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 Presenter

The Lastinger Center Early Learning Team features experience in education and education research.

Ana Valdes

Specialist, Early Childhood Implementation

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

Clarify 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.

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