WCPSS Coaching Framework Strengthening Consistency, Cohesion, and Clarity for Coaches in WCPSS

Why Coaching? ComponentsKnowledgeSkillTransfer Presentation of Theory85%15% Demonstration/Modeling85%15% Practice and Feedback85%80% Coaching90% Training, implementation, and transfer to teacher’s repertoire (adapted from Joyce & Showers, 1995) 5%-10% 10%-15% 80%-90%

Why the Coaching Framework? The purpose of the Wake County Public Schools Coaching Framework is to provide consistency, cohesion, and clarity to the work of coaches in order to ●increase student achievement ●improve a reflective and collaborative professional culture

Why Now?

How Will Coaches Support This? ●Coaches will partner with the administrative team to align the systems and structures of the school to promote a reflective and collaborative school culture. ●Coaches will provide job-embedded professional learning in order to improve the quality of instruction resulting in increased achievement for all students.

What Will This Look Like? All coaches will ●work with teachers, provide strategic support to PLTs, and partner with administrative teams ●attend on-going district facilitated professional learning ●follow expectations of coaches as outlined in the WCPSS Coaching Framework

What Will This Look Like? All principals will ●receive support and guidance through the WCPSS Coaching Framework ●engage in on-going professional learning, which will include opportunities to learn with your coaches ●ensure that all coaches will participate in the district professional learning and content coaching meetings ●evaluate all coaches using the Teacher Leader Specialist Evaluation

How Will Coaches Be Hired? As a part of the system of tiering levels of support for schools, we are phasing in a vetting process for the hiring of all coaches in WCPSS. ● Hiring Process o Elementary schools at 65% or higher will hire through a vetting process. ● Vetting Process o All coaches will be vetted centrally and go into a pool for principal selection.

Now What? Improved Instruction = Student Achievement

WCPSS Coaching Framework Strengthening Consistency, Cohesion, and Clarity for Coaches in WCPSS

Success of Coaches What factors influence the success of instructional coaches? ●Ink Your Thinking ●Partner Share ●Share with the Group

Share Out: Mentimeter

Live Results

Factors that Influence Coach Success ●Having the right coaches in place ●Professional learning for coaches ●Time spent working with teachers ●Research-based instructional practices ●Principals and coaches work together ●Protection of the coaching relationship ●Clearly defined roles of a coach

Hiring Process ●Having the right coaches in place

Monthly Activity Report ●Time spent working with teachers ●Clearly defined roles of a coach

Professional Learning ●Professional learning for coaches ●Research-based instructional practices ●Principals and coaches working together

Coaching Cycle ● Time spent working with teachers ● Research-based instructional practices ● Protection of the coaching relationship

Evaluation of Coaches ●Having the right coaches in place ●Clearly defined roles of a coach

Factors that Influence Coach Success ●Having the right coaches in place ●Professional learning for coaches ●Time spent working with teachers ●Research-based instructional practices ●Principals and coaches work together ●Protection of the coaching relationship ●Clearly defined roles of a coach

Most Important Point ●What is the MIP that resonates with you?

Difference Between Dogs & Cats ●How does this video relate to the roles of a coach?

Primary Roles of Coaches in WCPSS Instructional Specialist Curriculum Specialist Classroom Supporter Learning Facilitator

Clarify & Categorize ●Take out the four roles from the envelope. ●Consider what a coach would do under each of the four roles. ●Sort each of the descriptors into the appropriate category. Instructional Specialist Curriculum Specialist Classroom Supporter Learning Facilitator

Roles of Coaches in WCPSS

How can you protect the roles of the coach? Discuss & jot down ideas as a table group.

What is the Value of a Coach? Every time a coach helps a teacher implement a new teaching or learning strategy, the coach is helping every other student that teacher will teach. One step forward for a teacher is one step forward for hundreds or thousands of children. Multiply that impact by all that a coach does every day, and you get a clear picture of the value of instructional coaches. _Dr. Jim Knight