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Coaching. Alicia Sullivan, M.S . Cristina Villanueva, M.S. Gary Duhon, Ph.D. . What is Coaching?. Coaching is…. “a method of transferring skill and expertise from more experienced and knowledgeable practitioners of such skill to less experienced ones” (Hargreaves & Dawe, 1990)
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Coaching Alicia Sullivan, M.S. Cristina Villanueva, M.S. Gary Duhon, Ph.D.
Coaching is… • “a method of transferring skill and expertise from more experienced and knowledgeable practitioners of such skill to less experienced ones” (Hargreaves & Dawe, 1990) • Coaching is a set of responsibilities, actions and activities . . . not a particular person. • “Coaching is the active and iterative delivery of: • (a) prompts that increase successful behavior, and • (b) corrections that decrease unsuccessful behavior” (Horner, 2009) • Coaches have changed from “experts” to “thought partners” (Eggers & Clark, 2000)
General Coaching Model • 1. “Setting the foundation by defining the context, establishing the contract, and building a working alliance” • Building rapport • 2. “Assessing the individual” • 3. “Strategizing the engagement and developing a plan based on assessment feedback and goals” • 4. “Implementing the plan” • 5. “Evaluating the intervention and reassessing the initial target areas” Liljenstrand & Nebeker, 2008
Types of Coaching • Business coaching • Career/job coaching • Challenge coaching • Change/capacity coaching • Collegial coaching • Executive coaching • Instructional coaching • Life coaching • Peer coaching • Sports coaching • Technical coaching
Who provides coaching? • Coaches come from a variety of different educational disciplines • Ranging from high school graduates to PhD’s • Coaches in the psychology field tend to be hired by organizations • Rely more on their academic training when coaching, attend coaching specific certifications or licensure • They view coaching as a mere extension to their regular services • Coaches in the field of OTH, BUS, or EDU appear to be hired mainly by individuals receiving coaching services and seem to be more involved in the personal coaching market. • Liljenstrand & Nebeker, 2008
Research on Coaching Effectiveness • Lack of empirical research (Bartlett, 2007; Silver et al., 2009) • But what there is indicates that coaching is effective • Hendrickson et al. (1993) • Haan, Duchworth, Birch, & Jones, 2013
Effective Professional Development • Examine goals and performance • Decisions on what needs to be learned • Contextualized learning in schools • Collaborative problem solving • Ongoing and sufficient support • Rich information • Opportunities to develop theoretical understanding • Training that is part of a comprehensive reform process Hawley & Valli, 1999, as cited in Batt, 2010
Coaching vs. Didactic Training • “Traditional ‘stand-and-deliver’ presentations rarely affect measurable, sustained change in student learning” (Walpole, 2005, as cited by Denton & Hasbrouck, 2009) • “In traditional forms of professional development… teachers are passive participants in the learning. Such modes of professional development have been found to be largely ineffective (e.g., Darling‐Hammond & McLaughlin, 1995). • In contrast, learning though collaboration has been identified as a characteristic of effective professional development (Fullan, 1995)” (Lynch & Ferguson, 2010)
Training Methods and Impact Upon Participants Gravois et al., 2002
Why Do Coaching Models Work? • Coaches… • Have credibility and experience with the target skill(s) • Meet repeatedly (e.g., monthly or bi-monthly) • Respond to needs & strengths • Adjust the intensity according to need • Provide supportive and specific feedback about practices • Offer coaching in context Cappella et al., 2012
Internal vs. External Coaches • Definitions • Internal coaches – “employed in the school where they provide support” • School-based and/or full-time at one school • External coaches – “employed outside the schools where they provide support (e.g. by district, region, state)” (Horner, 2009) • District-level and/or serve multiple schools
Internal vs. External Coaches Horner, 2009
Special Concerns Associated with External Coaches • Sustainability (Cappella et al., 2012) • Coach needs to get whole school on board in order to have the school sustain the implementation of the program when a particular administrator leaves • Schools will need to be effective in organizing personnel and resources to facilitate assisting, maintaining, and training—both initial training and continuing development
Characteristics of Coaches Roles and Skills
Coaches • Maintain a defined role so they can… • Facilitate • Training & updating in the area in which they provide support • Good use of time management • Team processes • Establishment & maintenance of positive relationships • Communicate • Effectively • Understand confidentiality & ethics Hasbrouck & Denton, 2005, as cited in Denton & Hasbrouck, 2009; Haan, Duckworth, Birch, & Jones, 2013
Coaches are • Experts in • Problem-solving • Data collection • Goal-setting • Intervention development • Designing & providing professional development • Supporting sustaining, school-wide student success
Facilitators Coach Communicators Content Knowledge Experts Effective Coaches are… • Team meetings • Activities at trainings • Implementation – • ‘Positive Nag’ • OTISS expert • Behavioral ‘expert’ • Instructional ‘expert’ • Link to resources • Faculty • Administrator • District Coordinator • Community
What roles do you hold at your site? • Explicit roles • Job title • Implicit roles • What else am I asked to do • How do these roles support or undermine my ability to Facilitate, Communicate, gain and demonstrate expertise?
Coaching • Involves active collaboration and participation to, • Build local capacity • Become unnecessary, but remain available • Maximize current competence • Never change things that are working • Always make the smallest change that will have the biggest impact • Focus on valued outcomes • Tie all efforts to the benefits for children • It is not simply group instruction
Coaching also… • Emphasize accountability • Measure and report everything • Build credibility through: • Consistency • Competence with behavioral and academic principles/practices • Relationships • Time investment
What do you do? • How do you facilitate your team? • How do you communicate with your team? • How do you share information to your team to build their skills? • What do you need to build your coaching skills?
