Discover the latest coaching trends across Virginia and explore strategies for fostering sustainable educator growth. This session will share insights from the VSTE Certified Coach program, highlight adaptable coaching models, and provide practical tools for strengthening your coaching practices. Attendees will engage in discussions and hands-on activities to apply concepts and leave with actionable strategies and resources to enhance their coaching programs.
In this interactive discussion, coaching leaders will discuss how a systems approach for supporting coaches throughout their practice leads to stronger relationships, collaboration, and student growth. Facilitators will guide coaches, administrators, and division leaders as they calibrate and elevate their work through meaningful discussions centered around success factors for coaching.
It may be challenging to coach teachers who feel they don't need or won't benefit from your coaching. Guess what? It's okay. During this session, you'll learn how to work with teachers who don't want to work with you! Melanie will share strategies you should know to help you coach the uncoachable. Come learn the three levels of defensiveness, possible causes of the defensiveness, and coaching techniques to use when working with these types of teachers.
Effective instructional coaches improve instruction and help with improvement goals. But what if the system is the barrier to coaches’ success? In this session, participants will engage with a tool that assesses our coaching system’s effectiveness within four broad categories. Participants will develop targeted actions based on the assessment outcomes.
Linda Rhyne is the owner of Linda Rhyne Consulting and founding president of The Reading League North Carolina. Linda is an award-winning National Board Certified, LETRS & Orton-Gillingham trained educator with 16 years of experience in education including Charlotte-Mecklenburg... Read More →
Wednesday February 5, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PST
Tidewater A/B
This presentation will outline how RCPS Literacy Coaches have implemented and communicated the Virginia Literacy Act (VLA) over the past four years. Instructional coaches will learn successful practices, including strategies for collaboration meetings, data analysis, and student reading plan discussions. The session will provide resources and foster discussions on collaboration approaches. Instructional coaches and school leaders will leave with practical tools for enhancing literacy practices and navigating the VLA’s requirements across various stakeholders.
Tabitha Carter is in her fourth year as a Literacy Coach for Rockingham County Public Schools. Prior to that, she was a reading specialist at both the elementary and secondary level as well as a 1st grade teacher. She is currently working toward her doctorate of education in Reading... Read More →
Discover the latest coaching trends across Virginia and explore strategies for fostering sustainable educator growth. This session will share insights from the VSTE Certified Coach program, highlight adaptable coaching models, and provide practical tools for strengthening your coaching practices. Attendees will engage in discussions and hands-on activities to apply concepts and leave with actionable strategies and resources to enhance their coaching programs.
In this interactive discussion, coaching leaders will discuss how a systems approach for supporting coaches throughout their practice leads to stronger relationships, collaboration, and student growth. Facilitators will guide coaches, administrators, and division leaders as they calibrate and elevate their work through meaningful discussions centered around success factors for coaching.
Knowing your content alone is simply not good enough when creating professional learning. Making the learning stick so that learners can apply it is always the goal. This session will teach you how to effectively engage the adult learner every time you facilitate a session by using research-based learning strategies. When you leave this session, you'll have the tools and know-how required to create your most engaging PD ever!
Too often, coaches focus on what WE would improve in a classroom. In this session, we will discuss how coaches can shift their thinking from a “What would I do?” mindset and instead ask, “What could this teacher do?” Participants will leave ready to increase their coaching effectiveness.
Wednesday February 5, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PST
Tidewater A/B
This presentation will outline how RCPS Literacy Coaches have implemented and communicated the Virginia Literacy Act (VLA) over the past four years. Instructional coaches will learn successful practices, including strategies for collaboration meetings, data analysis, and student reading plan discussions. The session will provide resources and foster discussions on collaboration approaches. Instructional coaches and school leaders will leave with practical tools for enhancing literacy practices and navigating the VLA’s requirements across various stakeholders.
Tabitha Carter is in her fourth year as a Literacy Coach for Rockingham County Public Schools. Prior to that, she was a reading specialist at both the elementary and secondary level as well as a 1st grade teacher. She is currently working toward her doctorate of education in Reading... Read More →
