Educational Service District 105
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Tuition: $375.00
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Tuition: $345.00
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Course Description:
Collaboration and communication are essential to meeting the goal of all students learning well. Coaching is a proven and practical vehicle for staff members, mentors and administrative evaluators to use in guiding each teacher to intentional best practice that will ensure student learning.
This course details the process of collaboration and communication that promotes quality outcomes in terms of student learning. By establishing a mutual purpose, mutual respect, individual commitment and using a variety of effective coaching communication skills, staff members can maximize the expertise, skill, and talent of coaching partners…. They learn from each other. The online format allows for reflection, practice, observation and analysis and application of skills to current settings. Emphasis is upon intentional best practice, celebration of success, planning for increased effectiveness in subsequent observational episodes and relationship maintenance. While the emphasis of the course is on establishing an effective coaching team, individuals also report that the process of taking the course enhances their instructional, assessment and classroom management skills.
Course Objectives:
- Understand the role of coaching in intentional best practice
- Understand the different purposes and uses of coaching
- Observe and analyze coaching episodes
- Self-analyze their own prior knowledge about coaching experiences
- Identify specific and guiding questions they want to answer with respect to coaching
- Distinguish between what makes an effective and an ineffective coach
- Explain the importance of trust and identify behaviors that will enhance trust in a coaching relationship
- Establish clear expectations for coaching partnerships
- Understand the importance of active listening and essential questions in coaching experiences
- Separate competence from performance of a single teaching episode
- Explain what is meant by confidentiality in the coaching experience
- Understand the varied roles that are played by coaches
- Understand that student learning is the bottom line in effective instruction
- Separate style from lesson content
- Understand the different purpose of peer coaching, mentoring and evaluation
- Explain how coaching can add meaning and purpose to teacher evaluation
- Understand the role of enduring knowledge in effective instructional planning
- Distinguish between a learning and a activity
- Design/select essential questions to guide the planning process
- Practice lesson planning and essential questioning with a partner
- Practice using a variety of methods for data collection
- Practice a variety of observation strategies through video analysis and scripted lessons
- Practice with lesson planning and observation with colleagues
- Understand the role of self-reflection in the coaching process
- Analyze a variety of possible essential questions to spur reflective practice
- Evaluate a coaching conference against specific standards of performance
- Understand and practice using Principles of Constructive Feedback
- Identify language that builds bridges and language that builds walls in conferencing
- Conduct a coaching conference
- Plan time to engage in coaching experiences through Coaching Action Plan
Course Description, Enrollment and Pricing
Educational Service District 105
CE Credits Online and Educational Service District 105 are pleased to offer you online professional development courses at discounted pricing.
Upon completion of your course(s), please request either ESD 105 clock hours or academic credits from Seattle Pacific University*
To Request Clock Hours:
Please submit the following Clock Hour Request Information along with payment upon course completion:
• Clock Hour Help Sheet
• Program Evaluation
• Clock Hour
Use these ESD105 Forms to request Washington State Approved Clock Hours:
Program Evaluation Form
Clock Hour Claim Form
FAQs
Please submit Forms and Payment to:
Educational Service District 105
33 S. Second Ave.
Yakima, WA 98902
If you have additional questions regarding Clock Hours Contact:
Sandra Cuevas
Certification Specialist/Registrar/Clock Hours
(509) 454-3102
sandra.cuevas@esd105.org
To Request University Credit:
University Credits: All courses are eligible for university credit. University credit must be requested within two weeks of course completion from your student homepage.
Please visit, University Affiliations for more information. (Credit fees are not included in the cost of tuition)
CE Credits Online is pleased to offer you high-quality online professional development courses designed to improve teaching and student achievement.
• Standards-based
• University credits available
• Asynchronous – start at any time
• Self-paced – work at your own convenience
• Completely online – no commuting, parking, missed classes and no dress code!
• User friendly and engaging with numerous videos that model new strategies and skills
• Facilitated by highly trained moderators, experienced in education
Information for Washington
Washington State Information
Washington State Certification Renewal Requirements
To maintain the validity of the continuing certificate, 150 clock hours of continuing education study and/or equivalent academic credit (15 quarter hours or 10 semester hours) must be completed every five years
OR
For those who hold a certificate from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) present a copy of a valid NBPTS certificate
For more information regarding maintaining/renewing a continuing certificate, please click here
Referenced from State of Washington Office of Public Instruction:
http://www.k12.wa.us/certification/teacher/continuing.aspx#maintain
University Affiliations
You may request academic credits upon completion of your CE Credits Online course(s).; This must be done within two (2) weeks of your CE Credits Online course completion.
If you will be requesting university credits, it is important you read all the information for your selected university. Some universities require you to obtain a letter grade and others offer both letter grades and a pass/fail option. If you require a letter grade or intend to obtain academic credit from a university requiring a letter grade, you will select that option prior to beginning your course during the enrollment process.
Please keep in mind, some of our university affiliations are quarter based credit systems and some are semester based credits systems. Please verify with your Professional Development department which credit based system they accept.
All courses are eligible for university credit. Please visit University Affiliations for more information. (University Credit fees are not included in the cost of tuition.)
CE Credits Online is pleased to offer you high-quality online professional development courses designed to improve teaching and student achievement.
- 100% Online – no commuting, parking or missed classes
- Clock Hours available through Educational Service District 123
- University Credits available through CE Credits Online university partners
- Asynchronous – start at anytime
- Self-paced – work at your own convenience
Why choose CE Credits Online
How CE Credits Online Satisfies Washington Educator Certification Renewal Requirements
University Credits
You may request university, post baccalaureate, academic credit(s) from one of CE Credits Online regionally accredited partner universities. CE Credits Online suggests each Washington educator contact their local professional development coordinator to obtain verification that the proposed activity meets criteria and needs of the teacher's individual Professional Development Plan (PDP), his/her school's professional development plan, and the local school system's professional development plan.
CE Credits Online courses are approved for Clock Hours through the following Educational Service Districts and Organizations
CE Credits Online suggests each Washington educator register for CE Credits Online courses through their Educational Service District (find the link to your ESD below. If you do not see your ESD, you can register through the ESD of your choice and request clock hours from them). We recommend to all educators that they verify that the course of their choice meets any specific or special requirements established by their school, district or personal professional development plan.
For a list of CE Credits Online
university partners