December 9, 2025 Registration

December 9, 2025 workshop agenda

Focus: Professional Learning 

For those joining on Zoom: https://aiu3.zoom.us/my/heather.moschetta       Zoom room will open at approximately 8:45 and remain open throughout the day.

9:00-9:20 Welcome, Directory, Events and Opportunities, Table Talk Reflection from last month

• Member Directory 

• Events and Opportunities

• Table Talk Reflection:  Have you had that difficult conversation? If so, how did you prepare, and how did it go?  If not, what do you think is stopping you and what steps can you take to overcome that barrier?

• In-Network Mentoring: Looking for a Mentor? Looking to be a Mentor?  Mentor Slides

9:20-9:50 Professional Development/Professional Learning Impact Sort

Think about the best professional learning experience you ever received as a learner. What made it impactful for you? (Table talk/Breakout groups)

PL Impact Ladder Card Sort (in-person)

Canva Slides card sort (Zoom- Canva Slides for impact ladder card sort; if you can't access Canva, here's a static PDF of the impact ladder card sort.)

Quote Activity: PD is defined by its impact (Ten Percent Summary) (Quote defining PD by impact for those in Zoom)

9:50-10:15 Professional Learning Principles

Direct instruction slides for Professional Learning Principles

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:15 Role-Alike Subgroups

Resource for PL Planning: We Teach New York's Handbook for Professional Learning

Alternate link to PL Handbook

Role-Alike Locations

Three sections:

• Section 1: Planning Professional Learning

• **Section 2: Implementing & Sustaining Professional Learning**

• Section 3: Evaluating & Revising Professional Learning

Peruse Section 2 with your role-alike groups - tips, strategies, and reflection questions to support implementation of any upcoming professional learning you will be providing.

11:15-12:30 Lunch

12:30-2:15 Professional Learning Playbook (PL playbook slides from original conference session)

Station Rotation:

• Visit the 9 table groups to learn about 9 types of professional learning experiences

  • Read the description of the PL experience (electronic PDF for those on Zoom)

  • Visit the links/QR codes on the 11x17 paper to explore resources to support that PL experience

  • Use the separate QR code on your table to vote on the resource your group liked best! One vote per coach group. (Zoom - Designate a person from the group to log your group's vote for each category using these  QR codes.)

  • Spend about 10 minutes at each station

  • Take a card at each station and build your Professional Learning Playbook

2:15-2:30 - Closing Activity

Summary and reflection

Strategies/Resources used/modeled today:

• Table Talk Reflection

• Impact Ladder

• Ten Percent Summary

• Direct Instruction

• Role-Alike Groups

• Station Rotation

• Accountability Voting

• What did you gain from today that you can use in your coaching?

Next month's Instructional Coaches' Network meeting date: January 22, 2026, 9:00-2:30