CTE Coaching Clinics – Lead Teacher/Mentor Teacher and CTE Coaches Clinic

Research has long supported the idea that one of the greatest impacts on student achievement is having a skilled professional teacher at the front of the room. Supporting teachers with their pedagogical skills is a professional lifeline needed to improve student achievement. When teachers are effective, students learn.

The CTE Coaching Clinics will bring lead/mentor teachers and instructional coaches together to support the struggling teacher/new teacher and share best practices and integration strategies across career and technical education program areas. The clinics are open to all CTE Coaches, Academic/CTE Teachers, Perkins Facilitators and Administrators interested in supporting teachers which will improve instruction and student achievement through a coaching model.

For each session, we ask that each attendee bring a best practice to share. Also, we would like schools to consider including mentor and/or lead teachers in this activity to share their induction and mentoring programs with the group. These workshops will be interactive and engaging while at the same time participants will be able to network and establish contacts and professional relationships with individuals in similar positions. Every participant will return to their school with a variety of ideas that they can use to support teachers and improve instruction and student achievement.

The Coaching Clinics will be held at three regional sites as follows:

Forbes Road CTC – October 30 and March 13

Cumberland Perry AVTS – October 29 and March 11

North Montco Technical Career Center – October 28 and March 12

Please register at the PACTA website - for questions on this TAP activity, please email Dr. Curley at mcurley52@yahoo.com.