WHAT IS PD SOLUTIONS™?
PD Solutions™ is an online service that delivers practical and evidence-based resources that are perfectly aligned to your professional development and learning needs. Fill out your PD Solutions Profile and a personal PD Solutionist will handpick resources to fit your goals and budget—and deliver them directly to your email or to your door.
Step #1: Fill Out Your Solutions Profile
Filling out the PD Solutions Profile helps us understand your program, staff, goals, budget, and overall approach to professional development and learning. Completing your Profile takes about 5 minutes.
Step #2: Pick The Date
Identify a delivery date for your PD Solutions. Your PD Solutionist will work to ensure your handpicked resources arrive in time for your conference, staff meeting, coaching session, or even college course.
Step #3: Review Your Solutions
Once your PD Solutionist has identified perfectly matched resources, you will receive an email. In this message, you will learn which resources have been picked and receive tips on how to use them to get to a change in practice. You have three days to decide if you’ll purchase the resources, or make revisions.
Step #4: Confirm Your Order
When you are satisfied with the solutions handpicked for you, simply hit reply to confirm your order. We then send an invoice and get to work ordering and delivering your solutions. Keep in mind digital files cannot be returned, and print resources can only be returned if damaged in transit.
How Much Does It Cost?
Average price points are $5-10 per item digital item and $30-40 for print materials. You will receive author discounts and bulk order rates whenever possible. Complete the PD Solution Profile and tell us how much you have in your budget and how many staff you are buying for. We do the rest and will select items that reflect your preferences. All orders are charged a flat $50 processing. This fee is waived when PD Solutions™ is used along with a training or coaching event. Your invoice, however, will reflect a single charge, which includes the processing fee, the cost of the resources, and any shipping/handling. You don't have to worry about itemizing or justifying...you simply pay a lump sum. If you need a more detailed invoice, however, tell your PD Solutionist, and every accommodation will be made.
What Types of Items Can I Expect?
Your PD Solutionist will put a package together of digital and/or print materials. Most of the resources are based upon the work of Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak and are described in the Pre-K Teach and Play shop, blog, podcast or are part of her published work. All solutions directly align to DEC and NAEYC recommended practices as well as current research. The resources are also aligned to topics Dr. Pretti-Frontczak is an expert on and for which she provides training and coaching (e.g., authentic assessment, self-regulation, intentional teaching, inclusion, leadership, contemplative practices). This direct alignment allows the resources you receive to be used as flipped learning tools, supplements for live events, and/or extensions of learning following a training or coaching session.
SAMPLE SOLUTIONS
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MEET THE PD SOLUTIONISTS
Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, Ph.D.
PD Solutionist
{R}evolutionary speaker, researcher, and impassioned play advocate serving early educators who are ready to transform their practice.
Ashley Lyons, ME.d.
PD Solutionist
Researcher, parent, and Ph.D. candidate, advocating for systems-level changes to improve the funding, accessibility, and effectiveness of services and programs for children with exceptionalities and their families.