Coaching ... Not Just for Sports: Life as a Digital Learning Coach Brandee Ramirez, Ed.D. and Steve Regur, Ed.D.

Session Description Digital learning coaches or technology integrations trainers are essential to successful technology implementations. Come learn how to be an effective technology coach and transform your schools teaching and learning. As technology integration among schools increases across the country, ongoing support for teachers and students is essential. To further develop the leadership skills of educators, coaches need more than just vision and knowledge. Change leadership requires vision, expertise, and the ability to frame and reframe conversations. Coaching impacts both the quality of teaching and student learning. During this workshop, you will increase your capacity to coach, lead, and inspire teachers. Through interactive, engaging activities, participants will explore their strengths, identify ways to lead change, increase their impact, and discuss ways to do this using specific iPad apps and practical examples from a digital learning coach.

Learning Intentions Increase coaching capacity Explore technology tools

How Do Coaches Adapt? 3 point line https://www.youtube.com/v/P2eQecdeULg

What is Your 3 Point Line?

ACTIVITY #1 Post your “three point line” PADLET www.padlet.com/bramirez/FETC2017

Does coaching work?

ACTIVITY #2 Post one word describing effective coaching ANSWER GARDEN www.answergarden.ch/419222

Coaching works when it focuses on people Building a relationship Establish trust Promote risk-taking environment

“How do you talk good?”

How you say it is as important as what you say What’s the bottom line? What is the process to make it happen? Who does it work for? How does this connect?

ACTIVITY #3 Four corner discussion PADLET (repost) www.padlet.com/bramirez/FETC2017

What kind of coaching works best?

Models of Coaching Expert Collaborative Cognitive Directive Demonstrations Predefined outcomes Shared decisions Brainstorming Shared outcomes Discovery method Guiding questions Expressive outcomes

Joyce and Showers (1995)

Coaching Cycle (Knight, 2007)

Activity #4 Post at least one tech tool for each style of coaching and how you can use it in your coaching cycle. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dTV1iamw _gIdrFVbLIxffrzokPtLFm2UP6OM- iWfjks/edit?usp=sharing

How do you stay above the drama? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovrVv_RlC Mw

How do you build your personal learning network? Promote https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YYlR _tL4HrCpF80cAgwRObVJn1UqP8mnMDOSD2l -_gY/edit?usp=sharing

Celebrate Often https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkHqPF bxmOU

How do you put it all together? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HeKjSGhBGAG1au2D3rqN U-TKjfIswwFU0jblKL--Dlo/edit?usp=sharing