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