Amanda Brueggeman
Amanda Brueggeman grew up on a farm in Southeast Missouri and then worked her way to the suburbs of St. Louis, MO, where she taught in elementary classrooms at Valley Park and Wentzville for ten years prior to being a coach. She is currently coaching at Wentzville School District, a suburb of St. Louis, MO, as a K-6 Literacy Coach. Her education began at Southeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education and then obtained her Master’s from University of Missouri-Columbia in Educational Technology. Amanda just completed her Doctorate in Teacher Leadership the Spring of 2018. Her educational passions include literacy, collective efficacy and supporting mentors. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and traveling to see family.
- Literacy
- Collective Efficacy
- Coaching
- Student Centered Coaching
Workshop
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Student-Centered Coaching: In this seminar, participants will be introduced to the theories and practices for student-centered coaching, a model for coaching that is less about fixing teachers and more about student learning. Particular emphasis will be placed on how student-centered coaching supports the implementation of the Standards for College and Career Readiness across grades K-12. Topics will include: coaching cycles with individuals and small groups, goal-setting with teachers, unpacking standards with teachers, scheduling coaching, and monitoring student and teacher growth across a coaching cycle.
Attendees will:
- Understand the core practices for student-centered coaching
- Compare student-centered coaching with other models for coaching
- Support teachers to set measurable goals for student learning
- Unpack the Standards for College and Career Readiness as an integral part of the coaching cycle
- Document the impact of a coaching cycle from beginning to end
- Establish a plan for collaboration between the coach and school leader