introduction to digicoach empowering instructional leaders common core edition
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Introduction to digiCOACH
Empowering Instructional Leaders
Common Core Edition
Agenda
• What is digiCOACH?• Why digiCOACH?• How digiCOACH works• Practice using digiCOACH • digiCOACH Reports
What is digiCOACH?
Coaching Made Easy with iPadSupports informal classroom
walkthroughsGuides the user through five focus
areasPrewrites strategies, coaching tips
and/or write your own notesSends immediate feedback by
email@
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Walkthrough Evidence
-Snapshot-
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Longitudinal Walkthrough Evidence
-Snapshots Over Time-
5 minutes
What digiCOACH is not…
EvaluatingCoaching
Why digiCOACH?
Provide immediate meaningful feedback to teachers
Drive professional development decisions with data
-The following slides are 2 large research studies-
Why digiCOACH?
Research on Frequency of Feedback
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5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
At Least Weekly
At Least Monthly
At Least Twice a
Year
Once a Year
Never
Source: NCTQ Survey, February/March 2011 n=1,317
Frequency
Figure 14. Frequency at which teachers report receiving feedback from their principal
Research on Quality of FeedbackOur National Failure to Acknowledge and Act On Teacher Effectiveness
Teacher Support
No Areas for Improvement
Received Useful Support
Received No Use-ful Support
Survey of 15,000 teachers and 1,300 administrators in 12 districts in the states of AR, CO, IL, OH
73% 27%
45%
55%
Source: The Widget Effect 2009
How does digiCOACH work?
Let’s discuss the 5 Focus Areas
Foundations Rigor and Relevance
College and Career Readiness
Literacy Across Content Areas
Thinking Process
FoundationsFocus: The posted Common Core Standard drives the objective to focus the lesson.
Precision: The lesson provides opportunities for a narrow and deep learning outcome as it relates to the standard.
Coherence: Learning objectives are organized to extend previous learning and the inter- relatedness among standards.
Technology: Students utilize a wide range of multimedia tools to complete meaningful tasks related to the standard.
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Rigor and RelevanceTask: Student tasks apply core knowledge or skills to solve real-world problems.
Inquiry: Students complete the inquiry process for real-world purposes.
Applications: Students extend knowledge to relevant applications for interdisciplinary and contextual learning.
Rigor: The lesson is complex and conceptually challenging, requiring students to deal with dilemmas, take positions, and conduct inquiry.
Skip Focus Area Feedback
Literacy Across Content AreasVocabulary: Students have repeated exposure to new words with opportunities for making connections in a variety of contexts.
Complex Text: Students have sustained exposure to complex text with minimal scaffolding.
Evidence: Students support and defend written and oral claims with text, data, and evidence.
Writing: Students write across the content areas as part of the learning process.
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Thinking ProcessProcedural Fluency: Students practice procedures to solve problems and complete tasks.
Conceptual Understanding: Students formulate knowledge frameworks for a concept through contextual changes.
Evaluation: Students evaluate claims or solutions based upon a set of values and criteria, verbally and in writing.
Extension: Students extend concepts to complex and unpredictable situations, demonstrating academic perseverance.
FeedbackSkip Focus Area
College and Career ReadinessCommunication: Students listen, interpret, and articulate ideas verbally and in writing across the disciplines.
Collaboration: Student collaboration includes academic language and rich discussion related to the learning task.
Critical Thinking: Students reflect critically during learning experiences and processes.
Creativity: Student ideas reflect evidence of originality, inventiveness, and innovation.
All four indicators noted during this walkthrough. FeedbackSkip Focus AreaSkip Focus Area All four indicators skipped during this walkthrough.
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Communication
is the Key!
Teachers receive feedback immediately by email.
Types of Feedback
• Strengths
• Evidence
• Support
• Tips
Strategies Coaching Tips
Auto Generated TextStrategy/Strengths Selected by Coach
Coaching Tip/SupportSelected by Coach
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:05 AM, digiCOACH <[email protected]> wrote:
Debbie,
Thank you for allowing me to observe your instruction today. I saw many effective teaching strategies that were utilized during your lesson.
I have included some of the positive strategies that I observed, as well as coaching tips for use in future lessons.
Strategy – Strategy- Rigor and Relevance/ Tasks: When you had the students apply core knowledge to teach other students, you made the learning more meaningful.
Strategy – Foundations/Precision: When your lesson aligns the standard to a narrow focus, you maximize students’ learning.
Coaching Tip – Literacy Across Content Areas/ Writing: To add a formative assessment component to guide instruction,have the students complete a Think-Pair-Share during the lesson.
Regards,Steve Hamilton
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Feedback Email
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Walkthrough Evidence
-Snapshot-
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Let’s Try One!
www.teachingchannel.orgKeywords: What’s Fun About Surface Area
www.youtube.comKeywords: Whole Brain Teaching: High School Math
www.vimeo.comKeywords: Integrating WITS LEADS in the classroom- A Grade 4 Language Arts Lesson
Suggested Resources
Suggestion:Concentrate on one
Focus Area until calibration and
common meaning occur.
What can digiCOACH reports show?
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Longitudinal Walkthrough Evidence
-Snapshots Over Time-
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Focus Area Summary What are this school’s strengths?
In which areas would professional development be most beneficial for this site?
What additional information would be beneficial?
Foundations Rigor and Relevance
College and Career Readiness
Literacy Across Content Areas
Thinking Process
Rigor and Relevance Summary What are this school’s strengths?
In which areas would professional development be most beneficial for this site?
What additional information would be beneficial?
Task Inquiry Applications Rigor
Focus Area Comparison When focusing on
Rigor and Relevance, which subject area could provide the most support?
What other questions can be answered when looking at this report?
ELA Math Science Social Studies
Empowering Instructional Leaders