3-DAY VIRTUAL SUMMIT
THE 2026 SUMMIT WHERE YOU
BUILD Your Instructional Coaching Playbook
On-Demand Professional Learning for Instructional Coaches and Instructional Leaders
- THE 8TH ANNUAL -
Simply Coaching Summit
July 6-8, 2026
Speakers for the 2026 VIRTUAL SUMMIT
Dr. Jim Knight
Dr. Jim Knight - Keynote Speaker
Nicole S. Turner
Nicole S. Turner - Keynote & Session Speaker
Surprise Keynote Speaker
Surprise Keynote Speaker
Christina & Karis
Christina & Karis - Day 1 Speakers
Dana & Chantell
Dana & Chantell - Day 1 Speakers
Alexia Cruz
Alexia Cruz - Day 3 Speaker
Sharon D. Hudgins
Sharon D. Hudgins - Day 3 Speaker
Gretchen Bridgers
Gretchen Bridgers - Day 2 Speaker
Angela Harkness
Angela Harkness - Day 3 Speaker
Dr. Jana Lee
Dr. Jana Lee - Day 3 Speaker
Guilianna McGinniss
Guilianna McGinniss - Day 3 Speaker
Erinn Cottman
Erinn Cottman - Day 2 Speaker
Chrissy Beltran
Chrissy Beltran - Day 1 Speaker
Stephanie Howell
Stephanie Howell - Day 2 Speaker
Allison Petersen
Allison Petersen - Day 1 Speaker
Jeffrey Bradbury
Jeffrey Bradbury - Day 1 Speaker
Nita Creekmore
Nita Creekmore - Day 2 Speaker
Katie Parker
Katie Parker - Day 2 Speaker
Dr. Crystal Ceresani
Dr. Crystal Ceresani - Day 1 Speaker
Eva Mireles
Eva Mireles - Day 1 Speaker
Steve Ventura
Steve Ventura - Day 2 Speaker
Jodie Wood
Jodie Wood - Day 3 Speaker
Why this Summit?
Instructional coaching can feel isolating.
Coaches and teacher leaders carry significant responsibility, yet few spaces are created specifically for their work.
The Simply Coaching Summit was built to meet that need. What began as Nicole’s search for a place to learn from people who truly understood the day-to-day work of coaching and teacher leadership has grown into the first online summit created specifically for instructional coaches and teacher leaders.
Over the past eight years, it has reached more than 15,000 coaches in 13 countries.
What makes this conference special is that it is led by current practitioners who share practical strategies, real examples, and honest insight you can use right away.
Who Should Attend?
This summit is for you if:
- You’re an experienced instructional coach or school leader who wants to strengthen your practice and learn from people doing this work every day.
- You’re a new or aspiring coach eager to learn proven strategies to create a supportive and effective coaching culture.
- You’re a school or district leader who supports coaching and wants to better understand how to strengthen it.
- You are a teacher-leader looking for practical ideas, stronger systems, and meaningful professional learning.
- You want strategies and sessions that connect directly to the work happening in schools.
- You want to learn in a space created specifically for instructional coaches and teacher leaders.
If your work involves supporting teachers, strengthening instruction, or leading learning in schools, you belong here.
Ready to join coaches and leaders from around the world?
What You’ll Gain by Attending the 8th Annual Simply Coaching Summit
Practical Insight from Current Practitioners
Learn from instructional coaches, teacher leaders, and school-based experts who are doing this work every day and sharing strategies you can actually use.
Coaching Moves You Can Apply Right Away
Leave with practical ideas, coaching approaches, and examples you can bring back to your school, your meetings, and your classrooms immediately.
Fresh Thinking Across Four Key Areas
Grow your practice through sessions focused on coaching practice, instructional practice, leadership systems, and relationships & culture.
Tools to Strengthen Your Daily Work
Walk away with useful strategies to support teachers, guide instruction, lead stronger conversations, and create more focused coaching support.
Connection with Coaches and Leaders Who Get It
Be part of a space created specifically for instructional coaches and teacher leaders, where you can learn alongside others who understand the real work of the role.
What attendees are saying...
“I’ve been attending the Simply Coaching Summit for four years now and let me tell you, it has been absolutely amazing. It was a game changer!”
—Theresa Burdin, Instructional Coach
“Nicole provides so many different presenters that I can watch from the comfort of my own home…it’s really helped me to define my role as a coach.”
