Listen "Why PD Fails... and What We’re Doing About It"
Episode Synopsis
Let’s be honest: most professional development leaves teachers burned out, bored, or straight-up bewildered. In Part 1 of our 6-part series launching Teacher-Tested Hacks for Smarter Days, Rae Hughart gets real about the broken system—and the bold new course built to fix it.You’ll hear the story behind this educator-powered project, why 30+ teachers, paras, coaches, and leaders contributed practical 5-minute hacks, and how this flipped PD model is changing the game. No theory. No fluff. Just strategies that save time, build confidence, and actually help.🎓 Pre-order the course now: tdi.thinkific.com/products/courses/Hacks🔑 Use code Hughart2025 to save 20%📬 Subscribe to Rae’s weekly Substack: raehughart.substack.comThis episode is for every educator who’s ever walked out of PD and thought, “That’s an hour of my life I’m not getting back.” Let’s do better. And we are.
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