Teaching Learning Coaching Conference 2023

When building multi-tiered systems of support, educators are asked to look at both academics and behavior. They are often treated separately but are linked inextricably. Whether approaching coaching through an academic model, behavior model, or both, this session will provide concrete ways to integrate them through the same instructional lens.

This session will explore the differences between Calling In vs. Calling Out. Participants will explore community building strategies to support facilitating hard conversations or when it becomes “thick” in the room.

When coaches and leaders operate from the mindset of empowering teacher voice and agency through decision-making, they create learning environments for teachers to flourish and thrive. In this session, coaches and leaders will explore the power of decision-making throughout the coaching cycle, strategies to empower teacher voice, and ways to foster deeper connections to new learning and self-discovery though reflection and dialogue.

This session will transform participants with an inspiring journey into coaching as a means from which to not only support those you coach but as a pathway to your own transformation and excellence. Participants will not only gain insights and information on becoming transformed by coaching but they will be engaged in the process through coaching tools and methods. Utilizing story, reflection, and inquiry, this session will change hearts and inspire minds with new ideas and possibilities.

“Reading is not simply a desire; it is a fundamental skill necessary for virtually everything we do. And we need to ensure all of us, particularly our children, learn to read and read to learn so they too can do everything” (Moats, 2020). Participants will understand how student data is used in the Student-Focused Coaching model and how this data is used to guide the creation of a sustained professional learning plan to maximize teacher’s knowledge and skills. Whether you are an instructional coach, administrator, or classroom teacher, you will learn about and experience evidence-based interdisciplinary literacy routines (i.e., academic vocabulary, comprehension) that can enhance student learning.

This session provides an overview of the process for developing an instructional playbook. This session is based on The Instructional Playbook: The Missing Link in Translating Research into Practice (2019) by Jim Knight, Ann Hoffman, Michelle Harris, and Sharon Thomas.

There are 225 Native American reservations in the U.S. Each reservation are mostly different in culture and curriculum. Non Natives are unaware of the many factors involve in teaching Indigenous students. I plan on giving my 48th year experiences of how to address the teaching of our Indigenous students to all teachers.

Imagine you are running a race; everything is going quite smoothly until you reach an obstacle. While obstacles can slow you down, they can also build strength and endurance when handled properly. Four Coaching Challenges and Tips will be addressed in order to ensure smoother transitions as you maneuver your way through the Coaching Course. Ready, set, go!

Informed by our experience developing coaching systems in 3000 schools worldwide, we will explore how step-by-step visual guides can create shared understanding of key teaching techniques, supporting coaches and professional development leads in their partnerships with teachers as they seek effective solutions to everyday classroom challenges.

Over the past couple of years, “belonging” has become an international trend in education. At the same time, experts have argued that our schools and society are experiencing a crisis of belonging that is at the root of so many problems we have been experiencing in schools and beyond . As a primary driver of engagement and a key condition for success, there is no doubt that we must prioritize belonging for students, teachers, and anyone within the school community. This session offers a proven, comprehensive framework for nurturing belonging by developing the capacity to honor dignity in behaviors, practices, and policies.

Coaches face a number of situations in which contradictions among their own identity as a coach, what is expected of them, and what they are doing create uneasiness and frustration, and may even lead to conflict. Coming to terms with these contradictions and unpacking them requires collaborative effort among a team of coaches, coach champions, and coaching clients.

The School Voice Process will be introduced as a model for fully embracing student voice as a way of being in schools. Participants will explore strategies and resources that can be used by instructional coaches to support teachers and students in listening to, learning from, and leading with one another to maximize engagement and amplify the voices of ALL students.

Whether in the role of administrator, coach, or teacher leader, intentionally focusing on instructional leadership will benefit student learning. Three elements of successful instructional leadership are listening to those you serve, learning evidence-based practices, and then intentionally leading sustainable instructional growth. This session will dive into each of these elements, discussing what each means for the instructional leader and sharing ways to advance student learning utilizing each element. Sherry will share strategies from her extensive coaching work, Coaching Redefined and from her forthcoming book. Participants will leave with tools and strategies to immediately use in their daily walk as an instructional leader.

