1. Introduction to Coaching
10:30 – 12:00 = 90 minutes
November, 2013

2. MiBLSi Coaching Definition
Coaching is a systematic, results orientated process that facilitates competency development (e.g., skills and knowledge) of educational personnel individually or as a member of a team to implement effective practices with fidelity and durability, generalized across varied settings.

3. Coach returns from leave
Investing in Coaches: Average Major Discipline Referrals per Day per Month
Coach returns from leave
One School’s Example

4. Comparison of Schoolwide Evaluation Tool (SET) Scores after training and after MiBLSi Implementation
For 6 elementary schools

5. Coaching is complex and not well defined
It is not a person but a function
It varies, based on
The practices being coached
Who is coaching and who is being coached
The current skill level and past experience
The organizational structure for providing coaching

6. Terminology Consultant vs. Coach Coaching vs. Facilitating Same thing
Coach vs. Facilitator
Facilitating vs. Coach
Skills/tasks vs. Person
Consultant vs. Coach

7. Internal vs. External Internal Coach External Coach Advantages
Knowledge of school
Staff relationships
Regular access
Independent
Outside perspective
Multiple schools experience
Disadvantages
Conflicting roles
Narrow range of experiences
Limited knowledge of school
Limited relationships
Less frequent access

8. Roles & Responsibilities Defined
Coaches are there to increase the fluency and judgment of teachers and staff with respect to the intervention
Coaches also are generalists – anything that impacts the ability of the teacher/staff to implement well or improve becomes part of the coaching agenda
(c) Dean Fixsen and Karen Blase, 2009

9. How is support provided?
Provides guidance, visibility, funding, political support for MiBLSi
Students
Building Staff
Building Leadership Team
LEA District Cabinet and Implementation Team
Across State
Multiple ISD/LEA Teams
All staff
All students
Multiple schools w/in local district
Provides guidance, visibility, funding, political support, and implementation supports
Provides coaching and TA for LEA and/or ISD Teams
Provides guidance and manages implementation
Provides effective practices to support students
Improved behavior and reading
ISD Cabinet and Implementation Team
Regional Technical Assistance
Michigan
Department of Education/MiBLSi Leadership
Multiple LEAs w/in intermediate district
Who is supported?
This stair step of a cascading system illustrates that there are units within educational systems that build upon each other and are connected through feedback loops and mechanisms of support
How is support provided?
Statewide Structure of Support

10. Consideration of Three Tracks: Application for you and also for those you support
Acquisition:
Think about how you plan to accomplish the work.
Continuous Improvement:
Think about how to make it easy, better, more effective.
Sustainability:
Think about how to continue the practice and ensure it will endure.

11. Prevention and Intervention
Educators are
Students are doing the best they can given their skills/abilities and the quality of their environment
Teach
Prevent
Encourage
adapted from Durand 1990