The Instructional Coaching Meeting Blueprint
Hold structured but responsive coaching conversations that inspire action and improve outcomes — for teachers and students.
In this one-hour workshop, you'll learn how to:
Take out the guesswork and hold impactful instructional coaching meetings, for conversations that flow from connection to implementation in service of all students.
Are you ready to:
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Prep for your meetings with clarity?
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Build your confidence in everyday instructional coaching moves?
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Expand your impact through more effective coaching meetings?
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Find the sweet spot between overly prescriptive and totally organic coaching conversations?
Make Every Coaching Meeting Count!
If you’re someone who coaches teachers then you already know that great coaching is structured enough to move the needle for kids, but responsive enough to meet adult learners where they are.
Effective coaching is a complex skill set. At times it can feel confusing
But with a replicable structure for effective coaching conversations and some key moves and principles...
...it's totally doable.
That's exactly what you'll learn in this one-hour workshop:
A clear blueprint for structuring impactful coaching conversations that drive real growth for both teachers and students.
What You'll Learn:
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How to structure coaching conversations that inspire reflection and drive action.
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Practical phrases, questions, and coaching moves you can apply immediately.
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Techniques for navigating common coaching challenges with ease.
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Tips for fostering connection while maintaining a results-focused approach.
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Guidance on balancing structured and organic coaching conversations.
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Proven strategies for making every coaching conversation impactful—even under time constraints.
If you have any of the following concerns, this workshop is for you:*
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You’re worried that a structured approach might feel too rigid. Learn a flexible framework that balances structure with responsiveness.
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You struggle to balance different coaching styles. Discover how to seamlessly shift between directive and facilitative approaches.
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You’re new to coaching and feel overwhelmed. Gain clarity and confidence with practical, ready-to-use strategies.
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You’re experienced but want fresh tools. Elevate your practice and integrate new methods that deliver results
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Coaching is part of your role, but not your primary role. These strategies can be adapted by anyone who coaches teachers, regardless of title or formality of role.
What's Included
✔ Live Workshop Training – Get actionable strategies you can apply right away.
✔ 30-Day Recording Access – Can’t make it live? Watch the full workshop at your convenience and revisit key concepts anytime.
✔ Coaching Meeting Blueprint at-a-Glance – A simple guide for structuring every conversation.
✔ Language Starter Guide – Practical phrases to use immediately in coaching conversations.
✔ Pre-Conversation Checklist – Ensure you’re always prepared for success.
✔ Action Planning Template – Turn ideas into actionable next steps.
Ready to strengthen your coaching conversations?
You spend countless hours preparing to support teachers.
Invest just one hour to learn a blueprint that will make every coaching conversation more impactful.
*If you coach in an environment with a prescribed coaching format, you may still get valuable insights, but it will be difficult to put the meeting structure into action if the coaching model you’re working with is inflexible.
Expand Your Impact
About the Presenter
Hi! I'm Deborah Meister.
I'm a practicing instructional coach and a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation.
I've been a coach now for over a decade. And just as I know that great teaching is both art and science that requires ongoing training and skill development, I'm invested in supporting coaches in growing through training and communities of practice.
My career in education has included teaching science, coaching teachers K-12 in just about every content area, senior leadership roles from Director of Curriculum and Instruction to cabinet and Board member, and consulting for clients on topics from culturally responsive teaching, to school leadership, to DEI in schools. I've been an advisor for teacher credentialing and induction programs, and I've shared my work on teacher development and coaching at national conferences.
I hold a BS in Biological Science from Cal Poly SLO, a MEd in Educational Leadership from National University, and along the way completed a stint in doctoral studies in Ecology & Evolution at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where I discovered my love for teaching and developing others towards more equitable outcomes.
My training as an instructional coach has included a multi-year PLC led by Shane Safir, ([co]author of Street Data and The Listening Leader) workshops and conferences by Elena Aguilar (Art of Coaching), leadership work with EL Education, workshops with Zaretta Hammond (Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain), Relay GSE (Instructional Leadership cohort), UnboundEd (Standards Institute and the Equity Influencers Fellowship), and various workshops and conferences over the years . My deeper coaching development and ICF certification came from hundreds of hours of training, assessments, and mentorship through Erickson International's Solutions-Focused Coaching.
But my most important learning has come from working with teams and clients who are doing things we're told are impossible: my students who had previously failed math and science but reversed historical patterns in academics; the schools in the zip codes in Black and brown communities where the national narrative is about deficit, but on the ground, they're breaking records for college acceptance, career preparation, and community leadership; the school leaders and teachers who are tenacious enough to do the work every day, and who never stop learning and striving towards better; and every community of practice with whom I've had nerdy aha moments, impassioned arguments, deep connection around values and our shared mission, technical planning sessions, and mutual accountability for what's best for students.
If you want to learn with me, reserve your spot.
I can't wait to see you there.
