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What Administrators Need to Know About Coaching

What Administrators Need to Know About Coaching

Participate in professional development that clarifies what coaches do and how they can be supported. This workshop provides a deep understanding of how administrators and instructional coaches can collaborate to ensure that coaches have an unmistakably positive impact on teachers’ teaching and students’ learning.

designed for
Instructional Coaches, Administrators
format
Both In-person and Virtual
credit hours

Upcoming Dates

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October 24, 2023
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Course Outline

This workshop will cover the following:

  • The Partnership Principles that should guide coaches’ interactions with teachers
  • Actions coaches can take to partner with teachers to set and hit goals
  • The six specific actions administrators can take to support coaches effectively
  • The five simple truths of helping that must be addressed for any professional development activity to be effective

Takeaways

Participants will:

  • See the instructional coaching Impact Cycle in action
  • Learn how to prioritize coaches’ time and determine tasks they should and should not do
  • Discuss creating an instructional playbook that summarizes high-leverage teaching strategies coaches will share
  • Determine what policy should exist regarding teacher confidentiality
  • Develop strategies for addressing teachers who are resistant to change

Course Schedule

  • Cohort meets for one day
  • 9:00am -3:30pm CST, with one 60-minute break for lunch

Please Note

For individuals with schedule conflicts or who live in different time zones, this workshop is recorded and available for registrants to watch on-demand for 30 days.

If you are interested in attending with a group of 14+ from your school/district and want to ensure you are experiencing this workshop as a team, contact us to register for a private session >>

In the event you need to cancel your virtual workshop registration you can receive a full refund prior to your cohort start date. If you have any questions please contact us at hello@instructionalcoaching.com.

If you do not receive an email containing course information at least 1 day prior to the event, please contact brooke@instructionalcoaching.com.

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What Administrators Need to Know About Coaching

1-day
Virtual

Participate in professional development that clarifies what coaches do and how they can be supported. This workshop provides a deep understanding of how administrators and instructional coaches can collaborate to ensure that coaches have an unmistakably positive impact on teachers’ teaching and students’ learning.

9:00am
-
3:30pm
CST
$
395
per individual
Instructional Coaches, Administrators
30-day on-demand access

Upcoming Sessions

What Administrators Need to Know About Coaching

October 24, 2023
Michelle Harris
Director of Consulting

Michelle Harris, Senior Consultant at ICG, began teaching in El Cajon, California. She taught middle school English and social studies before serving as an instructional coach, Title I coordinator, student manager, and assistant principal at three middle schools, a K-8 school, and a 6-12 IBO school, all in Beaverton, Oregon. A seasoned staff developer, Michelle has presented and keynoted all over the United States and in Europe and Africa. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two sons. When not working, she enjoys reading, traveling, attending her sons’ numerous sporting events, entertaining friends and family, and sitting in a chair on a sunny beach. Michelle is co-author of Evaluating Instructional Coaching and The Instructional Playbook.

Amy Musante
Senior Consultant

Amy Musante is an educator and instructional coach, and at the heart of her work is a belief in learning with others, building relationships and helping diversified school communities move into action that authentically suits their unique needs. She spent 18 years in Oregon as a High School English Language Arts teacher, Instructional Coach, and Secondary Schools Intervention Specialist. She received her MA from Teachers College, Columbia University with a focus on Secondary literacy. Amy supports districts and leaders nationally and internationally in her work with ICG intentionally focusing on developing long term partnerships to impact outcomes for all students in all classrooms.

Kamina Fitzgerald
Consultant

Kamina began her career in North Carolina as a High School Teacher and Varsity Cheerleading Coach. She has also served as an Instructional Coach, Beginning Teacher Mentor, Career Development Coordinator and School Administrator. The heart of her work is building relationships, improving instruction, and increasing student achievement. Kamina received her Doctoral Degree in Educational Leadership from Gardner-Webb University where her focus was on evaluating the effectiveness of the Career and Technical Education curriculum to student outcomes. Kamina loves making meaningful connections with people and have a keen desire to help others maximize their potential and productivity.

Dr. Mary Webb
October 24, 2023
Consultant

Mary began her teaching career in Texas before becoming a campus administrator. With more than 19 years of experience in administration and Managing Director of Elementary Instruction, Mary successfully built her large suburban district's elementary instructional coaching program into a cohesive and robust support program for teachers and students in partnership with the Instructional Coaching Group. Mary received her doctoral degree in Education Leadership from the University of North Texas where her focus was identifying the systems and supports a district can put into place to support the Principal and Instructional Coach.

Profile shot of Jim Knight, founding partner of ICG.
Dr. Jim Knight
Founding Partner

Jim Knight, Founder and Senior Partner of Instructional Coaching Group (ICG), is also a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. He has spent more than two decades studying professional learning and instructional coaching. Jim earned his PhD in Education from the University of Kansas and has won several university teaching, innovation, and service awards. The pioneering work Jim and his colleagues have conducted has led to many innovations that are now central to professional development in schools.

What Participants Are Saying

“Absolutely helpful and inspiring to try to start the year off in a great way!”

Associate Principal

Texas

Key Takeaways

  • Learn about the complexities of helping adults
  • Develop strategies for addressing resistance to change
  • Discover ways to build a culture of trust
  • Differentiate between surface and deep coaching
  • Understand each of the Partnership Principles
  • Learn about the Impact Cycle
  • Determine how to prioritize coaches’ time and the tasks they should and should not do
  • Discuss creating an instructional playbook that summarizes high-leverage teaching strategies coaches will share
  • Determine what policy should exist regarding teacher confidentiality

Course Toolkit

Materials included in the cost of registration
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