Instructional Coaching at Westminster

Instructional Coaching at Westminster

Now and the Future

Current Job Description

Helping to incorporate technology

Collaborate on lesson planning

Feedback regarding intervention strategies

Modeling R/W Workshop Lessons

Create assessments & class materials

Help with integrated studies

Individual and small group instruction - “plugging in”

Writing lesson plans & rubrics for teachers

Attend PLCs, GLMs, & Goal Meetings

Assist the administration (Admissions)

Serving the Needs of Faculty & Students

Survey Results: Job Description

What is Instructional Coaching?

Instructional coaching involves two people: the classroom teacher and the coach

Coaches work one-on-one and in small groups with teachers

Coaches provide guidance, training, and other resources as needed.

Coaches focus on practical strategies teachers use to engage students and improve their learning

Coaches provide or arrange professional development activities for all teachers in a school

Instructional CoachingJim Knight, 2006

Data on Effectiveness of Instructional Coaching Model

In 18 of 21 PAHSCI (Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative) schools,

the percentage of 11th-graders reaching proficient or advanced levels in

math on the Pennsylvania System of Student Assessment (PSSA) exceeded

the statewide percentage of students reaching proficiency from 2004-2007.

In 15 of 21 PAHSCI schools, the percentage of 11th-graders reaching

proficient or advanced levels in reading on the PSSA exceeded the

statewide percentage of students reaching proficiency from 2004-2007.

91% of teachers coached regularly stated that coaches helped them

understand and use new teaching strategies.

79% of teachers coached regularly said that their coach played a significant

role in improving their classroom instruction and practice.

New Job Description

Help teachers use data to make instructional decisions

Researching, modeling and facilitating workshops on new instructional strategies

Document & assess strategies we implement

Goals of New Job DescriptionGoals of New Job Description

Develop robust co-teaching modelDevelop robust co-planning modelBuild a strong culture of differentiation

If these three goals are fulfilled your “professional tool box” will be enriched.

Homeroom teachers’ roles in this coaching model

Collect & process student achievement data

Reflect on ways to meet ALL students’ needs

Seek professional guidance & support to address student needs

What does this connect to?

Learning for Life: Essential Skills

Communicate and

Collaborate

Problem-find and

Problem-solve

Create and Innovate

Reflect and Revise

Serve and Lead

Learning for Life: Essential Attributes

Studies that integrate rather than separateProblems that require critical thinking, creativity, and collaborationSchedules and Spaces that fit learningTeachers in teams supporting learning and innovationAssessments and Feedback that promote learning and growthContent and Relationships that connect us to the larger world and the world to us

Timeline for our work as Instructional Coaches

Coaches’ Professional Learning

Professional Learning Team

Facilitated by Center for Teaching

Three coaches, Laura Pattison, Sue Davenport

University of Kansas, Instructional Coaching Institute, Summer 2013

Carol Ann Tomlinson, 3-day workshop on differentiated instruction at ASCD conference March 2013

Auditing our own reservoir of strategies

Researching PD for co-teaching/differentiation

Lesson study

Explore coach’s role in PLCs

Coaches continued support of teachers

Coaches work with grade-level team in GLM on implementing strategies

Support teachers that attend PBL workshop in Feb 2013 with Buck Institute

Collaborating with PLCs to address student learning problems through implementation of different instructional strategies

Pushing out PD to individual grade teams

Co-planning and modeling lessons

OutcomesAll Westminster Elementary School students will reach their full potential as 21st Century Learners

All Westminster teachers become experts at Learning for Life teaching strategies

Build a robust model of co-teaching in the Elementary School.

Achieve the goal where ALL teachers see themselves as “learners” & “entrepreneurs”

GOAL protocol to be updated by Faculty Meeting on Dec. 5th

Questions?