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If you have been following the sustainable PBL series, you now understand that building a sustainable, high-impact, project-based culture is challenging and rewarding. School or district leaders encounter three primary roadblocks when launching a project-based learning (PBL) initiative: lack of clarity, lack of competence, and lack of capacity. In episodes 2-5, we explored the importance of overcoming these roadblocks and how to overcome them. If you skipped those episodes, I highly recommend you listen to them.

The success of project-based learning initiatives depends on initial implementation and teachers' sustaining project-based instructional practices over time. Instructional leaders play a crucial role in this process by creating the enabling conditions for teachers.

While exploring the three major roadblocks is beneficial, we must also address some common misconceptions about implementing project-based learning. These misconceptions can prevent you from starting PBL in your school or cause major setbacks to your progress (for those implementing PBL now), so let's address them.

In this episode, we will explore:

• Misconception 1: PBL doesn't require ongoing support
• Misconception 2: PBL isn't practical
• Misconception 3: PBL is too complicated
• Misconception 4: PBL is ineffective
• Misconception 5: PBL conflicts with other initiatives

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