—Michelle Piva, Instructional Leader
“The Simply Coaching Summit is a conference that has had a tremendous impact on my coaching...”
—Mia Gutsell, Instructional Technology Specialist
“I feel I've learned more through this summit than I have through the 3 years I have had my coaching position. For that, I am truly grateful! ”
—Catherine R., 2024 Summit Participant
“Thank you for another year of great instructional coaching learning. It's wonderful to have a coaching summit (and community).”
—Briana S., 2024 Summit Participant
“This is a great workshop with practical and applicable information. I recommend this no matter what year of coaching you are on!”
—Nancy B., 2022, 2023 & 2024 Summit Participant
About the Summit Creator & Host
Nicole S. Turner, founder & CEO of Simply Instructional Coaching Inc., is the force behind the virtual Simply Coaching Summit™. Her diverse roles, from classroom teaching to school improvement specialization, have shaped her holistic view of instructional coaching. Author, creator, and mentor, Nicole’s passion is evident in her contributions to the SIMPLE Framework and her published works with Solution Tree Press. Nicole’s expertise has guided educators nationwide, emphasizing simplicity & collaboration, sustainability in teaching and learning, and culture in coaching.
What’s Waiting for You at the 2026 Simply Coaching Summit
Every session is built to help you strengthen your coaching practice and move from conversation to classroom action.
Instructional coaching does not improve with more information. It improves with better moves, clearer focus, and stronger execution.
This summit is designed to give you exactly that.
You will learn from coaches and leaders who do this work every day, sharing what is actually working in schools with teachers right now.
These are not generic sessions or recycled ideas.
Each session is focused on practical strategies you can use immediately to support teachers, strengthen instruction, and lead meaningful change.
Across the three days, you will build clarity in your role, strengthen your coaching conversations, and walk away with ideas you can apply the very next day.
Plus! Gain Access to the FREE Winter Summit Bonus
5 Pillars of Principal-Coach Collaboration Mini Course
This exclusive mini-course provides principals and coaches with essential strategies to build a strong, aligned partnership. Each 10-15 minute video in this series delivers quick, practical insights for creating an effective coaching culture through collaboration.
Video Topics:
- Shared Vision and Goals – How to set aligned objectives that drive school-wide impact.
- Clear Roles and Responsibilities – Define roles to avoid overlap and maximize effectiveness.
- Consistent Communication – Tips for maintaining open, ongoing communication.
- Mutual Trust and Support – Strategies to build a trusting, respectful partnership.
- Celebrating Progress and Reflection – Recognizing growth and refining practices together.
Elevate your experience with a VIP Ticket!
Get bonus videos and a resource vault to deepen your learning beyond the summit when you upgrade to VIP.
VIP Bonus Videos + Resource Vault
Vault Access release on April 15, 2026
These bonus videos focus on the challenges coaches face every day, from leading effective conversations and supporting teachers in implementation to navigating resistance and using data to guide next steps. Each video is designed to give you practical ideas you can take back and use right away in your school or district.
Video Topics:
- Leading Effective Coaching Conversations – Learn how to structure and lead conversations that are focused, clear, and lead to stronger instructional decisions.
- Supporting Classroom Implementation – Explore ways to help teachers move from ideas to action with support that is practical and manageable.
- Navigating Resistance with Teachers – Gain strategies for responding to pushback and building trust while keeping the focus on growth.
- Using Evidence to Guide Coaching Decisions – Understand how to use classroom evidence to make informed decisions about your next coaching steps.
Upgrade to VIP for just $20 and get bonus videos and practical resources you can use long after the summit ends.
