Early Childhood Webinar Series
Coach and Facilitator Professional Learning
Each session focuses on a targeted area of practice, with topics ranging from foundational concepts to more advanced strategies that support effective coaching and facilitation.
Meet the Presenters
The Lastinger Center Early Childhood Team features experience in education and education research.
Webinar One
Cultivating Trust
Discover key strategies of coaching towards agency and how to apply them effectively in coaching conversations.
- Relate Spheres of Influence to decision making
- Develop educator confidence in their classroom practice
- Name, reframe, and deconstruct limiting beliefs
Empowering educators increases positive student outcomes. This webinar explores how early childhood coaches can cultivate trust and agency with educators so that they feel confident in their classrooms.
Webinar Two
Five Coaching Survival Phrases
Employ five powerful phrases that enhance engagement and drive meaningful coaching conversations forward.
- Use tone and timing to diffuse heightened emotions
- Invite reflection and curiosity in tense moments
- Establish yourself as a partner, not a fixer
Emotional moments can be tricky to navigate during professional conversations. The five phrases in this webinar are useful for responding to educators in a way that avoids defensiveness and shutting down.
Webinar Three
From Standards to Success
Use the Florida Early Learning Developmental Standards to help coachees identify a meaningful focus.
- Identify a standards-aligned coaching focus
- Lead with evidence, not opinions
- Encourage reflection of classroom practice
Evidence-based methods positively impact children’s development and learning. This webinar provides strategies for coaches to align with state standards when helping educators appropriately teach for each developmental stage.
Webinar Four
Back to Basics: Community of Practice Facilitation
Distinguish between facilitating a training that uses Communities of Practice (CoP) processes vs. leading an actual CoP.
- Understand Communities of Practice vs Trainings
- Use agenda design, active listening, and neutrality to guide meaningful conversations
- Implement the 4 A’s framework to design and lead effective CoP and training sessions
Both CoPs and training sessions are important professional learning opportunities for educators. This webinar explores the differences between these and presents how the 4 A’s model can also be applied to both types of learning while also introducing additional facilitator moves that deepen reflection and connection to classroom practices.
Webinar Five
Building Trust Through Listening: Strengthening Coaching Practice in Early Learning
Trust is the foundation of effective coaching, and one of the most powerful ways to build trust is through how we listen. In this webinar, coaches explore how intentional listening strengthens relationships, encourages teacher reflection, and supports meaningful growth.
- Understand how trust supports meaningful coaching conversations and educator growth.
- Explore committed listening strategies, including active presence, strategic silence, and reflective feedback.
- Apply practical listening techniques to strengthen coaching conversations and build teacher ownership.
Participants will learn practical strategies, including active presence, strategic silence, and reflective feedback, to create coaching conversations that foster trust, collaboration, and educator ownership throughout the coaching cycle.
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