Venue
Rockford Public Schools
501 7th Street
Rockford, IL 61104
Go to Boardroom of Administration Building, level 3.
Workshop Overview
Instructional coaching is a cornerstone of building teacher effectiveness. It provides a supportive environment where educators can strengthen their expertise and refine their instructional practices.
In this session, participants will learn how to foster a coaching culture and mindset within their school or district—even in settings without formally designated coaches. Through short videos of classroom instruction, they will actively experience the coaching process, explore practical tools, and practice feedback protocols.
Additionally, participants will examine the Marzano model of instructional rounds, gaining insights into how this approach extends and enhances instructional coaching practices. By doing so, they will see how it can be scaled to support all teachers across a school or district.
Learning Outcomes
Learn how to utilize teacher self-rating scales that transform goal-setting into a meaningful, collaborative process.
Explore coaching strategies to help teachers progress through the self-rating scale, maximizing their growth potential.
Master a three-phase protocol for providing focused feedback that engages teachers in reflecting, refining, and attaining new expertise.
Melanie Lewis Magee
Melanie Lewis Magee served in education for 26 years at various levels starting as an elementary school teacher. After several roles in district administration, including adult and parent education, Dr. Magee moved into campus leadership. She was an assistant principal and later an associate principal at a high school culminating in four years as a middle school principal. Her passion is coaching administrators and helping teachers be the best versions of themselves for students.
Debbie Aholt
Debbie Aholt is a leadership coach in Meridian, Idaho. She has over 30 years of experience as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, building administrator, and leadership coach. Debbie works with districts and schools to support systemic transformations that impact student and adult learning.
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Supporting Documents
Materials are copyrighted. Workshop participants may print these pages for personal use and note-taking during the event. Additionally, pages marked “Reproducible” can be reproduced freely without permission as long as they are not reprinted in a formal book that is published and sold; copyright lines on Reproducible pages must remain intact. Otherwise, no part of these materials may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without prior written permission of Solution Tree. Please contact pubs@SolutionTree.com for permission to duplicate any materials.
You will receive a certificate of participation six weeks after the event concludes.
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