Build a Results Focused Instructional Coaching Program

Join Us!

Register now for our 3-day summer workshop in Boulder, CO July 17-19, 2024

>>Are you struggling to establish an impactful instructional coaching program?

>>Or maybe you want to build a high-quality program from the start?

You are in the right place!

Designing An Instructional Coaching Program

>>Immerse yourself in the best practices for building successful instructional coaching programs.

>>Align instructional leadership with proven strategies and systems.

>> Build a rigorous instructional coaching model tailored to your context.

What You Will Learn

  • Define and align instructional leadership systems that deliver data-focused results.

  • Build sustainable systems that can scale to meet your needs.

Lay the Foundation

  • Learn to lead with emotional intelligence and facilitative leadership practices.

  • Re-program your leadership with instructional coaching strategies that focus on action and results.

Refine Execution

  • Execute the alignment of theory-to-practice that will usher in the necessary culture shifts.

  • Learn to execute a mindset of inclusion and equity through process tools that build agency and capacity of leaders and teachers.

Build Culture

Skills you will acquire:

How to develop a coaching system that is clear and scalable.

How to plan for and execute systems when resistance is encountered.

How to facilitate change from the middle.

How to manage coaching conversation in multiple contexts.

How to gather feedback and data on system performance.

How to market an instructional coaching program to get buy-in and participation.

Walk out the door with an action plan for success.

Professional Development Options

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    Options for Districts

    We work with districts and individual schools to build systems and provide guidance to grow programs and impact.

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    Options for Training

    We can provide single workshops or year-long training programs focused on facilitative leadership and instructional coaching.

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    1:1 Private Coaching

    You can personalize your learning through 1:1 coaching. Become a better coach, facilitator, and leader through focused mentoring.

Sample Workshop Schedule

Day 1

System Design and Alignment

  • Develop vision and an execution plan for how leadership and coaches will work together for teacher and student outcomes.

  • Design change management and communication systems on how the program will integrate into the larger organization.

  • Set data systems in place to measure success for the leadership and coaching team.

Day 2

Promoting and Building to Scale

  • Build a coaching and leadership system that integrates change management strategies to improve or develop a feedback culture.

  • Build a marketing plan to grow support and collaboration for a feedback culture.

Day 3

Coaching Conversation Models

  • Practice methods of team and individual facilitation that are grounded in adult learning theory.

  • Expand your toolbox of coaching methods for directive and facilitative contexts.

Express Interest

Sign up to receive notice when 2024 Summer Sessions are released. Space is limited.

Bring the Program to Your School


Want to immerse your faculty and staff in building a culture of coaching and feedback? We can come to you with one of our signature courses tailored to your unique location, School culture, and needs.

Meet The Facilitators

  • Shannon Helgeson

    Founder and Senior Facilitator

  • Ross Herdina

    Founder and Process Facilitator