Supporting new or veteran colleagues requires more than good intentions. It takes practical protocols, strategies and tools that integrate what we know about COACHING best practices. Each module from Rosa Educational Consulting integrates Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching and Lipton’s and Wellman’s Learning-Focused Conversations Continuum. Like many dedicated coaches or mentors, you’ve probably wondered…
How do I develop the essential knowledge and skills necessary to provide ongoing coaching/mentoring for varying levels of teaching experience and expertise?
Dare to COACH – Coaching What Matters Most for Professional Practice
- Day 1: Building COACH Success From the Start ~ Foundational Coaching Priorities
- Learn what research-based coaching best practice on which to focus
- Develop skills for fostering trusting relationships and coaching parameters
- Connect to the COACH Clusters of Professional Practice based on Danielson’s Framework for Teaching
- Investigate the stances of Lipton and Wellman’s Learning-Focused Conversation Continuum
- Gain protocols and resources to help start your own COACH process
- Day 2: How to COACH for the Soft Skills of Engagement ~ Classroom Culture and Management
- Connect to COACH’s Cluster One of Professional Practice focused on Learning Environment
- Learn how to support teachers in creating a safe learning environment that nurtures students’ confidence and commitment
- Develop coaching conversation skills that create capacity for teachers to think by listening fully, pausing and paraphrasing
- Personalize COACH’s Cluster One of Professional Practice resources for your own coaching process and needs
- Day 3: How to COACH for High-Leverage Learning through Backwards Lesson Design
- Connect to COACH’s Cluster Two of Professional Practice focused on designing for high-leverage learning
- Learn how to model and provide tacit knowledge of backwards lesson design to support clear and accurate content, vocabulary and teaching practices
- Develop conversation skills using coaching and calibrating stances to support planning conversations or facilitative feedback
- Personalize COACH’s Cluster Two of Professional Practice resources for your own coaching process and needs
- Day 4: How to COACH for High-Leverage Learning through Instructional Gradual Release
- Connect to COACH’s Cluster Three of Professional Practice focused on instructing for high-leverage learning
- Learn how to guide implementation of an instructional gradual release approach for enhanced student learning
- Engage in different data-collection approaches for observing and supporting professional learning and growth
- Develop conversation skills using consulting and collaborating stances to support problem-solving and decision-making
- Personalize COACH’s Cluster Three of Professional Practice resources for your own coaching process and needs
- Day 5: How to COACH for Using Formative Assessment as a Guide to Student Learning
- Connect to COACH’s Cluster Four of Professional Practice focused on assessing to support learning and use in future teaching
- Learn how to facilitate the use of formative assessment strategies that include success criteria, feedback, collaborative learning and self-monitoring
- Engage in additional data-collection approaches for observing and supporting professional learning and growth
- Develop conversation skills for using a directive approach when providing targeted focus and support
- Personalize COACH’s Cluster Four of Professional Practice resources for your own coaching process and needs
Session Length: 5 days (2 days during summer, 2 days in early fall, 1 day in winter)