2026 Simply Coaching Summit
Schedule at a Glance
- Keynote: When Coaching Feels Random: Build Coaching Clarity With the S.I.M.P.L.E. Blueprint by Nicole S. Turner
- Session 1: Your First Coaching Cycle: What to Do Before, During, and After by Allison Petersen
- Session 2: Coaching Catalysts by The Math Coach Collective Team (Dana, Chantell, Christina, and Karis)
- Session 3: I’ve Got My Eyes on You: Leveraging AI Tools for Data-Rich Teacher Observations by Rachel Robins
- 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM Breakout Sessions
- Allison Petersen
- Principal Kafele
- Becca Silver
- 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM LUNCH
- 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM Breakout Sessions
- Jay Billy
- Kim Strobel
- Casey Watts
- 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM BREAK
- 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Closing Whole Group Session
- Nicole S. Turner & Dr. Stanley Law
- Keynote: When Coaching Feels Random: Build Coaching Clarity With the S.I.M.P.L.E. Blueprint by Nicole S. Turner
- Session 1: Your First Coaching Cycle: What to Do Before, During, and After by Allison Petersen
- Session 2: Coaching Catalysts by The Math Coach Collective Team (Dana, Chantell, Christina, and Karis)
- Session 3: I’ve Got My Eyes on You: Leveraging AI Tools for Data-Rich Teacher Observations by Rachel Robins
- Session 4: From Agreement to Action: Leveraging Behavioral Science to Close the Knowing–Doing Gap in Coaching by Carla Demming
- Session 5: Coaching for Transfer by Eva Mireles
- Session 6: The Simple Strategy Notebook: Teach It, Try It, Track It by Nicole S. Turner
- Session 7: Communication – Collaboration – Critical Planning: Using Coaching Newsletters and Other Communication Methods Effectively to Get into the Classroom for Meaningful Coaching Cycles by Jeffrey Bradbury
- Session 8: Your Three-Tiered Action Plan: Supporting Teachers at All Levels by Chrissy Beltran
- Session 9: Strong Tier 1 First: Leadership Systems that Support Academic and Behavioral Success by Dr. Crystal Cersani
- Session 10: The Relationship Playbook: Simple Systems for Building Trust With Every Teacher by Christa Evans
- Keynote: Unpacking The Instructional Playbook by Jim Knight
- Session 1: The Instructional Coaching Playbook: What Great Coaches Do on Purpose by Nicole S. Turner
- Session 2: Work Smarter, Not Harder with AI: Leveraging Technology to Elevate Instructional Coaching by Katie Parker
- Session 3: Top Five Instructional Coaching Moves That Actually Change Classroom Practice by Steve Ventura
- Session 4: Stacking Success: How to Build Teacher Capacity One Brick at a Time by Gretchen Bridgers
- Session 5: Multiplying Impact: Relational & Responsive Coaching That Transforms Literacy Practice by Nita Creekmore
- Session 6: From Reactive to Ready by Stephanie Howell
- Session 7: The EPIC Instructional Coach: A Weekly Planning System for Sustainable Impact by Vernita Scarborough
- Session 8: From Coaching Moves to Coaching Systems: Building a Playbook That Scales by Erinn Cottman
- Session 9: The Rookie Playbook: Your First 30 Days to Coaching Credibility by Nikki Porter
- Keynote: To Be Announced
- Session 1: Coaching Survival Skills by Lindsay Deacon & Angela Harkness
- Session 2: The Data-Driven Playbook: Moving from “I Feel” to “I See” by Nikki Porter
- Session 3: AI-Powered Differentiated Professional Development: How Instructional Coaches Can Personalize Teacher Learning by Guilianna McGinniss
- Session 4: When Coaching Conversations Stall: A 4-Step Framework for Action by Sharon D. Hudgins
- Session 5: High Expectations, High Support: Coaching for Cognitive Demand by Alexia Cruz
- Session 6: Strengthening Student Engagement Through High-Impact Instruction by Dr. Jana Lee
- Session 7: Leader Moves That Make Coaching Work by Nicole S. Turner
- Session 8: From Surviving to Strategic: Lessons Learned as a New Instructional Coach by Jodie Wood
- Session 9: The Culture Check: How Coaches Can Audit School Culture Before Trying to Change Instruction by Nicole S. Turner
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3-Day Virtual Summit
Summer Summit:
“Building Your Instructional Coaching Playbook”
July 6-8, 2026
REGULAR Summit Pass
- Admission to 3 Days of the Simply Coaching Summit
- 90 Day Replay Access
- Access to a Private Community (not on Facebook)
- Certificate of Completion
- Option to Apply for Continuing Education Units through Courses 4 Teachers
Early Early Bird Pricing
March 29, 2026 -
May 31, 2026
**Payment Plans Available thru Klarna & Afterpay**
$67
This is for an individual ticket. To use school funds, see below for PO request form.
