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Achievement Unlocked: Winning Strategies for an effective Admin-Coach Partnership

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Colorado Convention Center, Bluebird Ballroom 2A

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Presenters

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Dr. Amanda Bollinger
Staff Assistant Administrator
Jordan School District
Dr. Amanda Bollinger, a seasoned educator with a background in special education teaching and administration, has served key roles like Elementary School Principal and Associate Administrator in Teaching and Learning. Holding an endorsement in Educational Technology and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership, she emphasizes the role of technology in enhancing teaching and learning. Fueled by her passion for empowering teachers, Dr. Bollinger is dedicated to delivering actionable professional development, arming educators and administrators with effective classroom tools and strategies.
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Kasey Chambers
Digital Learning Specialist
Jordan School District
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Kasey Chambers is a Digital Learning and Coaching Specialist with 12 years of experience in the Jordan School District. Her focus is on the integration of artificial intelligence in education, aiming to enhance teacher effectiveness and student outcomes. Kasey is passionate about blended learning, utilizing technology to create engaging lessons and prepare students for success in a technological world. Her work emphasizes the importance of leveraging edtech to support lifelong learning and adaptability among students.
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Colby Hawkins
Digital Learning/Coaching Specialist
Jordan School District
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Colby, a passionate educator with nine years of experience, has honed his expertise across various facets of the educational landscape. He spent six years teaching Social Studies at the secondary level, while also serving as an educational technology coach in his school. Currently, he serves as a Digital Learning Specialist and Instructional Coaching Specialist at the district level, empowering educators to leverage technology to elevate teaching and learning experiences. Colby is a Canva Teacher Canvassador, Wakelet Ambassador, Google Certified Coach, and has a Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction.
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Larisa Nageli
Digital Learning Specialist
Jordan School District
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Larisa Nageli is a Digital Learning Specialist in the Jordan School District. She has been involved in Instructional Coaching Institute planning for and teaching coaching workshops. Larisa taught 5th and 6th grade prior to becoming a full time mentor to pre-service teachers, spending years mentoring, guiding and facilitating the pre-service teachers first year. She has a Bachelors Degree in Science and a Masters Degree in Education. Larisa is a Google Certified Educator and has an endorsement in Educational Technology, Instructional Coaching, and ESL. Prior to teaching Larisa was a counselor at a treatment facility.

Session description

Dive into the game of educational leadership with the ISTE Leadership Standards: a dynamic presentation offering strategies to level up Admin-Coach partnerships. We'll explore digital tools and tactics to boost collaboration, streamline coaching plans, and ultimately, transform your school's coaching program into a high-scoring success story.

Purpose & objective

Purpose: The presentation, "Achievement Unlocked: Winning Strategies for an Effective Admin-Coach Partnership," aims to explore and illustrate the power of collaborative partnerships between administrators and coaches in creating and implementing a digital coaching plan.
Objectives: By the end of this presentation, participants will:
Understand the importance of an effective admin-coach partnership in the context of digital education.
Be capable of initiating and maintaining a collaborative relationship between admins and coaches.
Know how to use specific technology tools effectively to enhance coaching.
Begin to develop a digital coaching plan.
Be equipped to measure the success of their digital coaching plan and make necessary adjustments.
Educational Challenge: The current challenge is creating an effective digital coaching plan that meets the diverse needs of students and teachers while addressing the ever-changing landscape of digital education.
Lesson Plans/Strategies: We'll introduce strategies like regular meet-ups for discussion and progress tracking and creating a shared digital space for resources and plans.
Evidence of Success: Success will be measured by participants' ability to create and implement a digital coaching plan, as well as positive feedback and improved outcomes in their respective teaching environments. We'll share testimonials of successful admin-coach partnerships that have transformed their learning environments with digital coaching.

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Outline

1-Understand the importance of an effective admin-coach partnership in the context of digital education. (15 mins)
Include testimonials to discuss the impact of coaching plans. Turn and talk discussions.
2- Be capable of initiating and maintaining a collaborative relationship between admins and coaches. (10 min)
Introduce the coaching plan format. Give real examples of how plans have been implemented.
3- Know how to use specific technology tools effectively to enhance coaching. (5 min)
How spreadsheets are an effective tool to create a digital coaching plan.
4- Begin to develop a digital coaching plan. (15 min)
Sharing a template and allowing coaches and admin opportunities to adjust for their school setting. Provide a template for coaches and admin to plan the template based on their school needs.
5- Be equipped to measure the success of their digital coaching plan and make necessary adjustments. (10 min)
Survey results and forms to guide future development.

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Supporting research

Creating Powerful Principal and Coach Partnerships:
https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/creating-powerful-principal-and-coach-partnerships

Funding Coaching is Not Enough: The Role of District Administrator in Instructional Coaching:
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED614331.pdf

Creating Powerful Principal and Coach Partnerships
https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/creating-powerful-principal-and-coach-partnerships

Easiest Way to Triple the Impact of Coaching: Principal Support
https://www.instructionalcoaching.com/blog/the-easiest-way-to-triple-the-impact-of-coaching-principal-support

Engage School Administrators to Actively Support Coaching
https://digitalpromise.org/initiative/instructional-coaching/structure-a-sustainable-and-scalable-instructional-coaching-program/engage-school-administrators-to-actively-support-coaching/#:~:text=School%20administrators%20can%20also%20support,with%20school%20and%20district%20goals

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Session specifications

Topic:
Coaching & mentoring
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Coaches, Curriculum/district specialists, Principals/head teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
ISTE Standards:
For Education Leaders:
Visionary Planner
  • Engage education stakeholders in developing and adopting a shared vision for using technology to improve student success, informed by the learning sciences.
  • Build on the shared vision by collaboratively creating a strategic plan that articulates how technology will be used to enhance learning.
  • Evaluate progress on the strategic plan, make course corrections, measure impact and scale effective approaches for using technology to transform learning.

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