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Coaching
Coaching
Coaching provides a collaborative approach to personalized professional development that is teacher driven and initiated. Through instructional coaching, our goal is to strengthen and expand best classroom practices, empower educators in their professional growth, and enhance student learning and success in all schools throughout the region.
How can the coaches support you?
How can the coaches support you?
Coaching cycles provide opportunities to address:
short term goals or instructional needs and together formulate a plan to implement best practices.
long term goals and broader instructional needs that address school improvement initiatives or individual classroom teacher professional development.
student growth goals to foster ownership and empower learners in their educational journey.
For coaching support please contact one of the IMESD coaches directly or
email instructionalcoaches@imesd.k12.or.us
What can we do?
What can we do?
serve as thought partners in addressing challenges or new ideas
co-plan lessons or projects
facilitate learning walks
implement or integrate technology
facilitate collaboration with specialists
support curriculum implementation
classroom visits to address teacher feedback request
support school initiatives
plan/model/co-teach any of the following:
interventions and classroom management strategies
student engagement strategies and support
differentiation supports and intervention strategies
best practices
the formative assessment process
Resources
Resources
Content Specific Resources- websites and apps: multi-content curriculum, ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, Health, CTE, and Music.
Teacher Tools- websites and apps for classroom management, student polling/response, assessments & assignments, podcasts & blogs, Smart TVs, and student creation tools.
Library- Your IMESD instructional coaches have collected a variety of professional development books over their combined 50+ years of teaching. And we are excited to share those books with you.
Sora- Digital IMESD component district library- has a section for PD books that are both ebooks and audio books.
Literacy Resource HUB- ELA and ELL/ELD resources, Yolanda Westerberg resources. Curated by Ashley Harsin; IMESD ELL Specialist.
IMESD PD Calendar- view and register for the events being offered around our region on the IMESD PD calendar.
Are there specific resources that you are looking for? Please contact a coach and we can connect you with specialists, websites, and other teachers.
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