the art of coaching teachers mark mcbeth shelly bolejack
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The Art of Coaching Teachers
Mark McBethShelly Bolejack
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Learning Focus
• Distributed Leadership– Three Leadership Functions
• Instructional Coaching– Partnership Principles: The Theory Behind
Instructional Coaching • A Collective of Result Driven Support
Philosophies• Similarities and Differences from a Formal and
Informal Leadership Perspective
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Three Essential Leadership Functions:
Setting direction
Human develop
ment
Organizational
development
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Leadership Functions
Setting Direction
Constructing, selling, and sustaining a vision.
Getting cooperative commitment for
organizational goals.
Setting and maintaining high expectations.
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Leadership FunctionsHuman Development
Monitoring instruction and
progress.
Developing teachers’ knowledge and skill, both individually and
collectively.
Providing encouragement, recognition, and
support.
Developing a sense of accountability for performance.
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Leadership Functions
Organizational Development
Adapting and modifying standard operating procedures (routines, tools, structure) to
support instructional improvement.
Building a culture that de-privatizes classroom practice, supports collaboration among teachers, and maintains high
expectations.
Procuring and distributing resources.
Handling disturbances/creating and
maintaining an orderly work environment.
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Formal Leader/Informal Leaders Coaching and Support
Setting Direction
Human Develop
ment
Organizational
Development
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Partnership Principles The Theory Behind Instructional Coaching
• Equality- We all have equal value.• Praxis- Real-life practical application. • Dialogue- Two people thinking together.• Choice- Individuals make their own reflective
decisions.• Voice- The opportunity to express one’s point of view.• Reflection- The freedom to consider ideas before
making a choice.• Reciprocity- Everyone learns from one another.
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Equality
• A belief that everyone counts• Doesn’t mean we all agree• Doesn’t mean we’re all the same• We all have equal value• Each opinion counts
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Dialogue
• Respectful, energizing conversation• The developing conversation is more
important than being right• Involves suspending opinions & authentic
listening• Thinking together
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Reflection• The teacher cannot rely on either instinct along or on
prepackaged sets of techniques. Instead, she or he must think about what is taking place, what the options are and so on, in a critical, analytical way. In other words the teacher must engage in reflection.
-Brubacher, Case, and Reagan
• Teachers are knowledge workers.
• Teachers need professional autonomy to make decisions. Otherwise, there is resistance. Jim Knight 2007
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