December 11, 2024 Registration

December 11, 2024 Focus: Coaching Heavy & Coaching Light: Making the Most of Any Coaching Opportunity

Agenda

9:00-9:30 Welcome, Updates & Events, Member Directory

Reflect on November session: At the end of the session, we challenged you to make a plan to employ "macro" and "micro" coaching strategies to support teachers currently experiencing a deficit mindset. What was your plan? What have you done so far?

Overview of today's content - Slides for today's session

9:30-10:15 Article: "Are You Coaching Heavy or Light?" - Text Rendering

As you read, select one sentence, one phrase, and one word that stand out

Discussion: each person shares their sentence, then each shares their phrase, then each shares their word. Discuss as a table group your takeaways from the article.

Intent of this activity: Coaching is situational. Supporting teachers who are resistant to coaching requires situational coaching. Coaching heavy is obviously the goal, but light coaching can get you in the door and start the process of moving towards heavier coaching.

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:30 Impact Cycle - A way to make the most of coaching and overcome resistance; end goal is coaching cycles

The Impact Cycle (article)

The Impact Cycle Checklist

11:30-12:45 Lunch

H 12:45-1:15 Beliefs that may interfere with coaching

Card matching:

• On Zoom: Figjam Card Match Board

  1. Find your breakout room's board (Board # corresponds with breakout room #)

  2. Read the belief statements in the grey bar across the top of your board.

  3. Read the possible side effects on the multicolored cards.

  4. Drag the side effect cards to align with the belief statements.

  5. Discuss your thinking about these beliefs and side effects with your breakout group.

• In Person: 

  1. Read the belief statements on the blue cards.

  2. Read the possible side effects of beliefs on the grey cards.

  3. Match the beliefs with the possible side effects.

  4. Discuss your thinking about these beliefs and side effects with your table group.

Reflect on these beliefs:

• Reread the beliefs through the lens of your personal coaching.

• Reflect on the beliefs:

  • 1. Do you hold this belief?

    2. How might this belief interfere with coaching?

    3. What can you do to prevent/overcome the beliefs you hold?

1:15-2:15 Levels of Intensity - Differentiate your coaching to support all teachers at their readiness level

• Background on Levels of Intensity (Slides)

• JamSlides to create a continuum. (Jamboard alternatives)

"Levels of Intensity" JamSlides

Table reflection: In my coaching activities this year, I would categorize most of my coaching as level _____ because ______. Going forward, I would like to categorize most of my coaching as level _____. I will do this by_____.

2:15-2:30 Wrap up, summary, next steps

Coaching Content Addressed Today:

• Coaching Heavy, Coaching Light

• The Impact Cycle

• Beliefs

• Levels of Intensity

Coaching Strategies Employed Today:

• Text Rendering

• Checklists

• Card Matching

• Continuums as a visual

• Jamboard Alternatives

  • Jam Slides Template

  • Figjam

What are your takeaways? What can you use in your coaching?

Next meeting: January 14, 2025