Transforming Professional Development into Student Results Quotes

“Collaboration, it turns out, is not a gift from the gods but a skill that requires effort and practice.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Transforming Professional Development into Student Results

“Technology sometimes encourages people to confuse busyness with effectiveness.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Transforming Professional Development into Student Results

“The central challenge for educational systems around the world is the substitution of effectiveness for popularity.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Transforming Professional Development into Student Results

“One of the greatest inhibitions to the development of human potential is the aversion to effective practice.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Transforming Professional Development into Student Results

“Vision without implementation is counterproductive.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Transforming Professional Development into Student Results

“I regularly invite educators and leaders to send me their questions, and hundreds of them do so every month. The most common question, however, is one to which my response is probably most disappointing. The question is “How do I get better buy-in from my staff before I implement some critically needed changes?” The answer is “You don’t.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Transforming Professional Development into Student Results