Intentional Leadership: Planning for Practice-Based Coaching Delivery

Planning for coaching involves more than identifying and training coaches. The program leadership team needs to define the specifics of who gets coached, what type of coaching will occur, and the frequency and duration of coaching sessions. Join us for an engaging webinar designed for program implementation coaches and program leaders to build their capacity to engage leadership teams in making intentional, strategic decisions about the delivery of practice-based coaching within their local programs.

Participants will gain practical tools and insights to confidently navigate the complexities of coaching delivery, optimize resources, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Whether you’re supporting leadership teams just starting to implement practice-based coaching or looking to refine current strategies, this session will equip you with the knowledge to lead with clarity and purpose.

Date:

Nov 12, 2025

Time:

3:00 PM

(Eastern Time Zone)

Duration:

1 hr

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NCPMI Presenter(s)

Mary Louise Hemmeter

Vanderbilt University

Mary Louise Hemmeter, PhD, is a professor of Special Education at Vanderbilt University. Her research focuses on effective instruction, social emotional development and challenging behavior, and coaching teachers. She has been a PI or Co-PI on numerous projects funded by the US Departments of Education and Health and Human Services. Through her work on the National Center on the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning and IES funded research projects, she was involved in the development of the Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Young Children and a model for coaching teachers to implement effective practices. She is currently the PI on an IES funded development project around program wide supports for implementing the Pyramid Model and a Co-PI on an IES efficacy study examining approaches to supporting teachers to implement embedded instruction. She was co-editor of the Journal of Early Intervention and President of the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division for Early Childhood. She received the Mary McEvoy Service to the Field Award.

Meghan von der Embse

University of South Florida

Meghan von der Embse is a Learning and Development Facilitator with the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities at the University of South Florida (USF). She provides training, technical assistance, and ongoing coaching supports for early childhood programs to build capacity implementing and sustaining Pyramid Model Supports. She also serves as the Assistant Director of the Program-Wide Positive Behavior Support Project at the University of South Florida. This project is funded by the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County. Meghan had previously served as the Director of Behavior Support Services at Easter Seals of Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) Facilitator for the agency’s early childhood and special education preschool programs. Meghan received her Education Specialist degree in School Psychology at Miami University and is a nationally certified school psychologist. She has practiced as a K-12 school psychologist in four states (OH, MI, NC, NE) and has expertise in providing training and technical assistance with multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS).

Ashley MacNish

Vanderbilt University

Ashley MacNish, MA, is an Educational Consultant for Vanderbilt University. In her role for the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations, Ashley provides training and technical assistance to programs implementing the Pyramid Model in early intervention. She uses her expertise to support product development and training for coaching, early intervention, and family engagement.