How Principals Can Support Coaches and

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Education to support implementation

Instructional Instructional CoachingCoaching Going DeeperGoing Deeper

Jim KnightInstructional Coaching Groupjimknight@mac.com

QuestionsQuestions•How do you enroll teachers?

•How do you identify what to focus on?

•Do you have a one-page summary?

•Have you created checklists for practices?

•How often do you model?

•How do you explore data after observations?

7 ideas• Partnership

• Focus

• Precision

• Follow-up

• Modeling

• Ease of use

• Pull vs Push

Partnership Principles

Do you agree Do you agree with the with the

partnership partnership principles?principles?

What do What do instructional instructional coaches do?coaches do?

ComponentsComponents•Enroll

•Identify

•Explain

•Mediate

•Model

•Observe

•Explore

•Refine/Support

•One-to-one conversations

•Large or small group presentations

•Principal referrals

•Workshops, teams, PLCs

•Newsletters

•Informal interactions

EnrollEnroll

Do you have a Do you have a one-page one-page

summary?summary?

•List all of the teaching practices you share with teachers

•List other information you wish to communicate

•Add contact information

One-pagerOne-pager

IdentifyIdentify

“It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they

can’t see the problem.”

GK Chesterton, cited in Prochaska

The Big Four

•Content Planning

•Assessment for Learning

•Instruction

•Community Building

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•“You need a goal that hits you in the gut!” --Jim Collins

Goal SettingGoal Setting

How will you go How will you go about identifying about identifying

goals with goals with teachers?teachers?

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ExplainExplain

“Cue, Do, Review” Checklist

Teacher:__________Unit Content: ____________ Date: ____________ Teacher ID #:__________School: ____________ Module: ____________

TEACHING BEHAVIOR OBS. COMMENTS CUE

Name the device

Explain how it will help them learn

Specify what they need to do

DO: LINKING STEPS

Walk through the device

Involve students

Shape student responses

Evaluate student understanding

Re-instruct if necessary

REVIEW:

Ask questions about information

Ask questions about how the device works

Have your Have your coaches created coaches created

checklists?checklists?

ModelModel

How often do How often do your coaches your coaches

model for model for teachers?teachers?

ObserveObserve

Do your coaches Do your coaches use Flip cameras use Flip cameras for observations?for observations?

•Teacher & coach watch video

•Coach asks open-ended questions & listens

•Coach provides specific, non-attributive feedback

•Coach and teacher identify next steps

ExploreExplore

How do your How do your coaches explore coaches explore

data during data during coaching?coaching?

Refine/SupportRefine/Support

ComponentsComponents•Enroll

•Identify

•Explain

•Mediate

•Model

•Observe

•Explore

•Refine/Support

QuestionsQuestions•How do you enroll teachers?

•How do you identify what to focus on?

•Do you have a one-page summary?

•Have you created checklists for practices?

•How often do you model?

•How do you explore data after observations?