Advanced Cognitive Coaching: 2013 Retreat

‘‘Do Now’ ShareDo Now’ Share

• What coaching innovations would you like to share with the whole group? What interesting coaching strategy did you try that worked?

• What coaching challenge(s) did you encounter? What did you try that didn’t work?

Even the Best Experts Have Spectacular Coaching Failures

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XjgHEctcy0

REVISIT WHY WE COACHREVISIT WHY WE COACH

• Improve student outcomes• Support instructional change (scaffolded)• Promote collegiality• Enhance student thinking• Build school culture• Develop teacher conceptual skill• Appreciate/celebrate diversity

REVISIT BENEFITS OF CCREVISIT BENEFITS OF CC

• Increased student test scores• Increased teacher efficacy• Increased teacher reflection• Increased teacher satisfaction• Increased professionalism of school culture• Increased teacher collaboration• Assisted teachers professionally and

personally

Your Elevator Speech?Your Elevator Speech?

• What do you do?• How would you explain it

to your teachers?• How would you explain it

to a family member who is not an educator?

• How would you explain it in a job interview with a principal?

CC FRAMEWORKCC FRAMEWORK

1. Relationship building

2. Pre-visit

3. Data collection

4. Post-visit

5. Portfolios/Files/Storage

CC TRUTHS:CC TRUTHS:

What Coaching IS: What Coaching ISN’T:

What CogCoaching ‘Truths’ Eluded Chef Ramsay?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XjgHEctcy0

TOUGH COACHING CASE TOUGH COACHING CASE STUDY #1STUDY #1

TOUGH COACHING CASE TOUGH COACHING CASE STUDY #2STUDY #2

IMPLEMENTATION SNAGS?IMPLEMENTATION SNAGS?

• Enlist principal support for coaching• Separate coaching from evaluation*• Distinguish between teachers who need coaching

vs. clinical supervision• Demonstrate that all teachers can benefit• Create culture of collaboration• Establish trusting environment• Set structured time for coaching• Allow for a variety of interactions• Harness other ‘natural’ coaching contexts

UPCOMING TRAINING!UPCOMING TRAINING!

UPCOMING TRAINING!UPCOMING TRAINING!

UPCOMING TRAINING!UPCOMING TRAINING!

http://maricopacountyesa.wildapricot.org/training

UPCOMING TRAINING!UPCOMING TRAINING!

http://maricopacountyesa.wildapricot.org/training

HIT the BOOKSHIT the BOOKS

• TONS of academic coaching and case study books out there

• Check out the resources section of the QSI website

• Learn more about contents that are not your area of expertise

John HattieJohn Hattie-Thanks, Tammi Gee!-Thanks, Tammi Gee!

• Get into groups of 4• Once you receive your

envelope, take out the pieces for your ‘category’ and put them in prioritized order of importance for impacting student learning: most important (top) to least (bottom)

John HattieJohn Hattie-Thanks, Tammi Gee!-Thanks, Tammi Gee!

• How can you use this information to guide your cognitive coaching efforts this upcoming year?

Teach like a ChampionTeach like a ChampionAn NTA FrameworkAn NTA Framework

• Get into groups of 4• Once you receive your

envelope, take out the pieces for your ‘category’ and put them in prioritized order of importance for impacting student learning: most important (top) to least (bottom)

GOAL SETTING:GOAL SETTING:

• How do your teachers formally set their own goals?• How do you try to align every

teacher’s goals to the evaluation tool?

• How do you track the goalsestablished by your teachers?

• How do you track goal progress and/or completion?

• How do you celebrate achieved goals?

• How do you set new ones?

LEVERAGING the LEVERAGING the EVALUATION TOOLEVALUATION TOOL

• Training teachers on their tool

• Training teachers on your tool and explaining your job expectations

• ‘Growth mindset’ item connect to coaching

• Connecting with your leader

PORTFOLIOSPORTFOLIOS

A portfolio is a collection of artifacts that tell a storyPLUSteacher-written reflective pieces tied to the artifacts.

ENHANCED WALKTHROUGHSENHANCED WALKTHROUGHS

• Data reporting at:

COACHING TEAMSCOACHING TEAMS

• FACT: You are only one person.• FACT: You learn 90% of what you teach.• FACT: Coach turnover is a concern for campuses

seeking to build a consistent instructional culture built on high expectations and collaboration.

