PBL, and you're ready to dive into advanced implementation strategies.
Sounds promising, right?
But here's what we recently discovered at one school: While leaders believed most of their teachers were PBL-savvy, a simple needs assessment revealed that less than half had actually used project-based instruction in their classrooms. This gap between perception and reality could have derailed their entire implementation.
This episode explores why understanding your actual starting point is crucial for PBL success. I’m sharing the exact process we use with our partner schools to ensure project-based initiatives don't just start strong – they stick.
In this episode, you'll discover:
- The six essential steps to create an effective needs assessment survey
- Why sending surveys 3 weeks before training is the sweet spot for success
- Ways to evaluate both novice and experienced PBL practitioners
- How to use assessment data to get genuine teacher buy-in
P.S. Have you taken the Impactful PBL Readiness Assessment yet? It's a great resource for instructional leaders like you who want to make informed decisions about implementing or strengthening PBL in their schools.
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