Upcoming Events
Unlocking Potential Through Intentional Coaching
Participants of Unlocking Potential Through Intentional Coaching will be expected and/or supported to:
- Name and describe a variety of skills, concepts, and structures that might have the greatest impact on their work.
Name and describe the ways they are intentionally partnering with colleagues to advance adult learning, reflection, and goal setting.
Describe the ways they are using the skills of coaching to enhance thinking and self-directedness with those I interact with.
Analyze their habits of LISTENING and RESPONDING and describe how they might be enhancing or interfering with my success.
Intended Audience:
Math Leaders & Coaches
This virtual series will be held on the following dates:
- November 3rd, 2023
- December 1st, 2023
- March 1st, 2024
- April 12, 2024
Growing Learning Lab Facilitators
Facilitators of professional learning know that the more authentic and embedded learning is the messier it is to design and facilitate. Creating a space for participants to feel safe and get messy in the work takes careful planning and strategic moves throughout its facilitation. Series leaders Samantha Keesling and Megan Kortlandt, co-authors of Principal Labs: Strengthening Instructional Leadership Through Shared Learning (ASCD), have designed and facilitated hundreds of labs for teachers and leaders alike, and will share what they’ve learned about managing the complexities of facilitating learning labs over the years.
In this two day series, participants will experience a job-embedded learning lab in order to study its design and facilitation so that they can grow their own skills around leading this form of professional learning for teachers and leaders. Learning labs offer a common structure for professional learning, but they are not one-size-fits all. Throughout these two days, participants will learn about creating a culture for learning and questions to ask when designing and customizing each lab experience for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Intended Audience:
Individuals who provide educator support:
- ISD Mathematics Consultants/Coaches/Specialists
- Early Childhood Specialists (GSRP ECSs)
- Local District Mathematics Coaches/Specialists
December 4th, 2023 and December 5th 2023 at Hilton Garden Inn Lansing West (633 N Canal Rd, Lansing, MI 48917)
Instructional Rounds: Train the Facilitator
Enhance student outcomes through a culture of continuous improvement, where teachers learn from one another and refine their practice. When Implementing change, building a culture focused on learning, and enhancing collaborative teams must come together to define and analyze instructional practices. This “Train the Facilitator” session will provide the skills, concepts, capabilities, and materials necessary to promote school-wide collaboration focused on agreed-upon area(s) of growth.
February 12, 2024 at Courtyard Mt. Pleasant at Central Michigan University (2400 East Campus Dr, Mt Pleasant, MI 48858)