The teachers attending the PD and perhaps
working with an instructional coach in their classrooms should have a clear picture of the change in student achievement they are working to gain.
I've been facilitating meetings
with instructional coaches who are planning the focus of their work for the year in connection to their school's improvement plan.
Leaders must prioritize finding time for teachers to
meet with instructional coaches and peers to dig into the materials and plan for how to use them to have the greatest impact.
Work
with Instructional Coach team to determine professional development needs for TFs and lead at least one large group professional development session
«Sibme enables me to use digitally recorded lessons to be more efficient and intentional
with my instructional coaching as I foster reflective practice with teachers.»
She has worked
repeatedly with our instructional coach, intervention specialists, and our gifted intervention specialist to refine her instructional practice, specifically creating a collaborative environment built around a balanced literacy and numeracy framework.
The studio teacher (who was willing to open up her practice for public scrutiny) co-planned a
lesson with her instructional coach while all of the other language arts teachers (called residents) observed.
The Subject Coordinator is closely involved in the training, coaching and development of teaching staff, monitoring student progress, examining students» results on a weekly basis, and
collaborate with Instructional Coaches.
Eisenberg's experience
with instructional coaching evolved through her 35 - year teaching career and includes working with a whole - school reform model designed by Johns Hopkins University from 2000 to 2005 and her work as the executive director of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative from 2005 to 2009.
Sibme's intuitive, interactive platform is
compatible with any instructional coaching process, whether your school or district has adopted Knight's «High - Impact Instruction,» Marzano's «Art and Science of Teaching,» Aguilar's «The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation,» Lemov's «Teach Like a Champion, Saphier, Haley - Speca, and Gower's «The Skillful Teacher,» or others.
Through collaborative, reflective practices such as
working with an instructional coach, peer observations, teacher rounds, and PLCs, teachers can identify and own their professional growth.
At Albemarle, teachers choose to work
with an instructional coach, in addition to choosing what they specifically want to accomplish.
Working
with an instructional coach has been the biggest help that I could have had this year — not only does she help me with lesson plans, she helps me think through why I'm going to teach that way.»
-- Tim O'Brien is a professional development specialist with Washington, D.C., public schools, where he is working
with instructional coaches to help teachers craft rigorous and relevant work for students.
If they ask for it, they have to justify their need and may end up in the same situation they often have
with some instructional coaches — they have to admit the problem they are trying to solve.
Teachers grew in their understanding of ways to effectively engage students in professional learning after school and during their professional learning communities, as well as in working
with the instructional coach.
In our work
with instructional coaches, we have adapted their model to coaching relationships.
Teachers who are doing an outstanding job benefit greatly from working
with instructional coaches.
It's important that principals» work
with instructional coaches to extend the coaching culture in a school.
For example, in our projects, teachers have been able to extend professional learning through university - based programs, district - level workshops, study groups, resources in school libraries, and working
with instructional coaches or colleagues.
Learning From Coaching: How do I work
with an instructional coach to grow as a teacher?
The reasoning is the same when you consider teachers working
with instructional coaches or mentors who are facilitating the teacher's learning.
Teamed
with our instructional coach, Molly Walter, who helped us align science and writing instruction, our adjoining classrooms have become a live teachers» workshop.
I have grown in my work
with our instructional coaches and our teachers.
I recently worked
with an instructional coach to map out the following plan that he will use to lead his middle school staff through their introduction to functioning as a PLC..