Webinar Recordings
Below you’ll find recordings of EdConnective interactive webinars covering topics of interest to school and district leaders. Each webinar leverages the knowledge of our expert virtual coaching team, boasting over 500 years teaching experience. We place emphasis on practical advice that can be acted on today.
Panel Discussion: Leading Forward | Expert Insights into Effective Coaching Models for Leaders and Teachers
This 30-minute webinar explores proven coaching models for teachers and leaders. Hosted by Dr. Peter Stiepleman, this session brings together a panel of expert educators:
• Dr. Natalie Nichols, Senior Chief of Schools and Innovation, Round Rock ISD (TX)
• Dr. Courtney Lemon-Tate, Expert Instructional and Leadership Coach
• Will Morris (M.Ed.), Founder and CEO, EdConnective
Panelists share their insights on successful coaching strategies and discuss how these models can be implemented to support professional development and leadership growth. You'll learn from panelists who have applied these approaches, and we hear audience Q&A as well!
Leading Effective Professional Development for K-12 Educators
As a K12 leader, you know that often the most well-planned professional learning initiatives can receive tepid response. This isn’t due to the competence of the leader, or to the relevance of the content! Often it has everything to do with the content feeling overwhelming (redundant, bloated, burdensome), and as a result, outcomes fall flat.
During “Leading Effective PD for K-12 Educators,” you'll get bite-sized strategies you can use as a leader to make professional learning more engaging, and more impactful. During the session, we engaged in the following topics:
Fostering a welcoming learning environment to encourage participants to contribute
Structuring professional learning to target actionable strategies that teachers can immediately implement in their classrooms
Creating engaging practice that fosters collaboration and feedback within the professional learning
EdConnective coaches Imogen Klossner and Dr. Natasha Ward share practical strategies you can use to deliver engaging professional learning your teachers will appreciate. Includes BONUS COVERAGE with extra time for Q&A! There were more questions than we could answer in the allotted time, so we took a little time to cover them!
Download: Follow along by downloading the Participant’s Guide.
Master the “4 R’s” to Support and Retain Teachers
K-12 Leaders are looking to support teachers in ways that don't feel like "one more thing" added to teachers' plates. With surveys suggesting up to 25% of teachers are looking to leave teaching, teacher support and retention are as important as ever.
EdConnective expert coaches Imogen Klossner and Labonnie Smith lead “Supporting and Retaining Teachers through the Four R’s.” During this interactive webinar, participants:
Identify small but impactful changes that create a stronger school culture
Discuss how to build relational trust with teachers and transform power dynamics to facilitate collaboration
Make a plan to impact change in teacher support through the Four Rs of Respect, Relationships, Reflection and Rest.
Download: Follow along by downloading the Participant’s Guide.
Trauma Informed Leadership: Practical Strategies for Lead Educators (+ Bonus Coverage)
Education leaders are struggling to find practical ways to support teachers. Teachers need to feel supported in ways that "supports" like new curriculum or new technology don't provide, mostly because those supports feel like "one more thing to do."
Through a lens of equity, EdConnective instructional coaches Dr. Natasha Ward (EdD) and Destiny Shantell Woodbury (M.Ed) provide practical strategies for lead educators to truly support teachers. This session will cover topics such as:
Building Strong and Supportive Relationships
Empowering Educators’ Agency
Exploring Individual and Community Identities
AND BONUS COVERAGE! Attendees had a lot of great questions, and we take a few minutes at the end to address more of them!
Download: Follow along by downloading the Participants Guide.
Bonus supplement: Exploring Identity Markers Guide
Teacher Self-Care: Reducing Burn-out as a Lead Educator
Teachers are feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and while putting students first find it almost impossible to take time for themselves. Lead Educators are in a difficult position in supporting teachers, and what about their own self-care?!? Lauren Vargas (M.EdL) shares practical advice for school and district leaders to support teacher self-care including:
Turning Self-care talk into self-care action
The role of school leaders in reducing teacher stress
Simplification and Flexibility
Promoting a healthy work-life balance (leaders included!)
Panel Discussion: Top Teacher Questions about Virtual Learning
During this panel discussion, EdConnective coaches answer top questions from teachers as they've transitioned to distance learning and give practical advice on questions within a wide range of topics. Topics include:
Culturally responsive teaching
Teaching equitably to support diverse learners at a distance
Social and emotional well-being
Virtual classroom management to engage students
Leveraging additional learning time (like summer!)
Family engagement
Panel Discussion: Virtual Teaching Through an Equity Lens
Ensuring equity and access for all students has been a prevalent question since the moment we knew we were going virtual due to COVID-19. Our expert panel fielded questions from educators and gave practical insights into some of the major challenges district and school-level educators are facing including:
Narrowing the digital divide in the virtual classroom
Blended learning and the virtual classroom for the '20-'21 school year
Social and Emotional Support
Out of Sight, Top of Mind - supporting the students you can't see
Asset-based vs. deficiency-oriented mindset
Workshop: Key Remote Teaching Proficiencies to Minimize Learning Loss
Workshop leaders Lauren Vargas (M.EdL) and Rashaida Melvin (M.Ed) share practical tips for helping your teachers master key remote teaching proficiencies to minimize student learning loss. Topics include:
Creating a simple yet effective remote learning space
Building meaningful relationships with students and their families
Engaging students in rigorous content in order to turn potential learning loss into accelerated learning
Supplemental Document: Key Remote Teaching Proficiencies to Minimize Learning Loss
Workshop: How to Go Virtual for Teacher Support
Schools and districts everywhere are making a sudden transition to remote/virtual learning on a scale never seen due to COVID-19, In this workshop, Will Morris (M.Ed) and Lauren Vargas (M.EdL) share helpful tips and frameworks for administrators to use as they are challenged to support teachers virtually.
Supplemental Document: The Remote Teaching Mindset
EdConnective hears from school and district administrators every day through our team of expert virtual coaches. Will and Lauren are able to share practical advice for administrators based on those interactions.
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