ReturnTailored Growth: Personalized Professional Development for Every Teacher
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Colorado Convention Center, 709/11
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Session description
Purpose & objective
Our objective is to emphasize the importance of catering to the diverse needs of teachers and how this positively impacts professional development. The goal is to ensure coaches leave with a comprehensive toolkit of strategies. We will focus on:
Highlighting the Value of Tailored Coaching: One-size-fits-all approaches often fall short in addressing the unique needs of teachers, leading to inefficiencies in professional growth.
Diverse Teacher Needs: Teachers, like students, have varying levels of proficiency. We will address how we meet the needs of our teachers to ensure that everyone is given the opportunity to grow in their chosen area.
Google Coaching: We will discuss how we use the Google Coaching model to work in cycles with our teachers who have chosen to be coached.
Strategies for Widespread Digital Tool Adoption: We will provide practical strategies for coaches to engage the entire district in embracing digital tools. This may include conducting district-wide training sessions, creating digital tool resource libraries, fostering a culture of digital experimentation, and showcasing success stories. We will also discuss how these district initiatives lead to more coaching opportunities.
Outline
1. Introduction: Who is the Techy Tribe, where are we from, & how do we work as a team We will also discuss marketing our team and what we do. (7 mins)
2. Strategies for Widespread Digital Tool Adoption: We will provide practical strategies for coaches to engage the entire district in embracing digital tools. We will also discuss how these district initiatives lead to more coaching opportunities (15 mins)
3. Diverse Teacher Needs: Teachers, like students, have varying levels of proficiency. We will address how we meet the needs of our teachers to ensure that everyone is given the opportunity to grow in their chosen area. (5 mins)
4. Google Coaching: We will discuss how we use the Google Coaching model to work in cycles with our teachers who have chosen to be coached. (5 mins)
5. Highlighting the Value of Tailored Coaching: One-size-fits-all approaches often fall short in addressing the unique needs of teachers, leading to inefficiencies in professional growth. (5 mins)
6. Wrap up/Q & A (5 mins)
Supporting research
Google Coaching
Educational Duck Tape: Your Guide to Selecting the Right Tools for Your Classroom by Jake Miller
The EdTech Coaching Primer: Supporting Teachers in the Digital Age Classrooms by Ashley McBride
Session specifications
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Collaborator
- Establish trusting and respectful coaching relationships that encourage educators to explore new instructional strategies.
- Personalize support for educators by planning and modeling the effective use of technology to improve student learning.
- Evaluate the impact of professional learning and continually make improvements in order to meet the schoolwide vision for using technology for high-impact teaching and learning.