MultiClassroom Leadership What to Coach Instructional Excellence To

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Do Now 2 minutes: Think about the elements of good teaching and what you see great teachers do. Write down as many as you can think of. e! re I ag Yes, but have you considered… r idea e h t o An Aha! is… 5 minutes: Gallery walk. Read other responses, look for connections, write reactions. © 2017 Public Impact Opportunity. Culture. org 2

Objectives During this session, participants will… • Define instructional excellence and explore resources to help coach toward instructional excellence. • Discuss how to prioritize the components of excellent teaching to best meet the needs of individual team teachers. • Observe teachers in action and practice choosing the highest-leverage action steps. © 2017 Public Impact Opportunity. Culture. org 3

Instructional Excellence © 2017 Public Impact Opportunity. Culture. org 4

Instructional Excellence: 3 Pillars Great instruction stands on three pillars: • Strong subject matter knowledge and thinking skills • High-standards curricula • New models of teacher-leadership and collaboration © 2016 Public Impact Opportunity. Culture. org 5

Instructional Excellence Chart © 2017 Public Impact Opportunity. Culture. org 6

Instructional Excellence Summary: Review Guiding Questions: • How do these components of IE confirm or differ from the elements of good teaching that you wrote down earlier? • In what ways might this resource be useful to you as a coach? • In what ways might this resource be challenging? 5 min: Independent Review © 2017 Public Impact 5 min: Partner Discussion Opportunity. Culture. org 5 min: Whole-Group Debrief 7

What to Coach © 2016 Public Impact Opportunity. Culture. org 8

Video PLC Evidence of instructional excellence © 2017 Public Impact Missed opportunities or red flags Opportunity. Culture. org 9

Prioritizing Action Steps Level 1: Classroom Culture Level 3: Increase Rigor Level 2: Lesson Components Adapted from Sonbert, Michael. (2017). Skyrocket Teacher Coaching Rubric. Skyrocket Educator Training. Retrieved from http: //www. wewillskyrocket. com/ © 2017 Public Impact Opportunity. Culture. org 10

Prioritizing Action Steps (5 min) With a small group: Thinking back to our teacher in the Video PLC… If you were this teacher’s MCL, what would you prioritize coaching first? (10 min) Groups share for a whole-group discussion. © 2017 Public Impact Opportunity. Culture. org 11

Practice! © 2017 Public Impact Opportunity. Culture. org 12

Instructional Leadership and Excellence © 2017 Public Impact Opportunity. Culture. org 13

Reflect and Plan Take three minutes to write down your two key takeaways from this session. © 2017 Public Impact Opportunity. Culture. org 14

Sources • Public Impact. Instructional Excellence Summary and Resources. http: //opportunityculture. org/wpcontent/uploads/2016/12/Instructional_Excellence_Sum mary-Public_Impact. pdf • Sonbert, Michael. (2017). Skyrocket Teacher Coaching Rubric. Skyrocket Educator Training. Retrieved from http: //www. wewillskyrocket. com/ © 2017 Public Impact Opportunity. Culture. org 15