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How Principals Can Support Coaches and Vice Versa with Jim Knight. Developed by ERLC/ARPDC as a result of a grant from Alberta Education to support implementation. Instructional Coaching Going Deeper. Jim Knight Instructional Coaching Group jimknight@mac.com. Questions.
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How Principals Can Support Coaches and Vice Versawith Jim Knight Developed by ERLC/ARPDC as a result of a grant from Alberta Education to support implementation
Instructional CoachingGoing Deeper Jim KnightInstructional Coaching Group jimknight@mac.com
Questions • How do you enroll teachers? • How do you identify what to focus on? • Do you have a one-page summary? • Have you created checklists for practices? • How often do you model? • How do you explore data after observations?
7 ideas • Partnership • Focus • Precision • Follow-up • Modeling • Ease of use • Pull vs Push
Components • Enroll • Identify • Explain • Mediate • Model • Observe • Explore • Refine/Support
Enroll • One-to-one conversations • Large or small group presentations • Principal referrals • Workshops, teams, PLCs • Newsletters • Informal interactions
One-pager • List all of the teaching practices you share with teachers • List other information you wish to communicate • Add contact information
“It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.” GK Chesterton, cited in Prochaska
4 The Big Four • Content Planning • Assessment for Learning • Instruction • Community Building
Goal Setting • “You need a goal that hits you in the gut!” --Jim Collins
Explore • Teacher & coach watch video • Coach asks open-ended questions & listens • Coach provides specific, non-attributive feedback • Coach and teacher identify next steps
Components • Enroll • Identify • Explain • Mediate • Model • Observe • Explore • Refine/Support
Questions • How do you enroll teachers? • How do you identify what to focus on? • Do you have a one-page summary? • Have you created checklists for practices? • How often do you model? • How do you explore data after observations?