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Instructional Coaching: Lessons from Scarborough

Instructional Coaching: Lessons from Scarborough. presented by Monique Culbertson Director of Curriculum and Assessment March 8, 2019 MCLA Event: Starting or Transforming an Instructional Coaching Program, Waterville, ME. Common Sense and Compelling Data.

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Instructional Coaching: Lessons from Scarborough

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  1. Instructional Coaching: Lessons from Scarborough presented by Monique Culbertson Director of Curriculum and Assessment March 8, 2019 MCLA Event: Starting or Transforming an Instructional Coaching Program, Waterville, ME

  2. Common Sense and Compelling Data From p.12 of Taking the Lead, 2nd edition by Killion and Harrison, 2017

  3. Scarborough Starts Out 2011-12: • Moved from Academic Support teacher leaders to coaches • Team attends Pre-conference workshop • Begins to develop Program Description • Leverages Curriculum Implementation • ELA and Math • Leverages technology integrators • Trains Coaches: Learning Forward

  4. Educating and Engaging the Organization Early Documents (2012-13) • Program Description (2nd year) • Focus • What Coaching Is and Is Not • Agreements • Position Description • “Provide content area curriculum coordination and instructional quality…” (remains the same) • responsibilities have shifted Other Useful Tools: • Partnership Map • Notes Tool • 4Ts (confidentiality) Useful Resources: • Types of Coaching • We chose two • List has doubled • Roles of Coaches • Effective Coaching

  5. Annual Cycle of Revision • Program Description (2017-18) • consistent elements • alignment to district goals, vision, mission, role • shift in focus of activities • trying to coach deeper • Position Description • “Provide content area curriculum coordination and instructional quality…” (remains the same) • responsibilities have shifted: more of an instructional focus • Reviewed and revised by Principals and Coaches • Local data gathering on coaching an ongoing issue

  6. Summarizing Impact Ongoing challenge: • Have planned for annual coach outcomes: • Building improvement goal • Coaching skills goal • Developed in collaboration with building principal • Never effectively summarized or shared • Gathered some data on allocation of time • not consistently gathered, shared or understood Need to gather data on impact of teacher and student growth

  7. What have we learned? • Continually grow coaches • new hires • experienced • Revisit the basics with engagement of building leaders • Assist new principals in understanding coaching • More attention on how to evaluate coaching • Has it made a difference? • If so, how? • Ongoing communication with all stakeholders

  8. On the Horizon for 2018-19 • Shifting to a Student Centered Coaching Model • include coaching cycles • informed by D.Sweeney • DRAFT Program Description 2018-19 • initial draft • needs stakeholder input - will change • will potentially need a “rollout” or launch by building • SHS draft example • Assessment of coaching impact still under development • Reflect on impact of coaching on school culture

  9. Keep up with the Research “Despite different designs and findings these research studies suggest that the structure and focus of coaching matter in the effects of coaching” (p. 14, Taking the Lead, 2nd edition, Killion and Harrison, 2017)

  10. We Quite Agree “An emerging body of evidence supports coaching as a positive contributor to improvement in educator practice and student achievement.” “What is important to acknowledge is this: Coaching, to be effective, must have a defined purpose and goal, established clear roles for coaches to guide their daily work, and be conducted in a culture of continuous improvement.” (p. 15, Taking the Lead, 2nd edition, Killion and Harrison, 2017)

  11. Culture “In short, culture is how things happen, the way people behave, the actions they take, and the assumptions they make. Louise Stoll (1999) defines 10 indicators of a school’s culture. They are: (p. 204, Taking the Lead, 2nd edition, Killion and Harrison, 2017)

  12. Healthy School Cultures “Jon Saphier and Matthew King (1985), in a seminal article about culture in schools, identified 12 attributes of healthy cultures: (pp. 204-205, Taking the Lead, 2nd edition, Killion and Harrison, 2017)

  13. What Coaches Can Do To Shape Culture In partnership with the principal, Killion and Harrison list: (pp. 205-206, Taking the Lead, 2nd edition, Killion and Harrison, 2017)

  14. Thank you. Questions?

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