pennsylvania institute for instructional coaching

PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING

Christina Steinbacher-Reed

Welcome

Collins Type 1 Writing – Describe your current role. How does your role impact others on your team?

Minimum of three lines

Community Builder

Virtual Jigsaw You each have a piece of a larger picture. Find others with similar pieces, introduce

yourself, and form a team. Put your pieces together and discuss the

following: How does your role compare to the role of the

team members in your picture? Introduce your new friend to the larger group

What is the Pennsylvania Institute for Instructional Coaching?

Support for what you are already doing

A network of support for school-based staff developers

Low-to-no cost

A capacity building effort for Gr. 4-12

A competing initiative

A new program

Costly

PIIC is . . . PIIC is NOT . . .

Rethinking ‘Coach’

Full-time instructional coaches are ideal, but…

Look at coach as a verb, not a noun

Coaches may include: teacher leaders, librarian, curriculum coordinator, reading specialists, department chairs, etc.

Coaches can not include: teacher evaluators

Designated coaches must be provided with some level of release time

PIIC coaches provide a professional development support system for teachers focused on improving classroom practices, student engagement, and student achievement by applying a specific set of practices. The PIIC coaching model reflects consensus about what constitutes effective teacher professional development:  ongoing, job-embedded, side-by-side assistance to teachers based on the needs of those teachers and their students.

Expectations for PIIC Coaches Attend PIIC state conference if selected Attend monthly coaches meetings at the IU Provide and facilitate onsite PD for teachers

around according to PIIC’s four elements of coaching

May attend Penn Literacy Network (PLN 1) course (optional)

Refer to “Expectations for Coaches” for additional expectations

Four Elements of PIIC Coaching

1 - One-on-one and small group support for teachers and other school leaders (Before, during, after model)

2 – Gathering and Using Data

3 - Improving Adolescent Literacy Across the Content Areas

4 - Reflective and non-evaluative practices

How does this support what we’re already doing?

Learning Focused Schools

Reading Apprenticeship

Balanced Literacy Standards Aligned

System Penn Literacy Network Other evidenced

based literacy framework

Professional development

B-D-A Coaching (modeling, co-planning, co-teaching, providing feedback)

Professional learning communities

Data analysis Networking Reflective practices

What is our instructional framework?

How do we teach teachers to implement this framework?

Benefits of Joining PIIC

On-site, job-embedded coaching support for designated coaches

Monthly IU meetings for coaches Four slots to participate in PLN 1 at

Luzerne County IU (4.5 graduate credits from Penn)

Support for transitioning towards Common Core

High quality training that can be turned-around in your own district for

District’s Investments

Travel expenses (mileage and meal) and release time to attend state conferences in State College (required)

Provide release time for coaches to receive job-embedded, site-based coaching support (required)

Travel costs (mileage only) to attend optional PLN courses at Luzerne County IU (optional)

IU Coaching Meeting Dates

Oct. 13 (W) – Meeting the needs of adult learners, understanding change, and intro to coaching

November 8 (C) – Coaching, Literacy Across Content, Data Analysis, Reflective Practices (4 Elements)

Dec. 7 (W) Jan. 19 (C) Feb. 14 (W) May

PIIC Statewide Conference

Held at State College January 9-11 May 2, 3, 4

PIIC Levels of Support

What is PLN?

Penn Literacy Network (University of Penn Graduate School)

Series of graduate courses focusing on literacy K-12

40 years in development Can be the basis for a curriculum

framework or just provide participants with literacy best practices

What is the relationship between PIIC and PLN? PIIC is the how (coaching), PLN is the

what (curriculum

Penn Literacy Network Course 1 Dates Must have a team of four (1 admin, 1

coach, 2 teachers)

Held during school day at Luzerne County IU December 7 February 1 March 1 April 12 May 8.

Contact

creed@iu17.org

Twitter - christina_coach

Cell - 570-560-7865