Title of Training

Digging Out Coaching Nuggets

Presented byBrandy Nealy

Martin Osae

Libby Sluder

LaKimberly Wilson

Session Norms

Actively listen.Support, but challenge one another in learning.Be respectful of other’s needs and contributions.Be responsible for your impact in the room.Silence all technology; excuse yourself from the room

if you must attend to technology.Take care of yourself.Respect the time limits of the break.

Agenda• Introduction• Ice Breaker

•Coaching•Building relationships•Trust/Rapport•Conversation•Managing Up

Ice BreakerEach table has a set of pictures on them.

Please select a picture and on a sticky note, answer this simile:

Instructional Coaching is like a ________________, because ___________________________________.

Table talk to share and designate someone from your table to share with the group.

DISD’S Core Beliefs

• Our main purpose is to improve student academic achievement.•  Effective instruction makes the most

difference in student academic performance.•  There is no excuse for poor quality instruction.•  With our help, at risk students will achieve at

the same rate as non-at risk students.•  Staff members must have a commitment to the

pursuit of excellence. 

Session ObjectiveCampus Instructional Coaches (CIC) will :• develop coaching strategies to build rapport and trusting relationships with teachers and administrators•develop skills for communicating with teachers and administrators.

What is a Coach?Using a note card/sticky note, take about 2 minutes and write what being a coach means to you.

A coach is…Art Costa and Bob Garmston, the founders of Cognitive Coaching, define it as “a mediator, one who figuratively stands between a person and his thinking to help him become more aware of what is going on inside his head.”

The Mighty Macs

Hoosiers

Building Relationships

RapportA relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people

TrustFirm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person

Ways to Build Rapport•Mirror their body language• Imitate their tonality•Breathe like they breathe•Match their rate of speech•Acknowledge what they say (paraphrase)

Reflecting/SharingReflect on what you learned or your take aways about building relationships.

Coaching ConversationsResearch has shown us that conversations coaches have with teachers can drive the learning for all-coaches, teachers, and students.

Building teacher capacity through professional learning conversations (Tanner, P. and Vains-Loy, D., 2009, Queensland Government).

Purposes for Coaching Conversations

•Guide self-directedness

•Build capacity

•Promote cognitive shift

Coaching Process

•Planning

•Reflecting

Role Play Simulation

Coaching Conversation

Role Play Simulation

Coaching Conversation

Reflecting/SharingReflect on what you noticed about the Coach and Coachee in the role playing simulation.

Reflecting/Sharing

Reflect/share on the “Art of Managing Up”.

Demonstration of Learning•Write three takeaways from this session and tell how you will implement them in your role as CIC?

Closure

Coming together is a beginning;

keeping together is progress;

working together is success.

-Henry Ford