ITINERANT COACHES

Provide leadership in explicitly embedding the principles of equity, anti-oppression and anti-racism into classroom practices

Apply the tenets of Inclusive and Universal Design for Learning, striving for curricular instruction that is inquiry based, culturally responsive and developing global competencies to instructional and assessment practices

Be familiar with current resources, curriculum and research that support effective pedagogy,  technology-enabled learning practices and global competencies  

Deliver professional learning workshops and webinars to support teacher colleagues

Maintain familiarity with Board and Ministry policies and priorities

Attend ongoing Professional Learning sessions for De-streaming Teacher-Coaches

Host and facilitate regular visits to an exploration classroom for individuals or small groups of teachers

Plan exploration classroom opportunities

Demonstrate effective teaching practices and student engagement strategies

Develop professional learning workshops and webinars across disciplines and subject areas

Collect and create a variety of digital and print resources to support teachers in the subject area

Build a professional learning network with other Itinerant De-streaming Teacher-Coaches in the planning, execution and support of exploration classrooms and professional learning activities

Support individual teachers in building and sustaining professional learning communities

Mentor individual teachers to co-plan and co-create learning opportunities and resources

Provide opportunities for collaborative lesson, assessment, and program development (i.e. implementing UDL and differentiation strategies, moderated marking, adopting data paradigm evaluation, lesson studies, etc)