Corey

“Exceeds level describes behaviors indicating that technology coaches are effectively practicing their coaching skills, leading planning for coaching efforts, producing coaching resources, and documenting evidence of their impact on student learning.”
― Jo Williamson, National Educational Technology Standards for Coaches

“As coaches, we have to resist the temptation to judge teachers. Instead, we must take a progress-minded approach that celebrates growth from both the students and teachers. Coaches who believe they know more than the teachers, are better trained, or care more about the students will always struggle to build relationships.”
― Diane R Sweeney, Student-Centered Coaching at the Secondary Level

“And when grades come up in my coaching conversations (and they always do), I find myself asking teachers what forms of student evidence will best establish whether or not the students reached the learning target. Odds are, the student evidence isn’t as neat and tidy as the columns in the grade book. We have to think differently about knowing what our students understand.”
― Diane R Sweeney, Student-Centered Coaching at the Secondary Level

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
― Isaac Asimov