Instructional Coaching Columbia High School February 17, 2011 JoAnn Moore, Facilitator [email protected] 10 minutes.

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

The Coaching CycleColumbia High SchoolFebruary 17, 2011

JoAnn Moore, [email protected]

10 minutes