Instructional Coaching

The 2011 Instructional Coaching Conference will include the following Pre-Conference sessions: Cost: $150 (For registrations postmarked after October 3, add $25 late fee) Location: Oread Hotel - Hancock Room Cost: $75 (For registrations postmarked after October 3, add $25 late fee) Location: Oread Hotel - Gathering Room 1 Description: Do you want transform school culture and increase the individual performance of staff and students?

"Richard Catrambone is a Professor in the School of Psychology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has consulted on instructional design and human-computer interaction topics for various organizations. His teaching and mentoring has been recognized by multiple teaching awards."

"District Leaders who are leading and supporting Instructional Coaches, District Leaders considering initiating an Instructional Coaching Program ABOUT THIS LEARNING OPPORTUNITY Jim Knight has supported numerous districts in initiating and implementing an instructional coaching program. In this learning opportunity Jim will share stories about other districts coaching initiatives - what has worked and why, what has not been as successful and why."

Just - Record It. Sketch It. Share It. - to create a sharable, replay-able video that tells your story clearly.

"ShowMe allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. It's a radically intuitive app that anyone will find extremely easy to use, regardless of age or background."

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Coaches' leadership skills that communicate trust building will increase teacher vulnerability and therefore teacher growth.

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Helping teachers, administrators, and policymakers to understand the research on adult learning, teacher professional growth, and learning in community. Supporting teacher learning, creating environments and expectations for successful learning communities. Develop processes for collecting evidence and documenting effects of teacher learning.

Instructional Coaching resources and presentations

Instructional Coach ~ Instructional Coach Rubric ~ Instructional Coach Performance Documentation Form ~ Instructional Coach Evaluation Form

In this clip, Steve Barkley begins talking about the importance of technical feedback. He states that coaching should be built around supporting current staff development programs. Next, Steve discusses collegial coaching and its emphasis on relationships. The clip concludes with Steve reinforcing the idea that coaching can improve relationships among teachers.

On Monday, I modeled lessons in some grade one and two classrooms. I will first talk about what we did in grade 2 and where we are going. The lesson that I modeled on Monday, in grade 2, is posted below on this blog. Student is recording her representation on a thinking sheet.

In this video Steve Barkley discusses the two beliefs that underscore coaching. The first is that educators should be observed once a week and receive feedback. The second is that the most skilled educators should be coached the most.