Designing Inclusive Coaching Activities for Edtech Integration

Purpose & objective

In this session, learners will gain insights into best practices that support technology implementation with emphasis on creating an inclusive and equitable culture of adult learning. This presentation will empower educators in the context of cultivating a positive learning environment to establish trust and belonging with adult learners.

Starting with a UDL framework as ground zero for DEI, participants will consider ways to rethink adult learning experiences by exploring the importance of setting an inclusive stage for learning with a purposeful use of technology to cultivate a supportive learning and coaching environment. Participants will explore active connections and alignment across the ISTE Education Leader Standards, ISTE Educator Standards, ISTE Coach Standards, and ISTE Student Standards.

Outline

OUTLINE
This proposal includes three parts: First, gain a deeper understanding of the frameworks and standards as they apply to ISTE Education Leader and Coach. Second, to leverage the universal design for learning framework for guiding decisions when developing an inclusive learning environment. Third, explore and engage with a variety of resources, personalized to your education role ( education leader, coach), to develop an effective edtech coaching practicefor immediate implementation.
1. Welcome & Background
2. Inclusion Activity: Who’s In The Room?
3.Guiding Questions:
How might we as education leaders & coaches create inclusive spaces for adult learners to engage in an inclusive & meaningful learning environment that grows teacher practice?
What are the benefits of an intentional application of the UDL and TPACK frameworks to support adult learning?
5. Grounding
-ISTE Overview:
4.1 Change Agent: Coaches inspire educators and leaders to use
technology to create equitable and ongoing access to high-quality
learning.
3.3 Empowering Leader: Leaders create a culture where teachers and
learners are empowered to use technology in innovative ways to enrich
teaching and learning.
-UDL Framework: Briefly help participants make connections to designing adult learning activities aligned to DEI principles.
-CASEL Framework-Discuss the how SEL competencies are esential in creating opportunites to develop trust and inclusive environments
-TPACK: Review the importance of designing for TPACK and how this aligns with the UDL framework.
6. Explore Resources
Developing activities using UDL as a grand zero
Adult Learning for inclusion and belonging
Bridge to a supportive coaching culture
7. Application
Design: examples from a variety of contexts
Plan: goals for adult learners
Identify: key elements of coaching practice
8. Closing resources

Supporting research

https://udlguidelines.cast.org/binaries/content/assets/udlguidelines/udlg-v2-2/udlg_graphicorganizer_v2-2_numbers-no.pdf
https://todayslearner.cengage.com/the-importance-of-diversity-in-adult-learning-principles/