Download - The Promise of Coaching
THE PROMISE OF COACHING
Jen Munnerlyn: Literacy CoachNovember, 2010
NESA Fall Leadership Institute, Katmandu NepalAMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
OF ABU DHABI11:45-12:45, Boardroom I
Jen MunnerlynBackground
Contact Information
How we work
Purpose of today’s meeting
Structure of this workshop
“I know! Let’s get a Literacy Coach!”
Why a coach? (For the size of school, coach vs. assistant principal)
How coaching is currently working at ACS. (Where we started and where we are now.)
Items (we feel) were key to our success.
Some of the things I do...
Implementing new programs/instructional strategies
Supports teachers in...
Finding the time to fit it all in- Instructional Minute Guidelines
Building capacity/accountability through vertical teaming
Giving, analyzing, and using assessments to impact student learning
Long-term ordering needs
Coaching into classrooms
My #1 Job as a coach...
Unit planning Implementing Reading and Writing Workshop- Vertical TeamsStrategies for Teaching Word Study- Vertical Teams
Administering and using assessments to inform our teaching- Data AnalysisEarly Release Day sessions- Whole school
Planning for attending and sharing external PD: NESA, TCRWPWeekly “Learning Lunches”Working with instructional assistants
Professional Development
Early Release Days
Regie Routeman’s PD Kit: Transforming Your Teaching
Through Reading to Understand
Curriculum Team Meetings Reading Team Writing Team Word Study Team
“Lunch and Learn”
Data Analysis Meetings
• DRA• MAP• Words Their Way Spelling
Inventory• Reading/Writing Continuums• Classroom data from R/W
Workshops
Multifaceted Professional Development= Collegiality
AccountabilityResponsive Leadership
From the principal’s perspective...Carrie Ekey- NESA Coaching Cohort
A model for a 3-year plan (p. 7 in the handout)
Specific steps that raise the level of teacher collaboration and accountability
Highlight the next steps in the coaching model
Learning Curves for Us:Adult Learners
Professional Development for the coach
Support of principal as coach learns to be a leader of teachers
Parents: Why talk to the teacher when you can talk to the coach?
Raising the bar- all PD needs to be targeted and worthwhile and planned
Where do we go from here? End of our 3-year plan...
Questions/Sharing