Our coaching program connects teachers and provides resources that will directly impact classroom teaching and student learning.  New teachers are more likely to succeed with guidance from a more experienced teacher.  Likewise, experienced teachers can continue to grow with a colleague with different perspectives and approaches.

 

Mission Statement:  

 

Summit Academy Schools have a district coaching team that works with new and experienced teachers through conferencing, modeling, observing, and providing feedback in order to improve student learning.  

 

HLOL4ES = High Levels of Learning for Every Student

 

Jana Richards - Teaching and Learning Coordinator jrichards@sahs1.org

Alana Johnson - Draper Learning Coach (Staff Website) Email

Cathy Trane - K-5 Learning Coach ctrane@2summit.org

Breanna Murdock - 6-8 Learning Coach bmurdock@2summit.org

                                                                       

Bluffdale	Draper	Independence	High School
Jana Richards Cathy Trane Breanna Murdock	Alana Johnson Cathy Trane Breanna Murdock	Jana Richards Cathy Trane Breanna Murdock	Jana Richards Breanna Murdock

 

Teachers also benefit from working with their grade level teams.  Grade teams provide support with lesson planning, classroom procedures, assessments, and seeking out and implementing feedback from our community stakeholders.

 

 

 

TIPS training is the new teacher induction program at Summit Academy.  This program is designed to support level one teachers and those new to our schools.  When paired with mentoring and coaching, our TIPS trainings should help provide support for teachers as they create a strong learning atmosphere in their classrooms.

 

2017-2018 Focus:  Assessment Driven Instruction           

Mentor Texts:  Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe

                         The First Days of School by Harry Wong

 

Teachers, please feel free to contact your learning coach or principals with any questions. Please see the schedule below for upcoming dates.

 

Capture your learning!

Thanks to the STEM Action Center Professional Learning Grant we now have Swivl robots available for teachers to begin capturing their teaching. You can learn from your own teacher and/or share with your colleagues.

 

Teacher testimonials:

"Using the Swivls has been a very easy and much improved method of recording teaching in the classroom.  The app has a quick walk-through which gives a quick concise idea of what it is capable of. Set-up took no longer than a minute and I was ready to roll. I love being able to start the recording by pressing the button on the device around your neck. It is a very unobtrusive way to start a recording without the students' attention going to the recording device. This gives you a very natural start and finish to your videos that get right to the teaching moment. Definitely worth giving it a try!" - Alan Larson, Draper Music Teacher

 

_{"The Swivl worked really well in my classroom. It lends itself to easy/user-friendly set up and it only took me a few minutes to figure it out. The Swivl app and website made it easy to watch my lesson again in order to reflect on my teaching. My only tip would be to put it in a place where it won’t be as noticeable for the students—the “robot” was a little distracting for some." - Bre Murdock, Draper ELA Teacher}

Please see attached instructions.