Improving Instruction through Strategic Conversations with Teachers
EDUC 600
1 CREDIT
$145
Online
Instructor: Stephanie Wertkins, Instructor; Robyn Jackson, Presenter
Grading: Letter
Spring, Summer & Fall (Ongoing)
Instruction Mode: Internet-Asynchronous (Online Class)
Academic Level: K-12 Professional Development
Partner Course Fee: $145
Partner Class Offered Through Knowledge Delivery Systems
Course Description:
In this course instructional leaders, team leaders, teacher mentors, educational coaches, and administrators will learn a new model of strategic conversations designed to help quickly understand and assess the primary needs of the teaching staff, strategically apply their leadership skills to motivate and support teachers, and help teachers make connections between their instructional techniques and student performance. Four conversational types are modeled by the presenter: reflective, facilitative, coaching, and directive. Modeling shows how to have conversations with teachers about recognizing the impact of their behavior on students and assisting them in making the necessary connections, commitments, corrections, or changes to their teaching practices to keep students motivated, engaged and focused on learning.
Objectives:
After completing this course, educators will know:
- Four strategic conversational types.
- How to prepare for and conduct strategic conversations.
- The role of data in strategic conversations.
- The potential impact of strategic conversations.
Student Learning Outcomes:
After completing this course, educators will apply the following skills:
- Impact student achievement by helping teachers improve their classroom instruction.
- Provide teachers with motivating feedback and support.
- Help teachers recognize their impact on student achievement.
- Help teachers make necessary connections, commitment, corrections, and changes to their practice.
- Collect data to determine teachers’ primary needs.
- Use data to develop conversational pathways with teachers.
- Conduct the four types of strategic conversations.
**Registration Instructions:
Register for this class through KDSi. NOTE: Upon registration, you have 2 months for course completion. Although many of our courses are approved for both 1 and 3 graduate professional development credits, participants can only receive credit for one version of each course.