Coaching the Teacher Leader: A tool for professional growth and impact

Outline

Upon entry: Poll about what teacher leadership looks like in your setting.

10m. Power of Teacher Leadership and research behind their need for coaching and support. (Cartoon story and research quotes and short intro to who Elisa MacDonald is and why coaching teacher leaders is important.)

5m (Group charting) What are the Ups and Downs to being a teacher leader?

10m. Intro to the Ten Primary Intentions that skillful intentional Teacher Leaders set. (Lecture explanation, "look and listen for's" and time for individuals to self- reflect on one primary intention.)

30m. Application to a real coaching session. Elisa begins with explaining the structure of the coaching process, then shows clips of an edited video of a coaching conversation between Elisa and a teacher leader from Brazil. (Elisa will pause the video a few times to prompt participants to write or turn-and-talk.)

5m. Take-aways and application to own setting.

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