Creating a Collaborative Team - Mountain Ridge Instructional Coaches

The Jordan School District’s Teaching & Learning department is proud to introduce the Jordan Journey podcast. The Jordan Journey is a monthly education podcast featuring teacher stories from across the Jordan School District in Utah. In this episode, our hosts Jared Covili and Kiera Beddes sit down with the instructional coaching team from Mountain Ridge High School. Mountain Ridge is fortunate to have a fantastic team of instructional coaches including: Richard Hoonaker, Shaila Keck, Bradley Moss, and Bri Anderson. These coaches have made tremendous strides as they work with teachers of Mountain Ridge High School, since the school's inception four years ago. Over of the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions: You’ve recently had the opportunity to work with the Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education & Schooling. Tell us a little about your experience with CITES. Why is it important that coaches collaborate with coaches in other districts? Tell us a little about your experience at ISTE last year. What is the benefit of participating in professional learning outside of your school/district? How does the coaching relationship contribute to an environment where an educator would be willing to explore new instructional strategies? How can you create a strong coaching team dynamic? What elements make your coaching team successful collaborators? Don’t forget to listen to our “Pitstop” segment where we shout-out something awesome happening in Jordan School District. Follow us: Jordan Digital Teaching & Learning on Twitter, Website Kiera Beddes on Twitter, LinkedIn Jared Covili on Twitter, Website, LinkedIn Special thanks to Ross Rogers for the sound editing and Kiera & Jared for hosting.

The Jordan Journey · Jared Covili, Kiera Beddes