Principal Support for Effective Coaching Webinar

1. with JoellenKillion Principal Support for Effective CoachingWebinar Developed by ERLC/ARPDC as a result of a grant from Alberta Education to support implementation

2. Principal Support for Effective Coaching February 21, 2012 Joellen Killion Senior Advisor Learning Forward 10931 W 71st Place Arvada, CO 80004-1337 Joellen.Killion@learningforward.org

3. Introduction Whichrolebest describes you? • Administrator (Principal, Vice/Assistant Principal) • Coach • District Office or Jurisdiction Staff Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

4. Principal Support for Effective Coaching • Identify the keys to principal support of coaches and coaching • Generate principal practices that support coaches and coaching Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

5. Working independently, coaches and principals may encounter limitations in their efforts to support effective teaching and learning for all students. What are some of the limitations? Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

6. Five Keys Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

7. Five Keys Expectations Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

8. Five Keys Communication Expectations Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

9. Five Keys Confidentiality Communication Expectations Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

10. Five Keys Support Confidentiality Communication Expectations Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

11. Five Keys Support Confidentiality Communication Expectations Feedback Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

12. Five Keys Which of the five keys interests you most? A. Expectations B. Communication C. Confidentiality D. Support E. Feedback Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

13. Five Keys Support Confidentiality Communication Expectations Feedback Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

14. Expectations • Goals • Daily work • Results • Interactions • Engagement • Reporting • Evidence of success Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

15. Expectations • Goals • Daily work • Results • Interactions • Engagement • Reporting • Evidence of success Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

16. Expectations • Goals • Daily work • Results • Interactions • Engagement • Reporting • Evidence of success Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

17. Expectations • Goals • Daily work • Results • Interactions • Engagement • Reporting • Evidence of success Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

18. Expectations • Goals • Daily work • Results • Interactions • Engagement • Reporting • Evidence of success Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

19. Expectations • Goals • Daily work • Results • Interactions • Engagement • Reporting • Evidence of success Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

20. Expectations • Goals • Daily work • Results • Interactions • Engagement • Reporting • Evidence of success Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

21. Expectations • Goals • Daily work • Results • Interactions • Engagement • Reporting • Evidence of success Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

22. Collaboration Room Discussion Select one of the Expectations that you feel you have accomplished with success. Describe your expectation and how you developed and communicated it. Bring back one good idea. • Goals • Daily work • Results • Interactions • Engagement • Reporting • Evidence of success Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

23. Five Keys Support Confidentiality Communication Expectations Feedback Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

24. Communication • How often do coaches and principals meet? • What do they discuss? • What are the benefits of frequent principal-coach communication? • What gets in the way of principal-coach communication? Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

25. Communication • Principals and coaches communicate frequentlyabout • schoolwide, team, and individual goals • their unique contribution to achieving the goals • the coach’s work • teachers • tasks • topics • support needed Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

26. Communication: In role-alike collaboration rooms 7 Minutes • Share your thoughts about one of these questions. • What are the benefits of frequent principal-coach communication? • What gets in the way of principal-coach communication? • What strategies can be used to alleviate the barriers? Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

27. Communication • What ideas did you hear to help • you answer this question: • What strategies can be used to alleviate the barriers to frequent coach-principal communication? Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

28. Five Keys Support Confidentiality Communication Expectations Feedback Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

29. How do you define confidentiality? • Why is is important in the coach-principal relationship? • What agreements exist between the coach and principal about confidentiality? • How have you communicated your agreements to the staff? Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

30. Join your colleagues in a collaboration room to discuss the questions below. Identify one person who will post a chat when you return that summarizes your conversation in 25 words or less. • How do you define confidentiality? • Why is is important in the coach-principal relationship? • What agreements exist between the coach and principal about confidentiality? • How have you communicated your agreements to the staff? Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

31. Five Keys Support Confidentiality Communication Expectations Feedback Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

32. Support What support do coaches want? Developing relationships Prioritizing work Solving problems Ongoing learning Other How do principals support coaches? Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

33. Five Keys Support Confidentiality Communication Expectations Feedback Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

34. Incorporate feedback from all staff on access, support provided, and changes made • Provide feedback on practices and results • Use data focused on clearly delineated criteria • Seek reciprocal feedback • Use feedback to plan next steps • Provide feedback frequently Feedback Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

35. Useneutral language, hold apositive perspective, and focus onspecific practices • What helped me the most was . . . ? • What most prompted me to examine my practices was when you/the coach (name action) . . . ? • I feel most supported when you/the coach (name the action) . . . ? • What I want more of . . . ? • Other ways to help . . . ? Strategies for Seeking Constructive Feedback from All Staff Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

36. Feedback on Practices and Results Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

37. Link practices with results • Principal contributes to coach’s knowledge, skills, and dispositions • Principal supports coach in implementing new practices • Principal helps coach collect evidence to effectiveness • Principal facilitates coach to examine evidence and form conclusions about the effects of practices on teacher and student learning Feedback on Practices and Results Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

38. Useneutral language, holda positive perspective, and focus onspecific practices • Which of my practices helped you the most? • What did I do that most prompted you to examine your practices? • When do you feel most supported by me? • What are other ways I can help you feel most efficacious and be most effective? Seek Reciprocal Feedback Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

39. The value of feedback is measured by the changes it prompts. Use Feedback to Plan Next Steps Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

40. What is frequently? • Twice a week • Once a week • Every two weeks • Monthly • Every two months Provide feedback frequently Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

41. What strategies do you use to make feedback a regular part of the coach and principal relationship? Provide feedback frequently Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

42. Five Keys Support Confidentiality Communication Expectations Feedback Principal Support for Effective Coaching www.learningforward.org

43. What do I know now that I didn’t know as clearly before this session? • What did I do today to contribute to my own learning? • How will what I learned today influence my practices? • What are some next steps for me?