UPGRADE TO a VIP TICKET!
for just $30 more you get:
- VIP UPGRADE - Audit for Impact: Shifting Your Coaching Culture VIP 2-hr Workshop
- VIP UPGRADE - $5 Credit at the Simply Coaching Store
VIP Summit Pass
- VIP Tickets with Admission to 3 Days of the Simply Coaching Summit
- 90 Day Replay Access for Each Summit
- Access to a Private Community (not on Facebook)
- Certificate of Completion
- Option to Apply for Continuing Education Units through Courses 4 Teachers
- EXCLUSIVE BONUS - Volume 2 of the Simply Coaching Insights eBook released June 30, 2026
- VIP UPGRADE - VIP Bonus Videos + Resource Vault
Early Early Bird Pricing
March 29, 2026 -
May 31, 2026
**Payment Plans Available thru Klarna & Afterpay**
$87
This is for an individual pass. To use school funds, see below for PO request form.
Using school funds to register?
We accept Purchase Orders (PO). Click below to complete the PO Request Form.
We Offer District Deals for Teams
Unlock savings and enhance your team’s professional development with our exclusive District Deals! Whether you’re bringing coaches or school leaders, these offers make it easier to invest in impactful coaching.
Deal #1: Buy One, Get One 25% Off (All Access Pass Not Included)
Bring your coaches and school leaders together! When you register one participant, you can bring a second participant for 25% off. Perfect for teams of up to 4 participants, this deal allows you to maximize your impact while minimizing costs.
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Enroll a team of 10 or more and receive 10% off your total registration. Allow your coaches, teacher leaders, and school leaders to learn together and bring practical strategies back to your building.
Refund Policy
All registrations are final and payments are non-refundable. You may transfer your ticket to another attendee up until the Friday before the summit begins. Please note: If you plan to have your school/district purchase a ticket via PO, do not purchase an individual ticket. Refunds will not be given.
*** If you have questions or are unsure about your situation, please email hello@simplycoaching.co to gain clarity before purchase.
Save the Dates! Continue your journey with the Simply Coaching Summit Series
-SUMMER SUMMIT-
July 7-8, 2025 (2 Days)
"Building Impact Together"
All Educators
Dive deep into building and refining your coaching program. This summit hones in on essential instructional coaching skills and strategies for instructional coaches and school leaders to amplify your impact. Perfect for those aiming to strengthen their coaching foundation and boost their effectiveness. This summit will include small community meetups.
-FALL WORKSHOP-
October 27-28, 2025 (2 Days)
"Perfecting the Craft"
(Coaching Tools and Strategies)
Wrap up the year with coaching tools and strategies to refine your practice and elevate your results. Gain hands-on techniques designed to sharpen your coaching skills and ensure lasting impact for teachers and students alike.
2025 Scholarships for Partnerships
We are proud to partner with generous sponsors dedicated to supporting impactful professional development in education. These organizations provide scholarships that enable us to offer tickets to the Simply Coaching Summit Series for deserving educators and coaches. Our sponsors share our commitment to enhancing instructional coaching and leadership, making it possible for more individuals to access transformative learning experiences that drive real impact in their schools.
Check out our esteemed sponsors below and learn more about their contributions to the educational community!
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Simply Coaching Summit will take place via the internet. Ticket holders will be able to access and attend the summit from a computer or mobile device with internet access.
Yes, all keynotes and breakout sessions will be recorded and available on the SIC Learning Portal. The sessions recordings will be uploaded within 3 days of the summit ending.
You can access the event site at any time after you have registered. During registration, you will create your own username and password. You are encouraged to log in, explore and familiarize yourself with the features of the site. There is a live chat inside of the SIC Learning Portal and you are encouraged to jump in and participate prior to the summit.
Yes. The Keynote speakers and breakout presenters will be LIVE! They will be able to read your questions and answer them live during their sessions.
The certificate will be released on the last day of the conference.
You will have the opportunity to earn 16 hours of Professional Development.
We have partnered with Courses 4 Teachers to offer credit hours for each summit. Learn more here https://courses4teachers.net/simply-coaching-teaching/
All registrations are final and payments are non-refundable. You may transfer your ticket to another attendee up until the Friday before the summit begins. Please note: If you plan to have your school/district purchase a ticket via PO, do not purchase an individual ticket. Refunds will not be given.
*** If you have questions or are unsure about your situation, please email summit@simplyinstructionalcoaching.com to gain clarity before purchase.
The choice is YOURS...
What will you do with this opportunity?
You have the power to make a lasting difference. This summit is more than just another professional development event—it’s a chance to transform your coaching practice, elevate your leadership, and build a culture that thrives. Imagine the impact you could have with the right tools, insights, and support.
Will you take this opportunity to grow, lead, and make an unforgettable impact on your school community? Join us at the Simply Coaching Summit and start creating the change you’ve been striving for.