Lastinger Learning Webinars:
Early Learning Coaching Professional Learning
This technical assistance series is designed to help current early learning coaches enhance their coaching abilities with actionable strategies and resources.
Meet the Presenters
The Lastinger Center Early Learning Team features experience in education and education research.
Liza Leonard
Early Learning Implementation, Coordinator
Ana Valdes
Early Learning Implementation, Specialist
Coaching Towards Agency: Navigating Spheres of Influence to Empower Educators and Transform Practice
April 15 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm EST
- Explore strategies to support coachees in building agency and engaging in reflective, intentional practice.
- Gain practical tools to help coachees identify and act within their sphere of influence.
- Learn and apply the three key strategies of coaching towards agency – naming, reframing and deconstructing beliefs – in coaching conversations.
In this interactive session, participants will explore strategies to empower coachees to take ownership of their practice and professional growth. They will gain practical tools to help coachees identify and act within their sphere of influence, enabling them to navigate challenges and drive meaningful change. Participants will learn the three key strategies of coaching towards agency and how to apply them effectively in coaching conversations to foster reflection, growth, and sustained impact.
Upcoming sessions
From Standards to Success:
Leveraging Evidence-Based Practices
May 13 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm EST
- Use the Florida Early Learning Developmental Standards to support coachees in identifying a meaningful focus for coaching.
- Integrate evidence-based practices into coaching conversations to support effective teaching and learning.
- Explore ways to leverage the standards to guide coaching conversations toward evidence-based practices that enhance child learning and development.
In this one-hour professional learning session, participants will learn how to use the Florida Early Learning Developmental Standards to help coachees identify a meaningful focus for coaching. They will explore strategies for integrating evidence-based practices into coaching conversations to support effective teaching and learning. Participants will discover ways to leverage the standards to guide coaching discussions that enhance child learning and development, ensuring alignment between instructional practices and high-quality early learning outcomes.
Coaching Survival Phrases:
Questions for Engagement and Impact
June 3 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm EST
- Discover five powerful coaching phrases that drive meaningful coaching conversations forward.
- Develop the skills and confidence to use these phrases effectively in coaching interactions.
- Explore how these phrases can deepen a coachee’s thinking and support their growth as reflective practitioners.
In this one-hour professional learning session, participants will discover five powerful coaching phrases that enhance engagement and drive meaningful coaching conversations forward. They will develop the skills and confidence to use these phrases effectively in coaching interactions, fostering deeper reflection and professional growth. Participants will explore how these phrases can support coachees in gaining insights into their teaching practice.
Office Hours
Coaching Corner office hours is a virtual meeting opportunity to engage deeper with the professional learning material, ask questions, and collaboratively problem solve.
Schedule:
April 18 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm EST
April 29 & April 30 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm EST
May 20 & 22 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm EST
June 17 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm EST
June 25 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm EST
Contact Liza Leonard, lizaleonard@coe.ufl.edu, for the Zoom link.
Recordings
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Learn more about: Lastinger Early Learning Programs