• FACT: You are not the only expert on your campus.• FACT: Ops to lead increase buy-in and teamwork.• FACT: Personality matching can be just as powerful

as content knowledge in a coaching team.

VIDEOSVIDEOS

• Flip phone ‘quick visit’ • Extensive video camera footage• Can be screened privately, with coach, or

publicly to share great practices!!• Add reflection/portfolio component for a

single or series of videos• BONUS: No scripting required on your part!• BONUS: Can be emailed for dialogue.

VIDEO IDEAS – LET’S PLAY!VIDEO IDEAS – LET’S PLAY!

• Inside Mathematics http://insidemathematics.org/index.php/classroom-video-visits/public-lessons

• Smart Teaching http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/100-awesome-classroom-videos-to-learn-new-teaching-techniques/

• New Teacher Center http://www.youtube.com/user/NewTeacherCenter

• Teaching Channel https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/new-teacher-classroom-management

• Teacher Tube http://www.teachertube.com/videos.php?cat=all&sort=featured&time=all_time&page=1&seo_cat_name=All

• Learnzillion http://learnzillion.com • Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/video?keys=&tid_2=263&tid_1=124

• Edudemic http://www.edudemic.com/2012/08/best-video-sites-for-teachers/

• Note: Teacher Training Videos: http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/top20.html

TEAM TEACHINGTEAM TEACHING

• Leader + teacher• Coach + teacher• Teacher + teacher • Matching benefits:

1. content2. class management3. discipline4. passion5. data use6. engagement7. rigor

PEER OBSERVATIONSPEER OBSERVATIONS

• Teachers visiting within their department at your site

• Teachers visiting other departments at your site

• Teachers visiting their content at other sites

• Teachers visiting other contents at other sites

PARALLEL COACHINGPARALLEL COACHING

• With another coach• With a teacher• With a leader• With an AP• With a QSI

representative

HARNESSING DATA ACTIVITYHARNESSING DATA ACTIVITY

• Pre/post test growth scores

• Grade distribution reports

• Progress report audits• Attendance reports• Student surveys• Benchmark scores• AIMS scores

New QSI Curriculum Supports: ELA and Math

Two common repositories for all Leona teachers:1. Mathwww.leonaqsimath.weebly.com 2. ELAwww.leonaqsiELA.weebly.com

What’s there?Exemplar mapsLesson plansLesson videosResources: Apps, websites, etc.CCSS/PARCC connections

Lesson Plan Template

GET OFF YOUR CAMPUSGET OFF YOUR CAMPUS

• Hear others ‘talk’ about observations in an insightful, objective way

• Learn new ways of thinking

• Prepare for your accreditation visit

• Stock your ‘best practices’ tool box

• Network

INTERSITE COACHINGINTERSITE COACHING

• Visit classrooms outside of your bubble

• ‘Swap’ content area or grade level expertise for teachers resistant to coaching

• Get to know each other better and spread your strengths

MODELINGMODELING

• Be mindful of your staff meetings and presentations . . . DON’T miss the chance to model what you want to grow!

• Remember to explicitly discuss the modeling – and invite participants to track/evaluate the strategies

• CC Expectation: 50% peer-to-peer. New Leona presentation standards!

DESIGNING TARGETED DATA DESIGNING TARGETED DATA COLLECTION SHEETSCOLLECTION SHEETS

How have our datacollection forms evolved?

Last Year Idea :• ex: high school mathwalkthrough sheets with thecommon core best practicesLast Year Idea :• ex: NTA data collection toolfocused on targeted strategiesfor each month’s session

YOUR INSIGHTS:YOUR INSIGHTS:

HR: YOU CAN’T FIX HR: YOU CAN’T FIX EVERYTHINGEVERYTHING

How do you know whenyou need to see Toby?(note: no names please,we’re talking only ingeneralities)

‘‘Do Now’ SolutionsDo Now’ Solutions

• Review our collective coaching challenge(s) that we encountered.

• Provide potential solutions for each of the challenges.

‘‘MIH’: YOUR NEXT STEPSMIH’: YOUR NEXT STEPS