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You will know your school is moving forward when the agenda of your staff meetings revolves around individual students names . more often the agenda list names of students who may need help rather than curriculum or system issues the more your school is focused on individual students

Resolving problems identify the most pressing issues step two clarify the issue step three determine current impact step four uncover future implications step five examine personal contributions to this issue step six describe the ideal outcome step seven commit to action

Positive phrasing has two parts first think positively second focus on what you want the other person to know and do be clear and specific be congruent with the teachers vision offers some kind of payoff

Research reports by John diamond that when you want someone to follow directions a person will understand 47% faster if you tell what to do rather than what not to do

While the teacher is busy Teaching the coach is busy watching what the studentsstudents are saying doing feeling and acting -all of this is revealed to the teacher in the post observation conference

The observations are filled with options for coaching including teach behaviors, student behaviors,lesson characteristics and cross curriculum observations

Teacher behaviors that could be observed modes of questions responses to students nonverbal communication handling student behavior learning styles been reached effective lesson planning and strongest and weakest teaching styles

Vision- mission, beliefs
Strategy -curriculum
tactics- lesson plan
Operations- teaching skills

At the level of vision we are simply creating in our imagination the end result. strategy involves a broad plan on how to achieve it. tactics involve plans to achieve particular parts of the overall goal. operations involve the execution of the tactics.

Confirmatory paraphrase you may want to confirm feelings first get the facts straight second establish intent third to determine attitude or feelings look at the body language and listen to the voice intonation

At what point in your lesson did you feel the most successful? what strategies in your lesson would you like to improve ? In what area do you want to be coached? What are your strengths as a teacher? How do you know if your lesson is successful?

Susan kovalik explores 8 elements that need to be present in order for the brain to learn and operate its best -absence of threat, meaningful content, choices, adequate time, enriched environment. Collaboration, immediate feedback, mastery

When principal provides coaching he or she works with the teachers not for the system. Teachers with reflection, self-knowledge and commitment to improved teaching don't need evaluation or supervision and can benefit from coaching. When people are empowered they take ownership of their own learning and effectiveness

Evaluation supervision mentoring coaching
1st walk through is as supervisor

Great. Coaches create environments where the coaches is comfortable with discomfort. Discomfort is the key to growth and change.

Technical coaching apply staff development training
Challenge coaching a team forms to solve problems
Collegial coaching think metacognitively about their work

We often speak of quality products or service but what about quality experiences in teaching and learning? We should want to work in an environment where quality happens. Pg10
Quality -caring,useful,hard working, most telling trait, it felt good
Coaching adds quality to the level of teaching and environment.
Achieving wow is achieving quality- what are some opening day wows? What are the wow moments?

We often speak of quality products or service but what about quality experiences in teaching and learning? We should want to work in an environment where quality happens. Pg10
Quality -caring,useful,hard working, most telling trait, it felt good
Coaching adds quality to the level of teaching and environment.
Achieving wow is achieving quality- what are some opening day wows? What are the wow moments?