Instructional Coaching: Creating Powerful and Sustainable Coaching Programs
In this workshop, instructional coaches and school leaders will explore the SIMPLE Approach. This comprehensive system combines The SIMPLE Shift and The SIMPLE Blueprint to build sustainable coaching cultures and promote teacher and student growth. Participants will learn how to implement The SIMPLE Shift to transform school culture and align coaching initiatives with school improvement goals while applying The SIMPLE Blueprint to create structured, data-driven coaching programs. Through collaborative activities, attendees will connect coaching practices with leadership strategies, ensuring alignment and support. By the end of the workshop, you will return to your school with practical tools and a strategic action plan for developing impactful coaching programs that drive lasting change.
Learning Objectives:
- Strategies for integrating coaching into the broader school culture
- Strengthen collaboration between coaches and school leaders
- Tools and frameworks for establishing impactful coaching cycles
- Actionable plans for data-driven instructional improvements
- Use data to set coaching goals and measure impact
- Overcome coaching challenges and resistance
- Build professional capacity for continuous growth
Learn from leading experts
Agenda and speakers are subject to change.
Tuesday, December 2nd
7:00–8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:00–11:30 a.m. |
Presentation |
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. |
Lunch (provided) |
12:30–3:30 p.m. | Presentation |
Wednesday, December 3rd
7:00–8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:00–11:30 a.m. |
Presentation |
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. |
Lunch (provided) |
12:30–3:30 p.m. | Presentation |
Venue
Solution Tree Iowa State Office Training Center
611 5th Avenue Suite #100
Des Moines, Iowa
Participation Information
You will receive a certificate of participation 6 weeks after the event concludes. Please check with your state department of education for CEU availability.
Additional Information
Included with your registration
Simply Instructional Coaching
The role of an instructional coach is fundamental. The personalized, job-embedded professional development, instructional strategies, and targeted feedback you give to teachers helps them hone their craft. Your work impacts student success and school improvement. If you’ve got questions, this guidebook is for you.
Event Journal
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