Coaching: A School Team Approach
What is the common purpose of coaching? To partner with teachers and each other in order to: increase teacher effectiveness and impact student achievement.
Quick Write Wise teaching comes from a community in practice. ~ Lucy Calkins It takes a village to raise a child. ~ African Proverb
Goals What is a coach? What is the connection between coaching and professional development? What can I expect from a coach?
What is a Coach? An instructional coach partners with teachers to help them incorporate research-based instructional practices into their teaching. ~ Dr. Jim Knight
What is the Role of a Coach? To help teachers transfer what they learn about new research based practices to their classrooms Help establish a safe environment in which teachers can strive to improve their practices without fear of negative criticism or evaluation
Help teachers develop leadership skills with which they can support the work of their colleagues Provide whole group, small-group and individual professional development sessions for teachers Adapted from Neufeld and Roper, Educational Matters, 2003
What About Professional Development? Nothing has promised so much and has been so frustratingly wasteful as the thousands of workshops and conferences that led to no significant change in practice when teachers returned to their classroom. Fullan, “The New Meaning of Educational Change,” 1991
What research says about coaching…
Sustained, ongoing, job-embedded professional development…with follow-up support!
What Works Best With Adult Learners? Collaboration with dialogue Participant driven: CHOICE Problem centered/inquiry based Action oriented Reflective practice TRUST
Types of Title I Coaches Math K-5 Literacy K-5 SIOP K-5
Other Types Secondary SIOP (6-8) Literacy (9-12) K-2 Literacy (Local)
Expectations for Coaches Build TRUSTing relationships Maintain Confidentiality Provide NON-evaluative experiences and feedback
The Essentials for ALL Coaches… Collaborate with administrators, teachers, each other Communicate with administrators, teachers, each other
How do you envision us working together for the good of our school …and all students?
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What’s In It For Me? Handout
A successful coaching program will make an unmistakable positive impact on learning and teaching. ~ Dr. Jim Knight
What Factors Increase the Success of Coaching Programs? handout
Together we can… meet the needs of EACH and EVERY Student!
Resources Humans: Coach(es) Knight, J. (2007). Instructional Coaching: Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Quick Write Wise teaching comes from a community in practice. ~ Lucy Calkins It takes a village to raise a child. ~ African Proverb
Reflection Reflections