The Coaches Corner
IMESD & OTREN Regional Coaches Huddle - 4/10/23
Summer Series- PD Opportunities
There are a variety of PD opportunities for educators during the OTREN Summer Series. Registration is open and session details can be found at summerseries2024.sched.com
A couple highlights:
- Dr. Ronda Fritz is providing three sessions to educators and administrators on the science of reading
- Beginning educator 2-day workshops with a day two designed especially for special education teachers and CTE teachers- specialists within the IMESD will be leading the day 2 workshops
- Sessions that focus on classroom management, student engagement, mental health, and behavior.
SORA PD Library
The SORA PD Library is currently accessible to all OTREN educators with their district email accounts and contains 37 ebooks and audiobooks in the Professional Development Collection. IMESD Media Specialist Christie Boen is always open to suggestions for more book to add. This is a great resource for educators, administrators, and coaches.
SORA Online Library
The SORA digital library has over 7,000 audio and ebooks available to students and educators. Teachers can use this resource for picture books, for relevant non-fiction books, or utilize the read alouds and read alongs to save their voice. The collection has over 100 picture books that teachers can also access to teach concepts, books on poetry, and other great topics for all grade levels. Christie Boen also provides a monthly newsletter that highlights upcoming events, media skills, and other ideas for educators.
"The Advice Trap" Book Study
April 17: 1:00pm-2:30pm
- In-Person: Lodgepole at Pendleton IMESD
- Zoom Meeting Link
To Read before March 20th:section three (pages 180-241)
Discussion Questions for Section 3:
1. Be Generous:
- Talk with a partner about ways, as a coach, you are generous using the three ways mentioned in the book:
- Generous silence (What stage do you find yourself in most often? Stages on page 182)
- Generous transparency (How willing are you to let go of control when you coach?)
- Generous appreciation
- Page 123: Tribe/Expectation/Rank/Autonomy
- This closely aligns with our "Complexities of Helping." How are you coaching with TERA in mind? In what ways is that working? What areas for growth are there?
3. Vulnerability
- Are you willing to be vulnerable? Are you willing to be coached? Are you making that happen now? in what ways? if not, can you? In what ways?
4. Think about times when it's critical to actually give advice. How are you:
- Defining it?
- Diminishing it?
- Delivering it?
- Debriefing it?
Regional Coaches Conference
We are once again collaborating with Michelle Harris to offer this professional learning opportunity and hope that you all can attend. Potential topics include: observing and providing feedback using data, difficult conversations, micro-teaching protocols, coaching conversations, coaching scenarios, practical application practice, and practice with tools.
This year participating coaches' districts will be responsible for travel and lodging costs, but OTREN will once again be sponsoring the costs of hosting Michelle and the meals for the conference. Reach out to our coaching team if you any questions or concerns regarding the conference.
DAY 1: Tuesday May 21
TIME: 4:00pm-8:00pm (dinner hosted by the Pendleton High School culinary program)
LOCATION: PTECH Pendleton Tech & Trade Center
1700 NW 15th Dr, Pendleton, OR 97801
Day 2: Wednesday May 22
TIME: 8:30am-3:00pm (a light breakfast and lunch will be provided)
LOCATION: Pendleton IMESD Building, Lodgepole
2001 SW Nye Ave, Pendleton, OR 97801
Credit Opportunity: You can earn one EOU graduate credit (ED 510) for $100.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 26, 2024
The instructional coaches (Jennifer, Ayla, and Beth) are part of the Instructional Services Department at the InterMountain Education Service District. Our three focus areas this year are:
- School-level Impact Teams
- Educator Huddles (Content-Specific, GROW- Beginning Teachers, EdTech, Regional Coaches)
- One-on-one or small group coaching cycles
Please contact us for more information about the Coaching Huddle or how we can support you and your school.
Email: instructionalcoaches@imesd.k12.or.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/imesdapps.org/instructional-coaching/home