Responsibilities of Coaches Role and Function
Coaches’ Goals are to • Assist school team with implementation • Ensure fidelity of implementation • Serve as a resourcefor team
Responsibilities • Coaches provide assistance by • Attend site team meetings • Encourage and model effective problem solving within the team • Help develop tools/ resources/ guidelines for future implementers • Provide ideas for fresh or alternative solutions • Acknowledge progress and encourage continuation of effective implementation • Support in the development of plans—specifying goal and steps to achieve goal
Responsibilities • Coaches ensure fidelity by • Monitor team progress (implementation, use of database, communication with faculty, etc.) • Review data • Monitor accuracy and consistency • Report to district coordinator • Coaches provide resource by • Providing or securing training in needed areas of implementation • Finding answers to difficult questions • Provide resources, or access to resources
Early Implementation Support is Key • Helps maintain momentum • Helps with team process • Coordinates information and communication • Provide reinforcement thru praise, & celebration • Provide or obtain critical information/technical support. • Active problem solving • All staff trainings/orientation • Development and use of data for decision-making
Coach must be Problem Analyst • Identify problems early • Use data on a regular basis (every two weeks) to monitor key indicators, and identify problems before they become difficult • Refine a problem statement to a level of precision that will allow functional solutions • Use data to identify possible solutions
Questions to Ask • Evaluate performance • How do our data compare with last year? • How does our data on current functioning compare with our goals?
Questions to Answer • Do we have a problem? • If a problem is identified, then ask: What is the data we need, to make a good decision? • The statement of a problem is important for team-based problem solving. • Everyone must be working on the same problem with the same assumptions. • Problems often are framed in a “primary” form that creates concern but is not useful for problem-solving. • Frame primary problems based on initial review of data • Use more detailed review of data to operationally define the problem.
Expected Outcomes of Effective Coaching • Implementation accuracy & fluency of evidence-based practice • Maximum student outcomes • Durable & generalizable implementation • Implementation-outcome accountability Sugai, 2011
Evaluation of Outcomes • Compare data before and after changes and • Review the identified problem • To determine if • Changes were made consistently? • Changes address the problem? • There was an impact? • If so, evaluate changes and impact • Identify next step. (Continue, modify, discontinue etc.)
Evaluation of Outcomes • Scoring Rubrics for Implementation • OTISS Fidelity Assessment • Objective measure of overall degree of implementation • It serves as the initial assessment and the measure of progress
Facilitating Lasting Change • Clear expectations from the principal/admin that OTISS is important • A community of practice in which teachers feel empowered to seek and provide help to their peers • Research results that clearly link an instructional practice with improved student outcomes • Resources that support implementation (e.g., materials) • Flexibility to modify a practice to fit the needs of teachers and students. • Lather, rinse, repeat… Klingner, 2004
Pros and Cons of Coaching • List the three most challenging aspects of coaching • In general • At your site • List three positive aspects of coaching • In general • At your site • Review the list and ask the groups to discuss strategies for overcoming the challenges.
Your Next Step??? • Acknowledge/reinforceprincipal & team for progress since training • Communicate with the team/leadership & ask • What is planned? • Is assistance needed? • Promptteam to: • Meet & review action plan with staff – are we on track? • Review school data • Plan update to faculty of progress/outcomes to date • Schedule next team meeting • Monitor completion of team action plan • Document team &coaching accomplishments, speed bumps, challenges, solutions
Horner’s (2009) “Lessons Learned” • “Implementation cannot be faster than your school staff capacity to implement” • “Teams need to be taught how to analyze and use data” • “Emphasis on directing resources to need and removing competing activities”
Examples • Florida’s Positive Behavior Support Project • New Hampshire Department of Education • Northern Suburban Special Education District • University of Oregon Effective Behavioral & Instructional Support Systems
References • Bartlett II, J. E. (2007). Advances in coaching practices: A humanistic approach to coach and client roles. Journal of Business Research, 60, 91-93. • Batt, E. G. (2010). Cognitive coaching: A critical phase in professional development to implement sheltered instruction. Teaching and Teaching Education, 26, 997-1005. • Cappella, E., Hamre, B. K., Kim, H. Y., Henry, D. B., Frazier, S. L., Atkins, M. S., & Schoenwald, S. K. (2012). Teacher consultation and coaching within mental health practice: Classroom and child effects in urban elementary schools. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0027725 • Denton, C. A., & Hasbrouck, J. (2009). A description of instructional coaching and its relationship to consultation. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 19, 150-175. • Eaken, G. J., & Hagemeier, C. (2011, February). Sustaining positive behavior supports using school psychologists as coaches. Presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention in San Francisco, CA. • Gravois, T. A., Knotek, S., & Babinski, L. M. (2002). Educating practitioners as consultants: Development and implementation of the instructional consultation team consortium. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 13, 113-132. • Haan, E, Duckorth, A., Birch, D., & Jones, C. (2013). Executive coaching outcome research: The contribution of common factors such as relationship, personality match, and self-efficacy. Consulting Psychology Journal, 65, 40-57. • Hargreaves, A., & Dawe, R. (1990). Paths of professional development: Contrived collegiality, collaborative culture, and the case of peer coaching. Teaching & Teacher Education, 6, 227-241.
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