Optional PD for Coaches
CTI offers online synchronous professional development for coaches designed to enhance a variety of coaching skills.
Series Flyers
October 2025
The Coaching Cycle in Action: Planning, Observing, Reflecting with Purpose
Thursday, October 2, 2025
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ken Carson
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ken Carson
Reserve your spot for this interactive session where coaches will explore CTI’s resources and deepen their understanding of the Coaching Cycle for Candidate Observation. With the support of AI, you’ll practice planning, interpreting classroom data, and facilitating reflective conversations. You’ll sharpen your focus-setting skills, analyze objective classroom evidence, recognize key moments for offering feedback, and guide candidates toward meaningful self-reflection that drives growth.
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The Coaching Cycle in Action: Planning, Observing, Reflecting with Purpose
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ken Carson
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ken Carson
Reserve your spot for this interactive session where coaches will explore CTI’s resources and deepen their understanding of the Coaching Cycle for Candidate Observation. With the support of AI, you’ll practice planning, interpreting classroom data, and facilitating reflective conversations. You’ll sharpen your focus-setting skills, analyze objective classroom evidence, recognize key moments for offering feedback, and guide candidates toward meaningful self-reflection that drives growth.
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Fall #2-The Podcast Place:
A Listening, Learning, Coaching Club for Coach Educators
A Listening, Learning, Coaching Club for Coach Educators
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
Join CTI’s professional learning community—a space to explore big ideas, challenge assumptions, and engage in conversations that matter. Like a book club with a modern twist, we use podcasts as a springboard for reflection, collaboration, and real-world application.
Today we continue parts 3 and 4 of a 5-part series featuring Elena Aguilar on How to Coach Beliefs—unpacking the mindsets that shape teaching and drive student-centered learning. Together, we’ll explore Aguilar’s framework for coaching the often invisible beliefs that influence teaching practices and student outcomes—and how we as educators can compassionately and effectively coach change.
Fall 2025 Featured Series: How to Coach Beliefs – Elena Aguilar
Listen to these episodes prior to the session (Session 2):
• A Simple Three-Step Tool (Ep. 203, 20:09)
• Create New Beliefs (Ep. 204, 19:48)
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Today we continue parts 3 and 4 of a 5-part series featuring Elena Aguilar on How to Coach Beliefs—unpacking the mindsets that shape teaching and drive student-centered learning. Together, we’ll explore Aguilar’s framework for coaching the often invisible beliefs that influence teaching practices and student outcomes—and how we as educators can compassionately and effectively coach change.
Fall 2025 Featured Series: How to Coach Beliefs – Elena Aguilar
Listen to these episodes prior to the session (Session 2):
• A Simple Three-Step Tool (Ep. 203, 20:09)
• Create New Beliefs (Ep. 204, 19:48)
November 2025
Fall #3-The Podcast Place:
A Listening, Learning, Coaching Club for Coach Educators
A Listening, Learning, Coaching Club for Coach Educators
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
Join CTI’s professional learning community where we explore big ideas, challenge assumptions, and engage in conversations that matter. Like a book club with a modern twist, we use podcasts as a springboard for reflection, collaboration, and real-world application.
In this session, we’ll bring together the key ideas from Sessions 1 and 2 through a full coaching conversation. You’ll observe how the strategies for identifying and shifting beliefs come alive in practice—moving from theory to real-world application. This demonstration highlights how a coach can compassionately surface invisible beliefs, respond with skill, and guide a teacher toward new possibilities. Even if you missed the first two sessions, this learning is still highly valuable.
Fall 2025 – Featured Series: How to Coach Beliefs, Elena Aguilar
Listen to this episode prior to the session:
Session 3: A Coaching Demonstration (1:02:25)
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In this session, we’ll bring together the key ideas from Sessions 1 and 2 through a full coaching conversation. You’ll observe how the strategies for identifying and shifting beliefs come alive in practice—moving from theory to real-world application. This demonstration highlights how a coach can compassionately surface invisible beliefs, respond with skill, and guide a teacher toward new possibilities. Even if you missed the first two sessions, this learning is still highly valuable.
Fall 2025 – Featured Series: How to Coach Beliefs, Elena Aguilar
Listen to this episode prior to the session:
Session 3: A Coaching Demonstration (1:02:25)
Coaches' Leadership Network (CLN)
Thursday, November 20, 2025
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
Deirdre Edwards
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
Deirdre Edwards
Join us for an Instructional Coaches' Leadership Network meeting, where coaching leaders come together to sharpen their skills, share resources, and stay on the cutting edge of best practices. This gathering offers a unique chance to dive into real-world case studies, discuss current challenges, and brainstorm innovative solutions that elevate coaching impact. Through lively discussions and collaborative workshops, you'll gain actionable insights, explore new tools, and build strong connections with fellow coaches who are equally passionate about driving positive change.
Let’s lead, learn, and grow together!
Register Here
Let’s lead, learn, and grow together!
January 2026
Winter #1-The Podcast Place:
A Listening, Learning, Coaching Club for Coach Educators
A Listening, Learning, Coaching Club for Coach Educators
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
Session 1: How to Coach Behaviors
We’ll kick off the series by laying a foundation for coaching behaviors. First, Elena Aguilar shares seven key factors to consider after an observation in order to create an effective coaching plan. Then, we’ll move into Planning for the Conversation, focusing on how to prepare for meaningful, targeted coaching dialogue.
