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Try to diplomatically express that class coverage, lunch duty, and the like should not be your priority. Emergencies happen, but pulling you to cover should be rare...

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Don't take anything personally.  If you feel pushed off, it's because they are so busy and overwhelmed.  You can ease that.

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Don't take anything personally.  If you feel pushed off, it's because they are so busy and overwhelmed.  You can ease that.

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Definitely befriend other coaches for advice and help.  You don't have to invent the wheel!

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Definitely befriend other coaches for advice and help.  You don't have to invent the wheel!

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Definitely remind them of what you have to offer and how it's going to be a learning experience for both of you!

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Definitely remind them of what you have to offer and how it's going to be a learning experience for both of you!

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Establish with your admin. team that you'd like to be present in classrooms - whether for a specific purpose when invited by the teacher, or just to do some walk throughs to see the great things teachers are doing and/or to offer ways tech could add to instruction or instruction could be more engaging/effective

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Be super open and tell them everything you love about their teaching for awhile.  Don't do it the first time.  Offer an app or website and then give them time to think and come to you when they've processed.

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Be super open and tell them everything you love about their teaching for awhile.  Don't do it the first time.  Offer an app or website and then give them time to think and come to you when they've processed.

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Smile, be approachable, help with small things, be a positive presence in the classroom for the teacher. Slow and steady.

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Smile, be approachable, help with small things, be a positive presence in the classroom for the teacher. Slow and steady.

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There is no such thing as a "stupid" question!

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There is no such thing as a "stupid" question!

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Be available, communicate, co-teach but most of all build the relationships. Very little will work for you if there is no relationship.

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Work first to build relationships - join team meeting whenever you can, join teams for lunch in their space and on their time (If thy're OK with you inviting yourself :-))

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Work first to build relationships - join team meeting whenever you can, join teams for lunch in their space and on their time (If thy're OK with you inviting yourself :-))

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Be super flexible, and willing to work on whatever the teachers want support in

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Help teachers with things that they are already working on. This helps them be more willing to partner with you if it's not creating additional work.

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People first, paper later... get into classrooms and connect with teachers and students. 

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People first, paper later... get into classrooms and connect with teachers and students. 

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Over communicate - make a time to meet with every team. When you aren't busy - don't take it personal, keep reaching out!!! 

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Over communicate - make a time to meet with every team. When you aren't busy - don't take it personal, keep reaching out!!! 

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send teams a survey so they can share their needs and wants with you.

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send teams a survey so they can share their needs and wants with you.

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Be available. Offer to cover classes, co-teach, and make sure you're visible and approachable.

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Get to know your teachers.  Offer to help with what is needed, especially at the beginning of the year. Approach new teachers for the opportunity to observe a colleague.

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Define your role as instructional coach and share that information.

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Define your role as instructional coach and share that information.

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Reach out to your other ITC coaches!!! They are great resources for new material, problem solving, and just feeling like you are on a team.

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Reach out to your other ITC coaches!!! They are great resources for new material, problem solving, and just feeling like you are on a team.

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Know team meeting schedules and team lunch schedules.  The staff lounge is a great way to make yourself available if you are staggering the times that you eat lunch. Oh, and don't forget to take time for lunch.

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Know team meeting schedules and team lunch schedules.  The staff lounge is a great way to make yourself available if you are staggering the times that you eat lunch. Oh, and don't forget to take time for lunch.

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Get your schedule figured out, make sure you're able to plan with all teams, build those relationships, and dive into the coaching process.

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Build relationships with your colleagues.  Establish yourself as an equal in the learning process.  Make yourself vulnerable and try new things!

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Build relationships with your colleagues.  Establish yourself as an equal in the learning process.  Make yourself vulnerable and try new things!

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devise some sort of schedule to meet regularly with teachers

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devise some sort of schedule to meet regularly with teachers

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start with a plan of some things to accomplish for the year

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start with a plan of some things to accomplish for the year

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...of your work and try to balance the work you do with each team. Do a frequent check of this balance.

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Keep track of your work and your impact.

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Keep track of your work and your impact.

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Tie your work to your building focus so it isn't one more thing.

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Tie your work to your building focus so it isn't one more thing.

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...that you're more than the geek squad and tech guru.  The first word in the title is "Instructional"

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Butter up your colleagues, narrow your focus with your principal, don't over promise and under perform

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Butter up your colleagues, narrow your focus with your principal, don't over promise and under perform

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Get input on what teachers need to make their work easier.

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Get input on what teachers need to make their work easier.

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...to what they want.  Find a way to help.  This builds relationships.

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Build positive relationships first. This is the foundation for all of your work.

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Build positive relationships first. This is the foundation for all of your work.

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encourage, encourage, encourage :) We talk about 4:1 correction ratio with students, but it's effective for partnering with teachers as well :)