1. Formative Coaching Through Meaningful Feedback
Providing positive feedback reinforcement of effective instructional strategies.
Delivering instant feedback for communication with teachers.
Compiling school site data to identify Professional Development needs.

2. Agenda Why digiCOACH? What is digiCOACH? How digiCOACH Works
Practice Using digiCOACH
digiCOACH Reports

3. Why digiCOACH?
Why digiCOACH?

4. Formative Coaching with digiCOACH
Improving the academic and social/emotional wellness of our students Supporting Collective Teacher Efficacy through meaningful Professional Learning Communities Enhancing classroom observations that increase the frequency & quality of high yield strategies

6. Effect Size: 0.40 = 1 year of growth | 0.80 = 2 years of growth
Impact of Coaching High Yield Strategies 1
Collective Teacher Efficacy
1.57 2
Teachers, working together, as evaluators of their impact
0.93 3
Classroom Discussion: Students engage in structured interaction around the learning. (digiCOACH Look-for: Interaction)
0.82 4
Errors and trust are welcomed as opportunities to learn
0.72 5
Maximize feedback to teachers about their impact 6
Teacher-Student Relationships (digiCOACH Look-for: Relationships)
Source* John Hattie Presentation at Hemet USD
Coaching
digiCOACH
Look-fors
Effect Size: = 1 year of growth |  0.80 = 2 years of growth
*John Hattie: Visible Learning – 2015, 2011, 2009

7. What is digiCOACH?

8. digiCOACH Walkthrough System
Introducing digiCOACH and her three components.
*****UPGRADE GRAPHICS TO DC 5
Observation Tool
(Focused Data Collection)
Formative Coaching
( Feedback System)
Cloud Reporting
(Inform Professional Learning)

9. Formative Coaching with digiCOACH:
Supports informal classroom visits.
Guides the coach through five focus areas.
Provides immediate feedback by in the form of research based instructional commendations and coaching tips.
Has optional custom feedback from the coach.
Administrators and coaches use iPad for informal classroom walkthroughs.
digiCOACH guides the user through 5 focus areas.
Prewritten strategies, coaching tips and/or personally written notes offer feedback.
Teachers receive feedback immediately by .

10. Walkthrough Artifacts
5 minutes
Walkthrough
A moment in instructional time
Focus is on the instructional management and delivery
Evidence
Instructional strategies that promote student learning
Instructional strategies that are witnessed within the designated time
-Snapshot-

11. Longitudinal Walkthrough Artifacts
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Walkthrough
A moment in instructional time
Evidence
Instructional strategies that promote student learning
Longitudinal
Established time frames
Focus areas have reasonable data collection to identify consistent patterns over time
-Snapshots Over Time-

12. What digiCOACH is not…
What digiCOACH is not.

13. Coaching
Evaluating
digiCOACH was created by educators. This tool is designed to identify effective instructional patterns over a period of time. The data results are used to analyze professional development focus areas.
digiCOACH established five researched based focus areas, and categorized foundational components into sub-criteria.
digiCOACH facilitates the frequency and the quality of teacher feedback. The feedback is intended to elicit dialogue and highlight student learning.

14. How does digiCOACH work?

16. Communication is the Key!@
Communication is the Key
Teachers receive feedback immediately by .
This feedback focuses on instructional evidence.
Teachers receive feedback immediately by .

17. Types of Feedback Strategies Coaching Tips Strengths Evidence Support
Evidence of instructional strengths
Evidence of student learning
Coaching Tips
Support and enrich instructional practices
Create an opportunity for dialogue and professional collaboration that will adjust results

18. Feedback
On Mon, Sep 10, 2016 at 11:05 AM, digiCOACH wrote:
Debbie,
Thank you for allowing me to observe your instruction today. I saw many effective teaching strategies that were utilized during your lesson.
I have included some of the positive strategies that I observed, as well as coaching tips for use in future lessons.
Strategy - Checking for Understanding/Questioning: Your probing questions helped you to assess students’ understanding of key concepts.
Strategy - Engagement/Pacing: By teaching the lesson in small segments, you kept the students
engaged and on-task.
Strategy - Learning Environment/Interactions: Your positive feeling tone with the students
encouraged the students to show respect to their classmates.
Coaching Tip - Checking for Understanding/Adjustment: Using students’ feedback to clarify misconceptions
makes the learning more effective.
Regards,
Steve Hamilton @
Feedback
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Strategy (yellow)
Throughout the body of the you will find feedback that was selected by the administrator or coach.
The feedback reflects evidence of the instructional strategies witnessed during the isolated walkthrough.
Coaching Tip (blue)
Throughout the body of the you will find a Coaching Tip that can enhance student learning.
The feedback is selected by the administrator or coach.
Strategy/Strengths
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Coaching Tip/Support
Selected by Coach
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19. Walkthrough Artifacts
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Reminder…
Walkthrough
A moment in instructional time
Focus is on the instructional management and delivery
Evidence
Instructional strategies that promote student learning
Instructional strategies that are witnessed within the designated time
-Snapshot-

20. Let’s Try One! Suggested Resources www.teachingchannel.org
Keywords: What’s Fun About Surface Area
Keywords: Whole Brain Teaching: High School Math
Keywords: Integrating WITS LEADS in the classroom- A
Grade 4 Language Arts Lesson
Suggested Resources for Calibration
Teacher Worksheet
This handout provides an opportunity for teachers to participate in a virtual walkthrough. The worksheet displays each Focus Area and the correlated sub-criteria.
Calibration
This is a great opportunity to calibrate the meaning of each sub-criteria, and dialogue the types of evidence.
Suggestion
Concentrate on one Focus Area until calibration and common meaning occur.
Suggestion:
Concentrate on one Focus Area until calibration and common meaning occur.

21. What can digiCOACH reports show?

22. Longitudinal Walkthrough Artifacts
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Reminder
Walkthrough
A moment in instructional time
Evidence
Instructional strategies that promote student learning
Longitudinal
Established time frames
Focus areas have reasonable data collection to identify consistent patterns over time
-Snapshots Over Time-

23. Focus Area Summary What are this school’s strengths? In which areas
would professional
development be
most beneficial
for this site?
What additional
information would be beneficial?
Focus Area Summary Report
This report focuses on the 5 Focus Areas. All data collected within each focus area is included in this report.
Opportunities for further discussion:
What are this school’s strengths?
In which areas would professional development be most beneficial for this site?
What additional information would be beneficial?
Engagement
Checking for
Understanding
Schema
Cognition
Learning
Environment

24. Checking for Understanding Summary
What are this
school’s strengths?
In which areas
would professional
development be
most beneficial
for this site?
What additional
information would be beneficial?
Checking for Understanding Summary Report
This report focuses on only 1 Focus Area . The graph identifies the strengths and support focus within the sub-criteria.
Opportunities for further discussion:
What are this school’s strengths?
In which areas would professional development be most beneficial for this site?
What additional information would be beneficial?
Questioning
Wait Time
Feedback
Adjustment

25. Focus Area Comparison
When focusing on Checking for understanding, which subject area could provide the most support?
What other questions can be answered when looking at this report?
Focus Area Comparison
This report focuses on 1 focus area, and data segregates the patterns of departments within the school. The graph identifies the strengths and support focus within the sub-criteria.
Opportunities for further discussion:
When focusing on Checking for understanding, which subject area could provide the most support?
What other questions can be answered when looking at this report?
ELA
Math
Science
Social Studies