Coaching Impact: A Partnership Approach for Achieving Student Success

1. Coaching Impact: A Partnership Approach for Achieving Student Success

2. Highlights NSSED Professional Development Model: Workshops, Coaching and Networking Why Coaching? What is Coaching? The Partnership Model in Coaching: Key Principles Our NSSED Coaching Team Getting the most out of the workshop, coaching and networking experience Looking Ahead: 2012-2013 Learning Opportunities

3. NSSED Model for Professional Development

4. Why Professional Development and Coaching? Wenglinsky, 2000 Sanders and Rivers, 1998 Distributed teachers according to their students’ achievement level Results: Top 20% of teachers boosted scores of low-achieving students by 53% compared to low achieving teachers 14% 2nd graders who performed equally, showed significant performance gap 3 years later depending on teacher quality 83rd percentile versus 29th percentile Studied 15,000 math and science students to determine what factors influenced their success or lack of. Result: Teachers who participated in professional development had students who outperformed peers by 107% Teacher Quality= Student Success

5. RATE OF TRANSFER INTO CLASSROOM PRACTICE following peer coaching and professional development

6. Instructional Coaching Research(Knight and Cornett, 2008) With Coaching observers saw evidence of use of unit organizers during 90% of their visits Without Coaching observers saw evidence of use of unit organizers during 30% of their visits

7. Cognitive Coaching: A Synthesis of the Research (Jenny Edwards, 2001) Outcomes of Coaching: • Increase in test scores • Growth in teacher efficacy • Increase in reflective and complex thinking among teachers • Increase in teacher satisfaction with career and position • Increase in professional climate at schools • Increase in teacher collaboration • Increase in professional assistance to teachers • Increase in personal benefits • Benefit to people in fields other than teaching

8. What We Know Coaching Impacts… Teacher Attitudes Teaching Practices Teacher Efficacy Student Achievement

9. What is Coaching? “Coaching is about unlocking potential in order to maximize potential. It’s about bringing out the best in people”. ~Jim Knight

10. What is Coaching? A short video…..

11. What do Coaches do?

12. Empower

13. Connect Research into Practice

14. Provide Tools for Teaching

15. Partnership Principles for Coaching

16. Words to reflect on…. “ The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world.” ~ Blaine Lee, The Power Principle “Partnership carries the intention to balance power between ourselves and those around us.” ~ Peter Block, Stewardship

17. EQUALITY Coaches and Teachers are Equal Partners

18. CHOICETeachers Should Have Choice Regarding What and How They Learn

19. VOICE Professional Learning Should Empower and Respect the Voices of Teachers

20. REFLECTIONIs an Integral Part of Professional Learning

21. DIALOGUEProfessional Learning Should Enable Authentic Dialogue

22. PRAXISTeachers Should Apply Their Learning to Their Real-Life Practice as They Are Learning

23. RECIPROCITYEach learning interaction is an opportunity to learn

24. Meet Our NSSED District Services Coaches Amy Cohen Jill Bose-Deakins Stephanie Bauer Janet Jancaus Jenny Knudson Maggie O’Hara Lindsay Kiraly (Schrand)

25. Meet Our NSSED ELS Instructional Coaches Meagan Dunn Lynn Clarke Kim Grzymala Kristen Kinsey

26. How to Get the Most Out of Your Workshop Experience • Check the NSSED Professional Development Calendar • Look for Monthly Postcards • Make sure you are registered and receive a registration email • Arrive on time • Be prepared • Give it your best attention • Take notes • Ask questions • Set up one goal for application • Seek out coaches and/or sign up for follow-up coaching opportunities • Be kind to yourself

27. How to Get the Most Out of Your Coaching Experience • Set aside time to initially meet with your coach to discuss the area of need and to determine a goal • Give your coach a list of all support staff and team meeting times • Document next steps and who’s responsible • Set up times for coaches to observe when they are most likely to see a problem and when they most likely would not • Ask questions • Take a risk • Watch yourself on video • Seek out other professional learning opportunities • Be kind to yourself

28. How to Get the Most Out of Your Networking Experience • Discuss successes and challenges related to topic • Ask questions • Share resources • Be open to others’ perspectives

29. Networking Groups Social Workers Psychologists Special Education Teachers Autism I-Tech

30. 2012-2013 Workshop Highlights Caroline Musselwhite- Literacy for Students with moderate to severe disabilities Direct Instruction Marilyn Montiero- Autism Assessment Kansas Strategies Sara Ward- Executive Functioning Social Thinking- A Social Curriculum for Students with High Functioning Autism

31. 2012-2013 Workshop Highlights Caroline Musselwhite- Literacy for Students with moderate to severe disabilities Direct Instruction Marilyn Montiero- Autism Assessment Kansas Learning Strategies Sara Ward- Executive Functioning Social Thinking- A Social Curriculum for Students with High Functioning Autism Jim Knight Randy Sprick Technology

32. For Questions or Comments…. Kim Brown Coordinator for Professional Development and Coaching kbrown@nssed.org 831.5100 x 2401 Mary Kober Professional Development/ Support Services Specialist mkober@nssed.org 831.5100 x2201