High Performing Educators -- Institute on Coaching
Register Now for July 24th’s HIGH PERFORMING EDUCATOR’S AWARDS LUNCHEON & INSTITUTE ON COACHING
9am to 2pm – Lakewood Boys & Girls Club’s Hope Center
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We invite you to attend Phi Delta Kappa-Washington State’s Institute on Coaching and an awards luncheon recognizing High Performing Educators. Coaching is the theme of The Washington State Kappan journal’s Spring 08 issue and the theme of this institute.
- Keynote speaker: Alison Olzendam , Ph.D. Founder/President – Powerful Teaching and Learning Group, “Bridging the Implementation Gap: Research-Proven Strategies for Moving Teachers from Knowledge to Effective Application.”
Luncheon speaker: Anne Thomas. Author – From Bullets to Blackboards and Associate with the Rise Institute and Southeast Asia Multi-Lingual Education Project and Indigenous Youth Development Programme (www.ntfpcambodia.org).
- Coaching Workshops (90 minutes) will feature:
- Powerful Teaching and Learning into Practice – Alison Olzendam and Heather Knight Certified coaches and extraordinary leader trainers, will conduct a research-based workshop designed for teacher leaders, coaches, administrators, and professional learning communities.
- State of the Art Instruction – Kathy Comfort and Jo Kain, Clover Park School District’s distinguished curriculum designers and coaches, will conduct training in implementing the Continuum of Teacher Development derived from research related to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the Principles of Learning, and Washington State’s Professional Certification Standards.
- Effective Facilitator Strategies and Practices – Anita Roth and Autumn Foster, Tacoma School District Literacy Facilitators, will provide training in a variety of skills and strategies to help teachers improve their instructional skills. One-on- one planning and reflective coaching conversations are a tool that can be used to move both veteran and beginning teachers into reflecting about instruction.
- Leadership & Cognitive Coaching for Mentors – John Armenia and administrators from three school districts will conduct this workshop on preparing experienced teacher and administrator mentors for coaching roles with interns, and novice teachers and administrators.
We invite you to join us at Washington State’s Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa’s annual spring symposium at the Hope Center in Lakewood. Please visit our website www.pdkwas.org to view upcoming events and access registration information and forms. If you have questions contact John Armenia, (253 – 208-6248 or 425-868-4282) d4success@comcast.net.