Affiliative leadership is a leadership style that emphasizes collaboration, teamwork, and a supportive work environment. In coaching, this style of leadership can be beneficial in creating a positive coaching environment that encourages growth and development. A coach who uses affiliative leadership focuses on building strong relationships with their clients, creating a sense of trust and safety that allows for open communication and feedback. By fostering a collaborative and supportive coaching environment, the coach can help their clients to achieve their goals more effectively. In summary, affiliative leadership is closely linked to coaching and collaboration because it promotes a collaborative approach to coaching and emphasizes the importance of creating a supportive environment for the client's growth and development. This training session is designed for coaches and leaders who want to enhance their coaching practice by developing their understanding of empathy and affiliative leadership. By the end of the training, participants will have a deeper understanding of how empathy and affiliative leadership can enhance their coaching practice, and practical tools and strategies for incorporating these concepts into their coaching sessions.

This interactive session will focus on how we can improve system supports and Instructional Coaching skillsets with early career teachers. We will explore how our “way of being” with beginning teachers can impact their openness to partnering with an Instructional Coach. Come and be part of the dialogue around attracting and retaining early career teachers during challenging times through Instructional Coaching.

School districts invest a great deal of staffing and money into instructional coaching programs, but program evaluation of coaching impact is often minimal. In this session, we’ll examine our proposed process for evaluating coaching programs so that districts can demonstrate the impact of coaching on students and use the evaluation process to determine ways to improve the program.

Developing school leaders is a important topic that districts are discussing. Adapting Marshall Goldsmith's Stakeholder Centered Coaching (SCC) can provide authentic feedback from staff, focused goals to improve leadership, and assessment from those who are reporting directly from the leader. "Feedback is the breakfast of champions." Ken Blanchard

Are you an instructional leader looking for a simple yet comprehensive framework for coaching that can drive differentiated support for teachers and high-quality professional development? Look no further! In this session, you will gain access to a range of effective coaching strategies that will allow you to make true instructional gains with your teachers and students. By the end of the session, you will be equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to create a clear and achievable vision for improving outcomes in the classroom.

When it comes to instructional coaching, role clarity–or the lack thereof–is a problem plaguing many schools and districts. Learn how a district is working to achieve clarity and solicit the commitment of stakeholders in supporting the instructional coaching program by engaging in collective learning that impacts campus implementation. From a program audit conducted by The Instructional Coaching Group, to forming a Steering Committee, to planning for implementation, participants will gain ideas for evaluating and refining their instructional coaching programs.

In this interactive session, you will learn realistic, manageable and proactive strategies based in positive psychology that will help us achieve work/life satisfaction as we navigate this unique time of teaching, coaching, and leading. These small and manageable shifts, practiced over time, will help us and our colleagues teach happier, parent happier, partner happier, work happier, and increase our overall happiness and well-being at work and at home.

In this thought-provoking conference session, instructional coaches will learn effective strategies and tools to help teachers develop their own critical thinking skills. Participants will explore the importance of self-reflection, problem-solving, and metacognitive strategies in fostering critical thinking among educators, ultimately leading to more effective teaching and learning experiences.

In this session, Trista will share what she's learned from her research and practice experience of designing, implementing and leading coaching programs and professional learning networks in schools and districts across Canada. Using examples from her work developing a mentoring and coaching program for early career teachers in the province of Quebec, as well as the national Canadian Playful Schools Network (www.playjouer.ca), Trista will highlight guiding principles and key design elements that are essential to the effective implementation and sustainability of professional learning and development initiatives and programs. There will be dedicated time for participants to ask questions and share their experiences.

