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How to Talk So Teachers ListenLaura Lipton and Bruce Wellman
September 2007 | Volume 65 | Number 1Teachers as Leaders Pages 30-34
Effective Learning-focused conversations
• a safe environment
a clear focus
• a differentiated approach
• coaching
collaborating
• consulting
making it safe
• stimulate the exploration of instructional practice
increase receptivity to new ideas
• forge connections between present practice and new initiatives
making it safe
• attend to the conversation in a variety of ways
physically
• emotionally
cognitively
Establishing a clear focus
• agreed-on standards of practice
use data and the “third point” to...
• prevent focusing on a teacher’s teaching practices
have information to examine and explore
Establishing a clear focus
• data emerges from sample processes and products
student work samples
• assessment results
classroom observations
Establishing a clear focus
• data emerges from sample processes and products
comparing students and/or groups of students
• lesson plans
classroom artifacts
differentiating Support
to maximize the effectiveness of exchanges in both one-to-one and group conversations prepare for three stances
• coaching
• collaborating
• consulting
differentiating Support
two key attributes define each stance...
• who is providing the bulk of the information
who is problem solving
coaching
• teacher is the primary source of information and analysis
the instructional specialist
• paraphrases
• inquires to increase knowledge
broadens perspectives
• clarifies issues
coaching
• teacher is the primary source of information and analysis
the instructional specialist
• paraphrases
• inquires to increase knowledge
broadens perspectives
• clarifies issues
coaching
• the default stance
effective instructional specialists
• use the coaching stance to begin and end conversations
cannot coach something out of someone that is not within them
collaborating
• instructional specialist and teacher codevelop ideas
coanalyze situations
• work products and other data
• clarify the problem
• use inclusive pronouns, such as us, our and we
signals respect and collegial relationship
Consulting
• the instructional specialist...
supplies solutions
• thinks aloud about cause-and-effect relationships
• makes connections to principles of practice
• provides essential information about learning and learners
Consulting• the instructional specialist provides essential information
about...
learning and learners
• curriculum and content
• policies
standards
• effective practices that are immediately useful and build capacity over time
How to Talk So Teachers ListenLaura Lipton and Bruce Wellman
September 2007 | Volume 65 | Number 1Teachers as Leaders Pages 30-34