Professional Development for the 21st Century: Virtual Mentoring and Coaching and Virtual Professional Development

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Two
  In Roundtable Session: Virtual Professional Development and Expanding Teachers' Learning (Table 8)

Abstract

School districts are increasingly turning to online professional development to provide educators opportunities for iterative and persistent improvement in critical areas of curriculum, assessment, instruction, and technology. Changes in student demographics in the United States and the development of technology have shown that virtual professional development (VPD) and virtual mentoring and coaching (VMC) for teachers of Emergent bilingual (EBs) has become a valuable means to support these teachers and their students. In the spring of 2020, Project XXX provided online synchronous virtual mentoring and coaching to teachers across the state of Texas. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of virtual mentoring and coaching on Texas teachers and their practice through video recordings of teachers delivering instruction.

Authors

• Erin A. Singer, Texas A&M University
  Presenting Author

• Matthew J. Etchells, Texas A&M University
  Presenting Author