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Facilitators: Miguel Guhlin (@mGuhlin)
Session Description
Session Description
We will discuss coaching and talk about tools for you to use to support your teachers as they grow in their journey of using technology effectively.
We will discuss coaching and talk about tools for you to use to support your teachers as they grow in their journey of using technology effectively.
Topics and Goals
Topics and Goals
Introductions &
News & Professional Learning Opportunities
Content
Activity #1: The Power of Coaching (MMTS)
Slideshow
Activity #2: Two Questions to Ponder (Hyperdoc)
Activity #3: Collegial Coaching Insights (Padlet)
Assignment: Create Your Elevator Speech
Digital Coaching Tech Tools & Tips
News & Opportunities
News & Opportunities
News Item #1: Launch of Future Ready Instructional Coaches Framework and Strand on 8/28/2018
News Item #1: Launch of Future Ready Instructional Coaches Framework and Strand on 8/28/2018
The Future Ready Instructional Coaches™ strand provides instructional coaches with research-based strategies, protocols, and resources to help coaches effectively collaborate with and support their schools and districts with professional learning designed to strengthen instructional practices.
Future Ready Instructional Coaches™ resources are aligned with the Future Ready Schools® Framework, a research-based planning tool for digital learning, visioning, planning, and implementation focused on modernizing student learning.
Twitter Hashtag: #FriCoaches
Types of Resources
Types of Resources
News Item #2: Coaching Trumps PD
News Item #2: Coaching Trumps PD
News Item #3: Coaching Book Study Starting August 30
News Item #3: Coaching Book Study Starting August 30
About the Book
About the Book
The single most important skill in coaching is asking powerful questions. In this volume, master coach trainer Tony Stoltzfus joins with 12 other professional coaches to present dozens of valuable asking tools, models and exercises, then illustrates these coaching strategies with over 1,000 examples of penetrating questions. Covering the gamut from basic techniques like options and actions to advanced concepts such as challenge and reframing, Coaching Questions is a book that will find a home on any coach's short list of handy references.
About the Book Study
About the Book Study
Join us August 30th for 5 weeks, 10 minute exercises per week. Get notified with details with the "sign up" link below.
Defining Coaching
Defining Coaching
Collegial Coaching for Technology Integration.pdf
"Coaching means side-by-side planning and working together with the same end goal in mind - Learning!"
"Coaching means side-by-side planning and working together with the same end goal in mind - Learning!"
-Dr. Dawn Wilson (@drdkwilson)
-Dr. Dawn Wilson (@drdkwilson)
Coaching, combined with communities of learning, is a highly effective job-embedded PD model. Effective professional learning is intensive, ongoing, focused on the classroom, and occurs during the teacher’s workday (Darling-Hammond, 2009).
Additionally, Michael Fullan’s work on educational change (2008) emphasizes that we need to “connect peers with purpose” if we want to see systemic improvement in student learning and professional learning. We must allow educators to routinely collaborate with trusted colleagues to solve problems and share ideas.
Source: ISTE's Technology, Coaching and Community white paper
Coaching Standards
Coaching Standards
Coaches, technology facilitators, technology integration specialists and others who help classroom teachers integrate technology into the classroom are instrumental in the effective implementation of the ISTE Standards for Teachers.
Coaches, technology facilitators, technology integration specialists and others who help classroom teachers integrate technology into the classroom are instrumental in the effective implementation of the ISTE Standards for Teachers.
With the guidance of a coach, teachers can leverage the power of technology to engage students in their learning and help them develop digital age skills.
With the guidance of a coach, teachers can leverage the power of technology to engage students in their learning and help them develop digital age skills.
Source: ISTE Standards for Coaches
Source: ISTE Standards for Coaches
Developing a Growth Mindset
Developing a Growth Mindset
In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. They also believe that talent alone creates success—without effort. They’re wrong.
In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. They also believe that talent alone creates success—without effort. They’re wrong.
In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.
In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.
All great people have had these qualities.
All great people have had these qualities.
