Instructional Instructional CoachingCoaching

Rachel Wagner Rachel Wagner

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Nicole Vicki Nicole Vicki

““Decades of research clearly Decades of research clearly demonstrate that a quality teacher, demonstrate that a quality teacher, more than any other factor, enables more than any other factor, enables students to overcome obstacles to students to overcome obstacles to learning like poverty and can even learning like poverty and can even erase the achievement gap.”erase the achievement gap.”

Alliance for Education, Alliance for Education, 20062006

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AllAll students must master rigorous content, students must master rigorous content, learn how to learn, pursue productive learn how to learn, pursue productive employment, employment, and compete in a global and compete in a global economyeconomy..

What is Instructional What is Instructional Coaching?Coaching?

Instructional CoachingInstructional Coaching

Definition:Definition:–Instructional coaches are Instructional coaches are on-site professional on-site professional developers who assist developers who assist educators how to use educators how to use proven research based proven research based instructional methods. instructional methods.

Theory behind coachingTheory behind coaching

Implementation Implementation rate of traditional rate of traditional professional professional development vs. development vs. instructional instructional coachingcoaching

What do we work on?What do we work on?

Classroom ManagementClassroom Management Assessment (formative and Assessment (formative and

summative)summative) Feedback on LessonsFeedback on Lessons Data AnalysisData Analysis Co-planning of Lessons Co-planning of Lessons Demonstration LessonsDemonstration Lessons Incorporation of TechnologyIncorporation of Technology

What do we do?What do we do?

We explain strategiesWe explain strategies

We Model and Co-TeachWe Model and Co-Teach

We Observe and Provide We Observe and Provide FeedbackFeedback

We Discuss Data with We Discuss Data with TeachersTeachers

Our goals as coaches:Our goals as coaches:

Meet teachers Meet teachers where they are and where they are and take teachers to take teachers to the next step.the next step.

Goal-orientedGoal-oriented Ultimate: Impact Ultimate: Impact

student learning!student learning!

What a Coach is NOT…What a Coach is NOT…•Evaluator•Supervisor•“The Expert”•A “Whistle Blower”•The “Fixer”•A tutor for state testing!

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Contact InformationContact InformationPlease email or call us at:Please email or call us at:

Rachel Wagner- Ext. Rachel Wagner- Ext. 10991099

Nicole Vicki- Ext. 1039Nicole Vicki- Ext. 1039