How to Coach Behaviors (Ep. 206, ~8:00)
Planning for the Conversation (Ep. 207, ~13:47)
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We’ll kick off the series by laying a foundation for coaching behaviors. First, Elena Aguilar shares seven key factors to consider after an observation in order to create an effective coaching plan. Then, we’ll move into Planning for the Conversation, focusing on how to prepare for meaningful, targeted coaching dialogue.
How to Coach Behaviors (Ep. 206, ~8:00)
Planning for the Conversation (Ep. 207, ~13:47)
Let's Explore Coaching Qualities and Dispositions That Create Lasting Impact
Thursday, January 29, 2026
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Christine Matthew
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Christine Matthew
Coming soon.
Coming Soon
February 2026
The Coaching Cycle in Action: Planning, Observing, Reflecting with Purpose
Thursday, February 12, 2026
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ken Carson
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ken Carson
Reserve your spot for this interactive session where coaches will explore CTI’s resources and deepen their understanding of the Coaching Cycle for Candidate Observation. With the support of AI, you’ll practice planning, interpreting classroom data, and facilitating reflective conversations. You’ll sharpen your focus-setting skills, analyze objective classroom evidence, recognize key moments for offering feedback, and guide candidates toward meaningful self-reflection that drives growth.
Register Here
The Coaching Cycle in Action: Planning, Observing, Reflecting with Purpose
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ken Carson
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ken Carson
Reserve your spot for this interactive session where coaches will explore CTI’s resources and deepen their understanding of the Coaching Cycle for Candidate Observation. With the support of AI, you’ll practice planning, interpreting classroom data, and facilitating reflective conversations. You’ll sharpen your focus-setting skills, analyze objective classroom evidence, recognize key moments for offering feedback, and guide candidates toward meaningful self-reflection that drives growth.
Register Here
EL Series:
Identifying and Supporting
At Risk and Long Term English Learners
Identifying and Supporting
At Risk and Long Term English Learners
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Victor Portillo
Dr. Jorge Alvarez ·
Angel Van Horn
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Victor Portillo
Dr. Jorge Alvarez ·
Angel Van Horn
This professional learning series equips educators with practical, research-based strategies to support English learners (ELs) at every stage of language development. Participants will explore inclusive, asset-based practices that affirm students’ cultural and linguistic identities, while integrating language development into rigorous, standards-based instruction. Through hands-on activities, educators will learn to design differentiated lessons, leverage innovative tools like Diffit AI, and use data-driven approaches to meet diverse learner needs—including Long-Term English Learners (LTELs). The series also highlights strategies for building strong family partnerships and fostering language-rich, culturally responsive classrooms where every student feels valued and empowered to succeed.
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Winter #2-The Podcast Place:
A Listening, Learning, Coaching Club for Coach Educators
A Listening, Learning, Coaching Club for Coach Educators
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
Session 2: Coaching Tools for Change
This session focuses on practical tools for coaching conversations. We’ll unpack The Gaps Framework to better identify a client’s needs and avoid the “fix-it” trap, then explore the Teacher-to-Student Interaction Tool to support more intentional classroom practice.
• The Gaps Framework (Ep. 208, ~16:28)
• Teacher-to-Student Interaction Tool (Ep. 209, ~18:20)
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This session focuses on practical tools for coaching conversations. We’ll unpack The Gaps Framework to better identify a client’s needs and avoid the “fix-it” trap, then explore the Teacher-to-Student Interaction Tool to support more intentional classroom practice.
• The Gaps Framework (Ep. 208, ~16:28)
• Teacher-to-Student Interaction Tool (Ep. 209, ~18:20)
Coaches' Leadership Network (CLN)
Thursday, February 26, 2026
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
Deirdre Edwards
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
Deirdre Edwards
Join us for an Instructional Coaches' Leadership Network meeting, where coaching leaders come together to sharpen their skills, share resources, and stay on the cutting edge of best practices. This gathering offers a unique chance to dive into real-world case studies, discuss current challenges, and brainstorm innovative solutions that elevate coaching impact. Through lively discussions and collaborative workshops, you'll gain actionable insights, explore new tools, and build strong connections with fellow coaches who are equally passionate about driving positive change. Let’s lead, learn, and grow together!
Register Here
March 2026
Winter #3- The Podcast Place:
A Listening, Learning, Coaching Club for Coach Educators
A Listening, Learning, Coaching Club for Coach Educators
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
Session 3: Coaching Demonstration
In our final winter session, Elena Aguilar demonstrates a full coaching conversation focused on teacher behavior and classroom culture. This powerful example shows how strategies and tools come together in practice.
• Coaching Conversations (Ep. 210, ~44:47)
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In our final winter session, Elena Aguilar demonstrates a full coaching conversation focused on teacher behavior and classroom culture. This powerful example shows how strategies and tools come together in practice.
• Coaching Conversations (Ep. 210, ~44:47)
April 2026
Coaches' Leadership Network (CLN)
Thursday, April 30, 2026
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
Deirdre Edwards
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
Deirdre Edwards
Join us for an Instructional Coaches' Leadership Network meeting, where coaching leaders come together to sharpen their skills, share resources, and stay on the cutting edge of best practices. This gathering offers a unique chance to dive into real-world case studies, discuss current challenges, and brainstorm innovative solutions that elevate coaching impact. Through lively discussions and collaborative workshops, you'll gain actionable insights, explore new tools, and build strong connections with fellow coaches who are equally passionate about driving positive change. Let’s lead, learn, and grow together!
Register Here