Source: Mindsets
Source: Mindsets
Coaching Tools
Coaching Tools
The tools below were made available online via Tools for Learning. The citation is as follows:
The tools below were made available online via Tools for Learning. The citation is as follows:
This special issue of Tools for Learning Schools has eight additional pages of bonus tools from the best-seller, Taking the Lead: New Roles for Teachers and School-Based Coaches, 2nd Edition, by Joellen Killion and Cindy Harrison.
Use this framework, which includes a description of each of the 10 roles with examples of responsibilities, to provide an overview of the roles.
Use this tool to examine the percentage of time coaches spend in different roles.
Use this template with teachers to scaffold weekly lesson planning in any discipline.
Use this tool to provide a structure and tools for the partnership agreement conversations between coach and the administration.
Source: Adapted from Killion, J., & Harrison, C. (2017). Taking the lead: New roles for teachers and school-based coaches, Second edition. Oxford, OH: Learning Forward.
Activity #1 - The Power of Coaching Multimedia Text Set (MMTS)
Activity #1 - The Power of Coaching Multimedia Text Set (MMTS)
Take a moment to complete this brief MMTS about The Power of Coaching.
You will need a Google account to make a copy of this activity for yourself (or, get the Word version here). Just want to view the lesson online? Try this link
Activity #2 - Two Questions to Ponder
Activity #2 - Two Questions to Ponder
Activity #3: Collegial Coaching Insights
Activity #3: Collegial Coaching Insights
Step #1 - Listen to Dr. Katie Alaniz
Step #1 - Listen to Dr. Katie Alaniz
Audio #2: Value of Video for Coaching
Audio #3: Characteristics of Coaches
Step #2 - Share 3 Aha Moments
Step #2 - Share 3 Aha Moments
As you listen to Dr. Katie Alaniz' research and experience-based remarks for coaching and video reflection, share your aha moments, insights, and/or take-aways via this Padlet. Be sure to add your name in the title of each take-away.
Want to learn more? Visit Dr. Alaniz' website on coaching with technology.
Want to learn more? Visit Dr. Alaniz' website on coaching with technology.
Assignment: Share Your Elevator Speech
Assignment: Share Your Elevator Speech
“Congratulations!” said two teachers in the elevator at your new school. As you thanked them for welcoming you to campus and the District, the conversation shifted to the new instructional coaching initiative just launched.
“Congratulations!” said two teachers in the elevator at your new school. As you thanked them for welcoming you to campus and the District, the conversation shifted to the new instructional coaching initiative just launched.
“All that coach is going to do is come in and tell me to use new instructional approaches and technology. I’m not going to do it.”
“All that coach is going to do is come in and tell me to use new instructional approaches and technology. I’m not going to do it.”
You just attended a TCEA webinar on Digital Coaching and feel excited about sharing how coaching can be helpful.
You just attended a TCEA webinar on Digital Coaching and feel excited about sharing how coaching can be helpful.
Digital Coaching Tools & Resources
Digital Coaching Tools & Resources
Read Coaching Made Less Difficult. Some key take-aways:
"Coaching means side-by-side planning and working together with the same end goal in mind - Learning!" says Dr. Dawn Wilson
"Rather than attending one-size-fits all professional development sessions, teachers need more strategies for joining with colleagues in supporting one another’s growth in hands-on, authentic working relationships," says Dr. Katie Alaniz.
Technology Connections
Technology Connections
Here are some of the technologies recommended in the webinar. If you need help, please don't hesitate to contact @mguhlin @diben on Twitter or Voxer.
Appear.in - Get a free account via their web site. Appear.in is also available as an Android or iOS app.
Blogger.com - This is a blogging platform that can be adapted for use, involving the coachee sharing his/her reflections about something, with the coach offering comments. Any blog platform will work, as will GoogleDocs or Word Online.
Flipgrid.com - Interactive video tool to facilitate asynchronous video chats and reflections. Get a free teacher account.
LetsRecap.com - Accounts are available.
OneNote - This free app, available for all devices, facilitates note-taking. You and your partner could use it as a way to share notes, private reflections in text and/or as audio recordings from your mobile device. It will require a free Microsoft account, OneDrive and OneNote account.
Skype - Similar to Appear.in, Skype allows you to have one to one or one to many type video and/or audio only conversations with built-in chat. It is also available as an iOS and Android app.
