Learning Lenses®, Internal Coach Program (ICP), and Peer Coaching Program

The application for our Winter 2025 -26 PD course for New York area schools is now open!  Training begins December 2, 2025.

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for our Learning Lenses and In-School Coaching Program with tracks for School Administrators,  Guidance/Support Personnel and Classroom Teachers.

For administrators, guidance and support personnel:

In the Hidden Sparks Internal Coach Program administrators, guidance, and support personnel are trained to become resident coaches. They receive hands-on mentoring in understanding diverse learning styles, supporting struggling students, and building the skills to coach colleagues effectively. Learn more below.

For classroom teachers:

In the Hidden Sparks Peer Coaching Program, teachers apply their new knowledge of the Learning Lenses framework by working together to support students more effectively. Using observations of student behavior and work, participants anchor their peer-coaching conversations in a strength-based approach. By the end of the year, each pair of peer coaches will hold monthly sessions – two teachers working together, using classroom observations to guide one another in finding more effective ways to reach every student.

NYS CTLE credits granted-

• December 2, 3, 10 & 11, 2025, Midtown Manhattan:  Hidden Sparks Learning Lenses® Course: This course equips teachers to see both the strengths and challenges in their students and to apply strategies that support all types of learners. Through the lenses of neurodevelopment, temperament, and ecology, and using real-life case studies, it enhances classroom practice while fostering stronger, more supportive teacher-student relationships.
• February 4 & 5, 2026, in Midtown Manhattan: 2-day Coaching Skills Institute to learn how to conduct guided observations of students, debrief with teachers on their students’ strengths and challenges and develop strategies.
• Follow-up in-school coaching at your school: 7 half day visits for Internal Coaches and 8 half day visits for each Peer Coach pair. Schedule to be determined by the school and a Hidden Sparks coach.

Thanks to generous grants from our funders, we are able to offer the following subsidized rates:

• Early Bird Rates (application received by 11/12): $550 for the first participant, $450 for each subsequent participant.
• After 11/12,  the fees increase to $650 per participant.
• NOTE: For ECP schools, the cost is included in the 2025-26 ECP school fee, presuming applications are received by the early bird deadline.

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If you are interested in hearing more about the ICP program, please contact Rabbi Elisha Hus, Director of School Services at rabbihus@hiddensparks.org or (212) 767-7707.