How to Improve Instruction Through Instructional Leadership Coaching - Presenter: Opal Dawson. *Online/Virtual* Session

ALT Leadership Strand: Instructional Coaching

Opal Davis Dawson is an author, educational consultant, coach, and a retired principal with nearly 30 years of experience in education. She has taught, led, and consulted in Title I and non-Title I schools, and her work spans small, large, urban, rural, and suburban districts. Dawson supports school leaders, district leaders, and teachers nationally and internationally in planning and implementing improvement initiatives, capacity building, and supporting high academic achievement for diverse student populations and instructional best practices. She has presented at conferences and major meetings on topics such as formative assessment, professional learning communities, classroom management, school culture, and leadership. She has worked extensively with educators to adapt protocols for analyzing student work that help them understand the effects of their professional practices and plan their instructional next steps. This training will engage educational leaders in the process of maximizing coaching and feedback to improve instruction.