Vocaroo.com - Quickly make an audio recording you can share.
Voxer.com - Get a free account for yourself and your coachee/mentee via the Voxer web site. This is also available as an Android or iOS app that you can load on your mobile device.
Blogs & Podcasts
Blogs & Podcasts
Applying the EdTech Coach model and this response, Results Coaching
Books
Books
Aguilar, Elena. "The Art of Coaching"
Alaniz, Dr. Katie, & Wilson, Dr. Dawn. "Naturalizing Digital Immigrants: Collegial Coaching for Technology Integration" (Video)
Couros, George. "The Innovator's Mindset" and check out Jennifer Casa-Todd's Voxer Group about this book!
Schlecty, Phil. Working on the Work.
Books/Links Shared by Webinar Participants
Books/Links Shared by Webinar Participants
"So, You Want To Be an Instructional Designer?" (Shared by Martha Lackey)
Website for Jim Knight's group is www.instructionalcoaching.com
"Unmistakable Impact: A Partnership Approach for Dramatically Improving Instruction" by Jim Knight (Shared by Jo Cadena)
"Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction" by Jim Knight (Shared by Jo Cadena)
"Focus on Teaching: Using Video for High-Impact Instruction" by Jim Knight
Tip #1: Scheduling Coaching Sessions
Tip #1: Scheduling Coaching Sessions
Want to enable your coachees to schedule meeting times with you on their own? Take advantage of one of these Google/Microsoft Calendar friendly tools to enable others to schedule themselves. Make sure that you schedule your time as well.
Want to enable your coachees to schedule meeting times with you on their own? Take advantage of one of these Google/Microsoft Calendar friendly tools to enable others to schedule themselves. Make sure that you schedule your time as well.
Don't forget to set aside time for travel, lunch, and office time. Once others know they can book you for just-in-time support, they will be eager to take advantage of you!
Don't forget to set aside time for travel, lunch, and office time. Once others know they can book you for just-in-time support, they will be eager to take advantage of you!
Confirmations and reminders: Customize confirmation emails. Reduce no shows with email and SMS reminders.
Customize your calendar events: Set up how new booking events appear in your calendar. Include information entered by customers at time of booking.
Automated follow-up emails: Send follow-up emails after your meeting to thank customers or outline next steps.
Time zones automatically detected: Time zones completely solved. We automatically detect time zones so everyone sees the right times.
Pricing: Free for one calendar and profile; Premium – $16 per month; Professional – $48 per month.
Main features include:
Flexible schedule and availability: Set up a regular weekly schedule or customize for every week. Complete control over when you want to schedule meetings.
Duration and appointment padding: Offer fixed appointment durations or give customers a choice. Add padding between appointments for preparation or travel time.
Assistant.to is a Chrome extension that integrates with Google Calendar, letting you schedule meetings right from your compose window.
It cuts out the back and forth between meeting participants, making it a fast, easy way to book meetings.
Pricing: Free
Doodle offers a wide selection of online solutions that radically simplify the process of scheduling appointments, ranging from the group event “poll” that doesn’t require registration to the professional appearance with own branding.
Pricing: Free but Premium available
Tip #2: Virtual Coaching
Tip #2: Virtual Coaching
Background
Background
Virtual coaching, or coaching at a distance, simply means that you and your coachee are in different locales. This could certainly be the case in large districts or when coaching needs mandate a quick session that can be facilitated via virtual means.
Some points to keep in mind:
Choose what’s right for the situation
Text-based tools work for conveying information but not much else. Video may work well but be distracting in certain situations. Audio works well
Find a place that is private and minimizes distractions so you can both focus
As coach, manage the time of the virtual coaching session
If you are not familiar with Google Hangouts, it is a communications medium that works on your computer or mobile device, enabling you to video/audio chat with up to 150 people. There are many ways to use Google Hangouts. You can get started with it quite easily. The best way to get started is to jump in and connect with a friend, like me!
Microsoft's Skype
Microsoft's Skype
Skype has the benefit of being well-known, familiar and easy to use on a variety of devices. The Microsoft Educator Community provides video tutorials, printable guides, you can rely on.
