Lastinger Learning Webinars

Early Childhood Professional Learning

This technical assistance series is designed to help current early learning coaches enhance their coaching abilities with actionable strategies and resources.

Meet the Presenters

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

Liza Leonard

Coordinator, Early Childhood Implementation

Ana Valdes

Specialist, Early Childhood Implementation

Previous Sessions

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April 15 | 2:00 – 3:00 EST

Coaching Towards Agency: Navigating Spheres of Influence to Empower Educators and Transform Practice

During this session participants will:

Explore strategies to support coachees in building agency and engaging in reflective, intentional practice.

Gain practical tools to help coachees identify and act within their sphere of influence.

Learn and apply the three key strategies of coaching towards agency – naming, reframing and deconstructing beliefs – in coaching conversations.

Recording coming soon

A teacher talking to the parent of one of their students.

May 13 | 2:00 – 3:00 EST

From Standards to Success: Leveraging Evidence-Based Practices

By the end of this webinar, participants will be introduced to:

Approaches for utilizing the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards to support coachees in identifying a meaningful focus for coaching.

Strategies for incorporating evidence-based practices into coaching conversations to enhance instructional quality and teacher effectiveness.

Methods for leveraging the Standards to guide coaching toward practices that foster improved child outcomes and high-quality classroom experiences.

Recording coming soon

A young woman teacher helping two toddlers with alphabet books.

June 3 | 2:00 – 3:00 EST

Coaching Survival Phrases: Questions for Engagement and Impact

In this one-hour professional learning session, participants will discover five powerful coaching phrases that enhance engagement and drive meaningful coaching conversations forward. They will develop the skills and confidence to use these phrases effectively in coaching interactions, fostering deeper reflection and professional growth. Participants will explore how these phrases can support coachees in gaining insights into their teaching practice.

Discover five powerful coaching phrases that drive meaningful coaching conversations forward.

Develop the skills and confidence to use these phrases effectively in coaching interactions.

Explore how these phrases can deepen a coachee’s thinking and support their growth as reflective practitioners.

Recording coming soon

A teacher holding up a photo of carrots to their students while reading a story.

Office Hours

Coaching Corner office hours is a virtual meeting opportunity to engage deeper with the professional learning material, ask questions, and collaboratively problem solve.

Schedule

Contact Ana Valdes at am.valdes@coe.ufl.edu, for the Zoom link.

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