PIIC Coaching Network
We want your Instructional Coaches!
What are Instructional Coaches?
How can Instructional Coaches impact your district?
Develop and deliver in-house professional development and follow-up.
Collect and analyze classroom data along with colleagues.
Take the building lead in using data to drive instructional decision-making.
Assist colleagues in addressing areas for growth in Educator Effectiveness.
Co-plan engaging lessons with teachers that address literacy in all content areas
Why should your Instructional Coaches participate in TPIIC?
As an instructional coach in the PIIC program, they will have an IU mentor to assist and coach you on best practices and new techniques to take back to your district. They will be participating in a framework that allows them to anchor their coaching efforts, and pull from other coaches to help improve instruction across the district. Participation in the PIIC program also provides your coaches with ongoing training to develop their coaching skills, particularly in instructional strategies for all content areas.
Here is what district leaders are saying about their instructional coaches' participation in TPIIC!
Marion Center School District currently has two instructional coaches participating in the PIIC program. "It's important for coaches to stay up to date on strategies on how best to support the staff and to learn new instructional strategies that they can bring to the district, model in the classrooms, and support teachers to constantly improve their practices. As an administrator, getting into the classroom with staff has become merely impossible. Having coaches that focus on math and literacy allows teachers to continuously develop their toolbox of instructional strategies and programs to support a variety of learners. Our coaches model and support in the classroom, as well as provide a variety of staff development opportunities on ACT 80 days. They have been essential for the district to implement initiatives, which is their main goal. The PIIC program helps them to stay up to date and provides them with ideas, research, and best practice to support staff."
Amy Gaston, Curriculum Director, Marion Center School District
- Eric Thomas, Principal, Purchase Line School District
Homer Center High School currently has three part time instructional coaches. Their participation in the PIIC program allows them to be involved in "networking, learning strategies that have worked and are best practice and helping implement these strategies in our school to benefit our students. They bring back knowledge of best practices, sharing, implementing, supporting, modeling (whatever support needed to use best practice in our classrooms)."
-Jody Rainey, Principal, Homer Center School District
"The information and strategies brought back to the district has help in professional development, instruction, technology, and overall goal setting. Our instructional coach is an integral part of our team. Her knowledge, professionalism, and ability to work with teachers is of high quality. She works with individual teachers, groups of teachers, and administrators effectively."
-Larry Robb, Program Director, Freeport School District
What do instructional coaches have to say about the TPIIC program?
-Jamie Cortazzo, Instructional Coach, Penns Manor School District
"This was my first real year of instructional coaching. I cannot wait for a more "normal" year to get involved with coaching even more! I really enjoy going to PIIC. I don't think I would quite understand what "instructional coaching" means without going to PIIC. I enjoy working with teachers/coaches from other districts. In my situation, I am a teacher and a coach. So it's nice to hear what other teachers/coaches are doing and participating in in other districts as well. I love the connection and the networking we receive. It's so nice to be able to learn from other teachers/coaches and to also work with the women of ARIN!"
Carly Meholic, Instructional Coach, Homer Center School District
" PIIC gives the coaches great ideas and strategies to take back to our district. We use the information to work with teachers one on one and even up to whole district professional development. PIIC is where we network with other districts and learning new ideas to bring back to our district that other districts are doing and works. PIIC is also where we learning new information from the IU to bring back and provide professional development to our teachers. I LOVE to learn new ideas/strategies/information to teach others. I LOVE learning and growing. I LOVE to help teachers be the most effective teachers to our students."
Maria Britton, Instructional Coach, Marion Center School District
WHAT WILL IT COST?
Interested?
Dates for Networking Sessions in 2022-2023
Meetings this year will be held on the following dates at ARIN:
Tuesday, September 27th
Tuesday, October 25th
Wednesday, December 13th
Tuesday, January 24th
Tuesday, February 28th
Tuesday, March 28th
Wednesday, May 23rd
Typical Networking Session
The IU provides lunch for those that attend.
The afternoon is spent in breakout sessions. This time can include additional small group learning, individual learning, or time to strategize with colleagues and plan possible sessions to roll out in their districts. We wrap up the day by once again sharing out as a whole group about their afternoon learning and planning.
Registration
Contact Information
Lauren Cunningham
Director of Curriculum and Educational Technology
724-463-5300, ext. 1225
Lacie Cook
Curriculum Specialist
724-463-5300, ext. 1247
Stacie Isenberg
Curriculum Specialist
724-463-5300