Module One: Defining Coaching and PD in EC

Learning Objectives:

• Define coaching and the role of a coach.

• Compare and contrast education, training, and technical assistance as outlined in the NAEYC Training and Technical Assistance Glossary.

• Describe the Technical Assistance Continuum from mentoring, through coaching, to consulting as outlined in the NAEYC Training and Technical Assistance Glossary. 

• Describe ways in which healthy, effective relationships are formed as defined in Colorado’s Competencies for Early Childhood Coaches

Module One Resources:

(Items with ** are needed before or during class, everything else is additional resources.)

Video

• How to record in Zoom

• How to record in Google Meet

• How to use YouTube to upload large videos 

• Top Ten Coaching Myths from Rush and Shelden (start at minute 15:49 to 19:30) 

Websites

• NAEYC Recommendations for Those Facilitating Educator Preparation and Professional Development 

• PDIS: Learn about Credential Offerings 

• Appreciative Inquiry, Organizing Engagement 

• What Having A “Growth Mindset” Actually Means, Carol Dweck 

• Live Your Core Values: 10-Minute Exercise to Increase Your Success, Taproot, Barb Carr, 2013

Articles

• **NAEYC Early Childhood Education Professional Development: Training and Technical Assistance Glossary

Books

• The Early Childhood Coaching Handbook 2nd ed. (2020) by Dathan Rush and M’Lisa Shelden 

Competencies

• **Colorado Competencies for Early Childhood Coaches