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-Are not effective
- Fail to address practical concerns
-lacks follow up
-teachers feel frustrated and insulted

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"Quick fixes never last and teachers resent them; they resent going to inservices where someone is going to tell them what to do but not help them follow up. Teachers want someone that's going to be there, That's going to help them for the duration, not a fly-by-night program that's here today gone tomorrow."
-Lynn Barnes, instructional coach,Pathways to Success

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Executive Coaching-
helps establish healthy working relationships

Coactive Coaching-
Helps clients with their whole life.

Cognitive Coaching-
used with teachers, helps with reflection, communication, relationship building.

Literacy /Reading Coach-
help the teachers to better serve the students. With ideas and strategies in Reading and or Literacy.

Instructional Coaching-
Full time professional developers, on site in schools.

Primary goal of instructional coaching is to enable teachers to implement scientifically proven instructional practices that respond directly to teachers' burning issues.

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What coaches do:

Find the right starting point
Build an emotional connection
Encourage Implementation
Collaboration
Modeling
Observing and Providing Feedback
Support
Partnering with the Principal

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Based on principals of
equality- coaches and teachers are equal, working together as partners.

choice- teachers have a say in what they learn and how they learn it. Teachers are more willing to implement suggestions given when they have a choice.

Voice- opinions count and are valued even when they disagree with the coach.

Dialogue- conversations where ideas are thought of and discuss openly and build on each others thoughts.

Reflections- teachers have the freedom to consider ideas before they adopt them.

Praxis- shape the ideas into practices in their classroom.

Reciprocity-an equal give and take, a mutual respect

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Getting Teachers on Board Finding a Starting Point

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Getting Teachers on Board Finding a Starting Point

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Build a relationship with teachers,
one to one interviews, small group presentations, large group presentations, informal conversations, administration referral.

Build an emotional connection, be a good listener.

Together decide where to start by conversation or observation or both.

Look at the big 4:
Behavior
Content
Instruction
Formative Assessment

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Coaches want to spread researched based practices and strategies  in their school.
To do this they need to make sure they are powerful and easy to use.
They need to help implement.
Coaches need to have an infectious personality.

Working with the principal, having their support.

Work with strong teachers, the informal leaders in the school. these are teachers that have authority because of their personality traits and can sway opinions.

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Coaches are the leaders of change in their school.
Tactics that coaches should employ to lead the change are:

Stay detached- coaches may be attacked personally or their interventions may come under attack. Need to stay detached and not take it as personal attacks.

Walk on Solid Ground-
be clear on what you stand for. Short term goals and long term goals should be clear.

Clarifying Your Message- be clear about the information and vision you are sharing  with teachers.

Manage Change Effectively-make sure that teachers know what is expected of them and that you have helped them to have everything the need.

Confronting Reality-ask questions so that you know where the issues are in the school.

Understanding School Culture-know the cultural norms of the school and work to change the norms that are not good.

Being Ambitious and Humble-have a partnership approach but still stay driven about making the changes that are for the best.

Take Care of Yourself- Take time for yourself. Make sure that you distinguish yourself from your role. Have friends and a place to go where you can relax.

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1. I was not familiar with some of the other caching mentioned in this book. Although some of them are not typically used in our profession are you familiar with any of these? Have you ever been apart of them?

2. Do you have full time instructional coaches in your school? If so do you believe that they follow the layout for coaches in this book? Do you work with them?

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Knight, J. (2009). Instructional coaching: A partnership approach to improving instruction. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Corwin Press.

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I really enjoyed this book. I have read a few of Jim Knight's books and I think that he is relevant and straight to the point.