instructional coaching columbia high school february 17, 2011 joann moore, facilitator...
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Instructional CoachingColumbia High SchoolFebruary 17, 2011
JoAnn Moore, [email protected]
10 minutes
Today’s Targets
• Assess your duties as an Instructional Coach for alignment to student achievement
• Recognize key factors in the Coaching Implementation Cycle
• Understand the use of the 5-Step Protocol
10 minutes
Reflective Questions for Self Engagement
Given this content: • Where are you now?• Where would you like to be?• How will you get there?
Write a personal goal for this workshop.
5 minutes
The Work of the Instructional CoachTask
As a table group, go to your table’s assigned chart in the
room. Chart the tasks in which instructional coaches
engage during the work day at your school. Include all
tasks (e.g., collaborative planning, observations, bus duty,
meetings, committees, etc.).
10 minutes
Prioritizing the Work of a CoachTask
As a group, revise your original chart.– Highlight the tasks that have the greatest impact on
student learning.– Strike-through the tasks that do not directly impact
teacher performance or student learning.– Add tasks that are necessary to support job-embedded
learning facilitated by the coach.
10 minutes
Coaching Implementation Cycle
Practice
Explicitly Teach
ModelFacilitate
Learning and Planning
Observe and Provide
Feedback
Monitor Impact on Student Learning
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Practice
Coaching Implementation Cycle
Lab Classroom
• Coaches implement new strategies and practices.
• Coaches gain credibility.• Coaches identify barriers
and “work out the kinks.”
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Practice
Coaching Implementation CycleExample
Teacher-Student Conferences
Conduct teacher-student
conferences in lab
classroom for two weeks.
Explicitly Teach
Coaching Implementation CycleTeacher Meetings
• Coaches introduce new strategies or practices.
• Coaches provide explicit instruction on implementation of new strategies or practices.
• Coaches facilitate the development of criteria for new practices.
• Coaches refine new strategies or practices.
• Coaches focus on one aspect of quality at a time.
Explicitly Teach
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Model
Coaching Implementation Cycle
All Classrooms
• Coaches model implementation of new instructional strategies and practices.
• Teachers observe coaches and/or peers and then implement new strategies and practices in their own classrooms.
Model
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Model
Coaching Implementation CycleExample
Teacher-Student Conferences
• Model teacher-student conferences in classrooms for teachers.
• Model effective feedback for teachers during conferences and when providing feedback to teachers.
Model
Team Task
1. Review the rating scale with your team.
2. Assess current implementation of the first three parts of the coaching implementation cycle using the scale.
5 minutes
PracticeExplicitly
TeachModel
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Model
Coaching Implementation Cycle
Collaborative Team Meetings
• Coaches establish norms for collaboration.
• Coaches use protocols to facilitate learning and planning.
• Coaches build the capacity of teachers to engage in effective collaborative work.
Facilitate Learning and
Planning
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Model
Coaching Implementation CycleExample
Teacher-Student Conferences
• Show video(s) of teacher-student conferences and discuss the qualities of effective and ineffective conferences. Develop criteria for effective conferences.
• Facilitate the collaborative development of forms for documenting, scheduling, and managing conferences.
• Facilitate the collaborative analysis of student work. Collaboratively provide written feedback on analyzed student work.
Facilitate Learning and
Planning
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Coaching Implementation Cycle
All Classrooms
• Coaches observe implementation of new strategies and provide feedback.
• Coaches determine additional support needed for effective implementation.
Observe and Provide
Feedback
Observe and Provide
Feedback
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Coaching Implementation CycleExample
Teacher-Student Conferences
• Observe teacher-student conferences in all classrooms.
• Provide teachers feedback on teacher-student conferences.
Observe and Provide
Feedback
Observe and Provide
Feedback
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Monitor
Coaching Implementation Cycle
All Classrooms
Coaches engage teachers in the
analysis of student work to
determine the impact of the
instructional practice on student
learning.
Monitor Impact on Student Learning
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Monitor
Coaching Implementation CycleExample
Teacher-Student Conferences
Facilitate the analysis of student
work and written feedback from
conferences to determine the
level to which students are improving
their work through revision.
Monitor Impact on Student Learning
Coaching Implementation Cycle
Practice
Explicitly Teach
ModelFacilitate
Learning and Planning
Observe and Provide
Feedback
Monitor Impact on Student Learning
The pieces in the cycle overlap, repeat, and often occur simultaneously.
Today’s Targets
• Assess your duties as an Instructional Coach for alignment to student achievement
• Recognize key factors in the Coaching Implementation Cycle
• Understand the use of the 5-Step Protocol
10 minutes
The 5-Step Protocol
10 minutes
