Student-Centered Coaching | NSSED

Describe a professional coaching experience that made a significant impact on you.

Dear Diane...

What I Learned

• Coaching is not about 'fixing people'
• Coaching is a partnership
• Coaching is about student learning
• Coaching fits within a robust system of professional learning

Learning Task: Beliefs that Drive Student-Centered Coaching

Learning Task: Student-Centered, Teacher-Centered, and Relationship-Driven Coaching

Core Practices for Student-Centered Coaching

Coaching Cycles

The Flow of a Coaching Cycle

Components of Coaching Cycles

• 4-6 weeks in duration
• Minimum of one co-planning per week
• 1-3 times per week for coaching in the classroom
• Can occur with groups, pairs, or individuals
• Aligned with a unit of instruction

Components of Mini Coaching Cycles

• 3 weeks in duration
• Three sessions linked together
• Occur with individuals
• Goal is tightly focused on a specific student outcome

Setting Goals for Coaching Cycles

Goals are...

• Standards-based
• Not too broad or narrow
• Something the teacher cares about
• Focused on learning, not just teaching
• Can be tied to the IEP plan

What About Classroom Management?

• Ask yourself: Whose goal is it?
• If it's the coach's goal, then embed strategies into the coaching cycle.
• If it's the teacher's goal, then provide a few weeks of intensive support.

Using Learning Targets

Learning Targets are used:

• Throughout the coaching cycle
• Create a criteria for student performance
• Student-friendly
• Can focus on academics, behavior, or engagement

Co-Planning with Student Evidence

Student evidence is:

• About continuous, formative assessment
• Anecdotal and descriptive
• Referred to before making instructional decisions

Types of Student Evidence

• Anecdotal or conference notes
• Student writing
• Exit/entrance tickets
• Problem solving tasks
• Readers/writers notebooks

Coaching in the Classroom

Co-Teaching Moves

• Noticing and naming
• Thinking aloud
• Teaching in tandem
• You pick four
• Micro modeling

Measuring the Impact of Coaching on Student and Teacher Learning

We measure impact by...

• Using the Result-Based Coaching Tool
• Coaching logs
• Continuous formative assessment

Engaging in Reflective Dialogue

Learning Task: Crowdsource how the Seven Norms of Collaborative Work influence our coaching conversations.

Roles for Coaching

Learning Task: Create a Venn Diagram that defines how principals and coaches work together to make an impact.

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