Coaching: A Cornerstone for Change

This five-part professional learning experience is centered on the coaching behaviors defined in Wisconsin’s Coaching Competency Practice Profile. Participants can expect to learn, reflect, and practice skills centered around relationship development, communication, coaching conversations, change facilitation, reflection, and equity mindset. Coaches will also consider the power of coaching teams and systems.

September 18, 2025     9:00 am-3:30 pm     In person at CESA 10

Session 1: Relationship Development & Coach Leader Partnerships

(Principal/Leader attendance for the morning of Day 1 is strongly encouraged.)

October 16, 2025     8:30 am-1:30 pm     Virtual Training

Session 2: The Coaching Conversation & Communication Skills

November 18, 2025     9:00 am-3:30 pm     In person at CESA 10

Session 3: Facilitating Change

December 18, 2025     8:30 am-1:30 pm     Virtual Training

Session 4: Knowledge Base Development & Reflective Practice

January 15, 2026     8:30 am-1:30 pm     Virtual Training

Session 5: Coaching Teams & Systems

Optional: Cornerstone Community of Coaching Group will engage in 90-minute sessions (9:00 am-10:30 am) of dialogue & peer coaching.

Dates:     February 12, 2026

                March 12, 2026

                April 9, 2026

                May 14, 2026

Facilitator: Joseph Kanke

Joseph is Wisconsin’s Statewide Coaching Coordinator. His mission is to act as a liaison between the field and the state with the intention of creating a statewide system of coaching supports for regions, districts, and schools to access as they develop their own coaching programs. He is also passionate about equity and how coaches can hold this at the center of their work.

Cost: $150 per person (includes lunch on in-person days