Coaching Critical Feature: Technical Assistance

1. Coaching Critical Feature: Technical Assistance www.miblsi.cenmi.org Catherine Claes MiBLSi Content Development Specialist Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District Consultant November 2, 2011.

2. “The concept of a coach is slippery. Coaches are not teachers, but they teach. They’re not your boss – but they can be bossy. Mainly, they observe, they judge, and they guide.” Atul Gawande

3. Intended Outcomes for the Session Participants will gain an understanding of the critical component of coaching: Technical Assistance Participants will identify examples of Technical Assistance Participants will identify how Technical Assistance support changes as schools/districts progress through the Stages of Implementation Participants will build a plan of support for one school/district in the appropriate Stage of Implementation

4. Agenda Coaching Critical Component: Technical Assistance Description Examples Tools for Technical Assistance Support Stages of Implementation Review Gradual Release of Responsibility/Scaffolding Examples of Technical Assistance Support at Each Stage I Do It – Exploration We Do It – Installation You Do It with your group – Initial Implementation, Elaboration, Continuous Regeneration You Do It independently – Choose a school or district Reflections/Wrap-up

5. Technical assistance provides guidance to move forward through stages of implementation in a purposeful skill building process to allow for the gradual release of responsibility from the coach to the team while ensuring the building of capacity. This may involve specific suggestions for action planning and task completion. Coaches may need to model a data-based decision making process or may need to provide help with specific implementation tools such as conducting assessments and using this information in action planning. This may also involve the coach as a “performance technologist” in identifying and addressing performance problems regarding implementation of the identified practices with fidelity. Technical Assistance: Description

6. Technical Assistance: Examples Assist with the use of practice profiles and systems/process/fidelity measures to communicate critical features of implementation that are urgent and a priority based on student outcome data and translate into specific action items or implementation plans Provide scaffolded supports to assist the team in getting started and staying on track with data/systems/and practices for implementing a multi-tiered model of supports. For example: Model the use of data for decision making when meeting with leadership teams Prompt and guide team through the use of data for decision making Provide systematic feedback to the team as they use data for decision making

7. Tools for Technical Assistance Support of Implementation Assessment Binder Practice Profiles Team Implementation Checklists Grade Level Team Meeting Facilitator Guides Follow-up Activity Worksheets Behavior Matrix Tier 2/3 Tracking Forms Flowcharts for Process Outcome Measures, SWIS, and Universal Screening Committee Audit Start the School Year Checklist Daily and Component Intervention Fidelity Form And many more!!!!

8. Stages of Implementation Exploration/ Adoption Installation Initial Implementation Development Commitment Creating the systems and materials to prepare for implementation; Set Up Data Systems Elaboration Continuous Regeneration Provide Significant Support to Implementers Embedding within Standard Practice Improvements: Increase Efficiency and Effectiveness As you coach through the stages, there is a gradual release of responsibility from the coach to the team…build independence and you build capacity!

9. Coaching through the Stages Up-Front Coaching: Trust and Relationships Building Common Knowledge & Experience The ongoing foundation for a professional learning Committing to a learning relationship – grow together I Do – We Do – Debrief Beside Coaching: Risk-Taking Coach – Builds co-thinking Coach – Builds capacity Team - Transitions to guided practice w/ coaching support I Do – We Do – You Do Together – Debrief Behind Coaching: Coach – Refines and builds independence Guided practice with coaching support (you do together) Team refines implementation with coaching feedback I Do – We Do – You Do Together – You Do - Debrief

10. Gradual Release of Responsibility

11. COACH RESPONSIBILITY “I do it” Modeling Guided Practice Gradual Release of Responsibility “We do it” “You do it together” Collaborative “You do it alone” Independent LEADERSHIP TEAM/TEACHER RESPONSIBILITY Fisher, D., & Frey, N.

12. Establish rapport, trust, & relationships Provide learning experiences – Build knowledge Ask Questions Answer questions Promote thinking Understand political agendas/dynamics Anticipate barriers Provide leadership, gentle pressure, & support At this point, you may utilize various articles to build knowledge, use the website to build understanding of the MiBLSi/RtI model, teams may complete a Committee Audit, and Braiding Initiatives to determine how RtI compliments other initiatives. Technical Assistance during Exploration Building Awareness Assessing Potential Match Developing Commitment Deciding to Adopt Exploration/Adoption

13. Technical Assistance during Installation Creating the systems and materials to prepare for implementation; Set Up Data Systems, Structural Supports in place Installation

14. Activity • With your table discuss your given Stage of Implementation • Come up with examples of what Technical Assistance could look like at that stage. What tools might you use? • Be prepared to share out to the group

15. Activity Planning Technical Assistance • Think of the schools/districts you currently support and choose one to be the focus for your planning • What stage of implementation is that school/district currently working through? • What activities would provide Technical Assistance to move this school/district forward? • What tools would be appropriate to use to accomplish the work?

16. Reflections & Wrap-up With your partner share One way you have provided technical support to your schools One way you can improve the technical support you provide to your schools Share the plan of technical support you developed

17. “There was a moment in sports when employing a coach was unimaginable – and then came a time when not doing so was unimaginable. We care about results in sports, and if we care half as much about results in schools and in hospitals we may reach the same conclusion.” Atul Gawande

18. SB-CEU Information The code for Critical Feature of Coaching: Technical Assistance session is ___________ Please visit the survey station in the lobby during lunch, breaks, or after the last conference session.