Far too many perencial problems exist in schools. These education problems are becoming crises and require the urgency and commitment to finding solutions. This session invites leaders to approach problems like grading, reading levels, teacher retention, and discipline with a similar mindset that we have in a crisis. When faced with a crisis, leaders commit to solutions, are often more innovative, and do not stop until the problem is mitigated.

One of the most important roles administrators have is to provide feedback to teachers on their instruction. Connie Hamilton has thousands of hours of coaching and feedback with teachers. In this session, she will share the key parts of effective feedback that will have your teachers looking forward to being observed. A rubric will be shared so you can self-assess the quality of the feedback you’re providing to teachers. Educators crave relevant, actionable, and specific feedback. This session will immediately improve the way you help your teachers grow.

It's not too inspiring to tell a great teacher to “keep up the good work”. Unfortunately, our best teachers often get the least amount of support to help them grow and continue to improve. This session will focus on the teachers who consistently rate the highest and offer how you can affirm their success and continue to encourage their growth. Many of the strategies apply to teachers of all levels, but the focus here is focusing on your rockstars.

Turn sit and get staff meetings into engaging learning. Attendees will not only get tips about how to embed professional development into staff meetings, but will receive a year’s worth of activities you can use to model the best practices you want to see in classrooms and jazz up the precious time you have with your teachers. Whether you have 10 minutes or a full hour, every time you’re with teachers is an opportunity to be their instructional leader.