Partnering with colleagues, students, and community members is essential when working to shape a culture of dignity. To do so, we need skills that allow us to properly lean into our collective humanity with intention and, thus, listen empathetically. Unlearning the things that hinder us from empathizing with one another is fundamental to honoring the humanity of ourselves and others. This experience explores how utilizing active listening skills yields profound outcomes when it comes to the quality of our personal and collective relationships.

When compared to the general population, educational leaders experience lower levels of general wellbeing and more severe consequences of a lack of overall wellness including increased levels of stress and burnout. The wellbeing of district and school leaders is as imperative as the overall flourishing of those for whom they are responsible in the system (educators and students). Emotionally well leaders generate systems and espouse practices that foster the wellness of their stakeholders. This session will highlight current research on what contributes to, and what takes away from, the emotional wellness of educational leaders, and provide strategies to increase one’s overall flourishing/diminish languishing.

As a coach, you have the incredible opportunity to help your clients unlock their potential and achieve greatness. But in order to be a truly effective coach, you must first establish yourself as a powerful and influential leader. That's where this session comes in - by equipping you with the right tools and techniques, you will be able to become the kind of coach that inspires real change in your clients' lives.

Successful virtual coaching requires purposeful management of time, protocols, communication, and technology. These elements fall on a continuum based on need, availability and audience. Join experienced virtual coaches as we share our VECTOR model and explore the critical components needed to manage coaching at a distance.

What happens when Jim Knight gets coached? You can find out at this session when coaching expert Christian van Nieuwerburgh applies the GROWTH coaching model as Jim considers a real and important career decision. The session will involve four parts: (a) a quick overview of the GROWTH coaching model, (b) Christian coaching Jim, (c) a dialogue between Christian and Jim about the coaching moves Christian used while coaching and their impact on the conversation, and (d) time for participants to comment or ask questions.

This session will share a holistic approach to school improvement. It will demonstrate how a coaching approach can lead to an improved school culture and academic results. You will see evidence of coaching in action through videos and other work samples. Participants will be given a practical model, with scripts and resources, of how to improve a school in any context.

In this workshop, we will explore some of the conversational contexts where Principals, Administrators and other educational leaders can intentionally utilize the key skills and techniques of coaching as a way of leading. Specifically, we will explore the following:

1. Why a Coaching Way of Leading?
2. Adopting a coaching stance in professional conversations
3. In-the-moment conversations: the most frequent leadership conversation context

Asking the right questions at the right time can spark the reflective process that maximizes the coached teacher’s payoff for the time and vulnerability invested in coaching. The coach’s listening and observing skills help guide finding those impactful questions. Interest, curiosity, and authenticity of purpose undergird a coach’s questioning practices. Steve will share examples, insights, and processes from his decades of coaching experience.

Education in the early child classroom is ever changing. This workshop will act as a guide in successfully coaching an Early Education teacher to their full potential, collect data in an Early Child classroom, assist in teacher and classroom growth, and help educators best meet the needs of their young students.

Supporting district and leadership teams to better support students learning English as an additional language in school takes patience, empathy, and urgency. Ayanna shares her experience building the capacity of various educators who serve in leadership roles to improve outcomes for linguistically diverse learners. Using various data points, civil rights, student voice, theme songs and sunglasses, she’ll provide examples from her field notes.

Wondering how to support your coaching program system wide? In this session, you will explore different processes and structures you can implement to help prepare and avoid challenges that face districts when developing system coherence with their instructional coaching program.

The Carolina Teacher Induction Program (CarolinaTIP) utilizes coaching and teacher-focused support to empower teachers with the perseverance needed to thrive in an increasingly complex profession. With a consistent retention rate of more than 90% among program participants, CarolinaTIP is making a positive impact on teacher retention. Join us to learn how CarolinaTIP is making a difference through growing teachers’ comprehensive capacity and self-efficacy as a means of increasing their resilience, helping teachers navigate and balance the demands of the job, and guiding teachers in their individual professional development.