Implementing Peer Coaching in Your School Teacher Leadership

Implementing Peer Coaching in Your School Teacher Leadership for High Student Growth Sara Overby WCPSS Coordinating Teacher for Secondary Literacy, soverby@wcpss. net

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Implementation Science

Stages of Implementation

Implementation Team �Principal �Assistant Principals �Department Chairs �PLT Leaders �Workshop Attendees �Curriculum Writers

Change Thinking Teachers need accessible opportunities and models Improve Professional Practice for collaboration, sharing of ideas, feedback and assistance with their practice Improve Student Learning Jean M. Becker “Peer Coaching for Improvement of Teaching and Learning” http: //teachersnetwork. org/tnli/research/growth/becker. htm

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Return on Investment Training, Coaching, OUTCOMES Performance (% of Participants who demonstrate KNOWLEDGE, demonstrate new SKILLS in the training setting, and then actually use the new Skills in the CLASSROOM TRAINING COMPONENTS KNOWLEDGE SKILL in the training setting USE in the CLASSROOM Theory and Discussion 10% 5% 0% … plus, Demonstration in Training setting 30% 20% 0% …plus, Practice and Feedback in Training 60% 5% …plus, Coaching on

Key Features Lots of different labels… but ALL Peer Coaching focuses on �Collaborative development �Refinement of plans and practice �Sharing and reflecting �Craft of teaching Peer Coaching has nothing to do with • Evaluation • Remediation to “fix” teachers Pam Robbins, A Definition of Peer Coaching, http: //www. ascd. org/publications/books/61191149/chapters/A-Definition-of-Peer-Coaching. aspx

Tool: Embedded coaching Explor e next Coaching is Identify NOT… steps � A limited-session PD course or webinar � A post-observation conference Refle Learn ct� Observation and evaluation for NCEES � BT Mentors � Buddy teachers Refine Assistant Practice � Teacher or Coteacher who works with students Coaching IS… � On-site professional development in effective teaching practices � Embedded in real on-the-ground experience � Cycles of targeted support � Ongoing and recursive � Modeling and training in research- based effective strategies � Dedicated, meaningful reflective feedback, collaboration, and planning

WCPSS Observation Tool § What is worthy of Coaching? § Inviting Teacher/Coaching Teacher § Goal of teaching practice § Current reality § Future Greatness § How Coach can contribute § What Coach is not

Reflect Identify Coaching Cycle Refine Learn Practice

The Coaching Conversation

Coaching Conversations

Try It Out! Ø Coaching Pairs Ø Practice Conversation Ø “Performance” and Feedback

Reflect Identify Coaching Cycle Refine Learn Practice

Planning for Implementation Reflec t Identify Refine Learn Practice All in? or just a few? One-coach, oneteacher? Or “instructional rounds”? Observations? Or videos? Structure?

How can you help your teachers make strategic instructional changes that support What kind of peer coaching can help with implementatio