Coaching Institute

Join us for the Coaching Institute, a hands-on, two-day experience where you will learn to design and facilitate coached rehearsals with teacher candidates.
May 15–16, 2025 | Ann Arbor, MI | Fee: $650 + processing fee

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Coaching, Redefined

Participants will choose one of two specialized strands—English Language Arts/Social Studies or Mathematics/Science—each designed to be accessible regardless of your subject-area expertise or teaching background. Together, we’ll explore the following questions:

How can we design rehearsals for teacher candidates that will help them rapidly build skill with equitable teaching practice? What coaching moves can we use that are most supportive of helping candidates build that skill?

Each day, participants will practice designing and leading rehearsals, with multiple opportunities to practice coaching and to receive feedback from TeachingWorks facilitators and their fellow participants. We build a special atmosphere that allows teacher educators the rare opportunity to talk honestly about their own practice and develop the skill and confidence to coach teacher candidates persuasively and with empathy.

Designed For:

• Teacher educators
• Deans of education
• State education agencies

What to expect at the Coaching Institute:

• Learn to design and facilitate rehearsals with teacher candidates, including how to set up a rehearsal, use multiple coaching strategies during the rehearsal, and then debrief the exercise afterward
• Daily opportunities to practice coaching, with supportive feedback
• Access to curriculum resources such as rehearsal planning templates, sample prompts, and anticipation guides for teacher candidates

Participants will leave the Coaching Institute with:

• A Shared Language and Coaching Tools: Access a shared language and set of tools designed to support effective, equity-centered coaching that empowers teacher candidates.
• Proven Instructional Strategies: Acquire strategies for enabling teacher candidates to develop and strengthen their instructional skills for impactful teaching.
• A Network of Committed Educators: Join a supportive community of like-minded professionals dedicated to transforming teaching and learning through shared knowledge and collaboration.
• A Certificate: Walk away with a digital, printable document that certifies you as a graduate of the Coaching Institute and identifies the dates during which you participated.

Meet your Facilitators

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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How is the learning organized?

This workshop blends informative, facilitator-led sessions with many opportunities for participants to practice coaching in simulated rehearsal sessions. Sessions become increasingly participant-driven over the course of the two days.

2

What do I need to participate in the Coaching Institute?

A laptop or tablet is required to access digital resources. No other supplies are required.

3

Who should participate?

Anyone interested in teacher education—doing it, designing it, or supporting it—is welcome.

4

What is the refund policy?

TeachingWorks reserves the right to cancel in-person, virtual, or hybrid training or workshops before the start. TeachingWorks staff will notify participants of cancellation via email. Participants will be eligible for a full refund of their registration fee. TeachingWorks will not be held responsible for any expenses incurred due to the cancellation of an event, training, or workshop.

For a full refund (100%), participants must submit a written request to cancel or withdraw 30 days prior to the first day of the event. Fifty percent (50%) will be refunded for requests received 15 days prior. No refunds will be issued for requests received within seven (7) business days of the first day of the event or failure to submit the documentation required for participation.

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What is the dress attire for this event?

Business casual.