Wait, are you worried about CIPA?
Wait, are you worried about CIPA?
Allow teachers to use tools that feature students
Most tools do NOT allow direct student use (e.g. Slack for Education is NOT available for direct use by students)
Review norms for appropriate behavior PRIOR to connecting
Slack is a free, real-time messaging, archiving/search tool in use by 5.8 million weekly active users. It uses channels to organize conversations, which are then threaded together. You can create any channels you might need, which means you could have one for each grade level or department, one for planning social events, one for the technology department, etc. You can add documents, video, audio, graphics, and URLs to any Slack message, which makes it perfect for sharing information quickly.
Blend a variety of video conferencing options. Stay in touch with video with one of these add-ins:
Appear.in: Provides for eight call participants, and you can use the /appear slash command to start a video conference in your channel, making it easy for others to join the call.
Google Hangouts: Start a Hangout with /hangout in any channel to get a link to share with others. A Slack control panel will appear and you can invite other Slack team members to the video conference.
VideoLink2.Me: This offers audio/video conferences with file and screen sharing directly in your web browser. It supports six or more people, depending on the users’ internet bandwidth and connection speed. Use the /videolink slash command to create a conference room and share its link to your channel.
Tip #3: Make Sharing Lesson Plans Easy
Tip #3: Make Sharing Lesson Plans Easy
Using Google Docs, Google Slides and/or Google Sheets
Using Google Docs, Google Slides and/or Google Sheets
"I like to use Google slides and make one slide deck for each unit to host daily lessons with links to videos, hyperdocs and other resources. You can link it in a Google Sheet spreadsheet to be set up like your plan book."
"I like to use Google slides and make one slide deck for each unit to host daily lessons with links to videos, hyperdocs and other resources. You can link it in a Google Sheet spreadsheet to be set up like your plan book."
Here's another example of a lesson plan in Google Sheets:
Using OneNote with Staff Notebook
Using OneNote with Staff Notebook
See two examples:
Grab A Sample OneNote Lesson Plan Template
Use any type of content – text, pictures, audio, video, ink, embedded files, printed digital paper
Arrange any content type on the page any way you want, just like paper
Use Tags to highlight important points, questions, or create your own custom tag
Collaborate with other teachers in a shared notebook as you build your lesson plans
Use OneNote to record and embed audio to guide the lesson
Use OneNote drawing tools to add visual elements to your lesson plan
Use digital ink to enhance, annotate and be creative with your lesson plans
Change the digital paper type of OneNote to college-ruled, graph, or a custom page template background
Organize and save your various digital resources easily from the Web as you create your lesson (Source)
Tip #4: Discover Your Observational Note-Taking Strategy
Tip #4: Discover Your Observational Note-Taking Strategy
All instructional coaches script what teachers and students are saying. Later, those notes are discussed with teachers. What approach do you take to organizing and sharing notes? Let's explore some approaches (Source).
All instructional coaches script what teachers and students are saying. Later, those notes are discussed with teachers. What approach do you take to organizing and sharing notes? Let's explore some approaches (Source).
Planning Ahead
Planning Ahead
Before adopting an approach, or using all of them, consider inquiring as to the teacher's description of the lesson to be seen. The teacher might want to identify a particular goal or strategy that more feedback is sought for to focus post observation conversations.
Approach #1 - Wows, Wonders, and Tips
Approach #1 - Wows, Wonders, and Tips
The coach scripts out everything the teacher is doing and how the students are responding
Leave the room and write feedback for the teacher observed
List "Wow" moments
Write "wonders" in question form (e.g. "I wonder how we can facilitate group collaboration with hyperdocs?")
List suggestions or tips to address questions
Approach #2 - Connect the Dots
Approach #2 - Connect the Dots
Make a T-Chart to record teacher and student comments to facilitate reflection on pacing and time management
Note connections on the right side of her paper
On the left side, she connects what she's seeing with what it means to her
Approach #3 - Looking for Evidence
Approach #3 - Looking for Evidence
The coach scripts out everything the teacher is doing and how the students are responding
Identify a particular goal
Meet with the teacher to review notes with the particular goal in mind to highlight evidence of that goal
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