Coaching, Culture, and Creativity: Fueling Instructional Technology with Teacher Talent

What if your small team could drive big change? In this session, discover how a rural district with limited funding and staff built a thriving instructional technology program that empowered teachers, increased student engagement, and transformed learning experiences. Grounded in Carlinville CUSD#1’s Technology Leadership Academy model, this session explores how small, strategic professional learning cycles—guided by the Technology Integration Matrix (TIM)—can spark districtwide innovation. Attendees will engage in reflective planning and leave with actionable strategies, customizable resources, and a step-by-step framework to launch a similar model in their own context. Designed for leaders navigating constraints, this session highlights unexpected discoveries, human-centered coaching practices, and tools that work for real classrooms—not just ideal conditions.