Participate and share: Interactive session 
The grace and aplomb exhibited by Ted during his travails in the Emmy-winning show offer a powerful guide for educators. His example highlights the best positive response to constantly changing circumstances and toxic negativity. The entire educational community could do well to adapt the approach of this fictional coach to provide the best possible learning environment for all students.
This session will provide participants with ready-to-use ideas for their classroom, school site, and community. Being curious, finding inspiration, and self-management and reflection are the key principles found throughout Ted Lasso. We will use our own classroom experience and lessons gleaned from our combined 45 years in education to share innovative ways to model equity and inclusion, empowering students and educational leaders to infuse SEL, team building and inspiring others to curiosity in attendees’ learning spaces.
This session also dedicates time to the discussion of how to approach adult learning, leveraging adult learning theory through engaging professional learning practice. We model solid professional learning practices, as learned through our careers leading ISTE sessions, affiliate CUE PL, Google Certified Training, and hundreds of hours of workshops, Lead Learning and other experiences. Turns out that instructional coaches can find a lot to learn from Coach Lasso!
-10-00 - PRE-SESSION ACTIVITY: Renamed animals in Nearpod. Tiger or Panda?
00-03 - Welcome & Introductions - Session Goals - Pronouns & Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
03-08 - Doc/Challenge/Goals/Ted Lasso Clip (dart game scene)
08-10 - Think about a mentor relationship
10-19 - Curiosity
Staying curious + lifelong learning - Lead Learner Concept
Walt Whitman quote
“He who learns from one who is learning drinks from a flowing river”
Engaged Community
“Congrats you both just met a cool person.”
Building classroom culture: student check-ins, brain break questions
Poll question: Is a hot dog a sandwich?
Answers: (Single Choice) Yes, it’s a sandwich. No, it’s not a sandwich.
Working with adults: asking for help that eases a pain point. Get into a classroom by asking to use students.
Finding ways to demonstrate appreciation. Paying attention.
Name pronunciation
19-23 Curiosity Activity: What is your BBQ sauce?
23-32 Mindset
Finding a Focus: BBQ Sauce
Power of creative constraints, Paradox of choice
Best version of yourself
Positivity project
Advocating for someone else - psychological safety
Power of Positive Thinking
32-36 Mindset Activity:
! - Attention ? - Question # - Connection
36-45 SEL (Well-being)
Respecting differences - culturally responsive teaching
CA’s CRT 8 competencies
WI’s will, fill, skill matrix
“BDA: bias determines action” -Dr. Desiree Alexander (@educatoralex)
White Knighting: being an advocate for someone else
Standing up for teammates, colleagues, students
Team-building
45-50 - Mentor activity
50- 60 - Wrap up/Q&A*
*For a virtual version of the session, we would shorten to 45 minutes
https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/
https://www.instructionalcoaching.com/research/
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