Transformative Professional Learning is Key to School Improvement
The importance of professional learning for educators has become increasingly evident over the last few years, with school improvement and student achievement depending on it. Professional learning is not just about content knowledge; rather, it should be a transformative experience that impacts how teachers teach and how students learn.
Leaders: Building Capacity is a Priority
The capacity of school leaders plays a crucial role in determining the success of both students and teachers in the classroom. LINC prioritizes work with leaders as a strategic lever for improvement and sustained growth in school teams. To that end, LINC’s executive coaching services assist leaders to facilitate positive mindset change, manage systemic complexities, and guide their teams to successfully reach desired goals to drive transformational change. Leaders are supported to:
- Stay healthy and balanced to enable support for others
- Reach and exceed desired goals and envisioned outcomes
- Deepen self-awareness for effective team leadership
Every LINC package is a blended solution for scaling professional learning including executive coaching and planning, synchronous and asynchronous workshops, on demand and personalized content, and flexible coaching.
Coaches: Increasing their Impact is Critical
It’s important to understand the critical role that instructional coaching holds in increasing student outcomes and supporting teachers. Instructional coaches are positioned strategically to facilitate systemic changes in classrooms, creating conditions for meaningful learning experiences for students.
The presence of coaches in schools and districts represents a strategic investment in teacher success. LINC provides tools and resources such as LINCspring, LINC’s virtual coaching and professional learning platform, to magnify and scale the impact of coaches. Additionally, LINC provides coaching and professional learning to coaches to enhance their skills and build capacity.
Teachers: Personalizing Professional Learning Personalizes Student Learning
As educators, our main priority is to equip our students with the skills they need to succeed. We know that the most successful teaching models are those that are tailored to meet each student’s individual learning needs. LINC creates these personalized learning experiences for teachers. By personalizing professional learning, teachers build personal agency as a learner and then are empowered to create a similar personalized learning experience for their students.
Teacher capacity is built through:
- Personalized professional learning opportunities using asynchronous content to save time and increase impact
- Virtual coaching through the LINCspring app
- Blended workshops, both online and onsite, designed to meet the unique needs of the participants
- Participation in LINCstream, LINC’s semi-annual global conference
Paraprofessionals: Supporting Their Success is Key
The role of paraprofessionals in the classroom is incredibly important, yet often underappreciated. With guidance and support, these educators can be valuable members of any educational team. LINC partners with schools and districts to provide professional development opportunities for paraprofessionals so the entire instructional team is working toward your school or district goals and outcomes. LINC will work with you to craft special supports for paraprofessionals as part of your solution.
