March 22, 2022
Registration
Agenda
8:30-9:00 Networking
9:00-9:15 Welcome, Updates
AIU Training and Consultation (TaC) Literacy Intervention Showcase
March 22, March 29, April 5 - Details and registration here: https://www.smore.com/0m89j
AIU Canvas Conference/Convention - asynchronous - content available early April
9:15-11:30 Resources to Support and Enhance Your Coaching Through an Inquiry Approach
Choose Smore newsletters to explore from the list below. Each includes a reading, a discussion, and an activity to allow you to apply your learning to your practice.
How to Coach the Perfectionist Teacher Part 1
How to Coach the Perfectionist Teacher Part 2
How Instructional Coaches Can Use Co-Teaching to Support Teachers
Breaking Pandemic Habits
Top Five Instructional Coaching Practices to Carry Forward
https://www.smore.com/a5pg3
Navigating DEI in Schools: Five Crucial Considerations
Coaching Teacher Clarity Through Backward Planning
How to Build a Successful PD Roadmap That Leads to Effective Interactions Between Coaches and Teachers
11:30-12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:45 Instructional Coach Playbook
Three playbooks: Literacy Strategies, Technology Strategies, Instructional Strategies
Your Group's Task: Refine list of strategies, or begin building pages in your group's instructional playbook
See PDF document titled "Instructional.Playbook.V4" in the Instructional Playbook Templates folder for sample pages from an instructional playbook
1:45-2:25 Book Study (Chapter 3 Coaching for Equity)
While our day is short today and we will not get to discuss the book chapter, we hope you have read and considered the implications for your coaching and the implications for equity work in your school.
Here is a related resource from Paul Gorski, a renowned equity and social justice educator at George Mason University. Gorski is the founder of the Equity Literacy Institute and EdChange.
http://www.edchange.org/publications/Avoiding-Racial-Equity-Detours-Gorski.pdf This article provides a great breakdown of common detours to avoid talking about and/or addressing race and equity in schools and other settings.
2:25-2:30 Wrap up and debrief