A Professional Learning Model~ Coaching ~

Few educational innovations achieve their full impact without a coaching component.Joyce and Showers (1988) found that only when the component of coaching was added was the innovation internalized, valued and transferred to the classroom.

Deprivatization enhances the intellectual capacities of teachers, which, in turn, produces greater intellectual achievements in students.

Coaching

Teacher coaching is a highly sophisticated form of school based professional reflective practice. It is a series of conversations designed to assist teachers to extend their personal and professional learning to improve student achievement.

(Julie Boyd, 2000)

DEBRIEFDEBRIEFReflect upon the

consequences of action in the situation based on the

data collected

PLANNED LEARNINGPLANNED LEARNINGExplore and diagnose

the experience byundertaking new

learning

PRE-BRIEFPRE-BRIEFA teaching focus is explored

Plan actions so as toimprove the situation

OBSERVATIONOBSERVATION Implement and observe the Plan in the situation

Objected data is collected

The Coaching CycleEffective coaches focus

on the specific needs identified by the teachers

being coached.

Coaching Ongoing Internal Relevant to practice Focussed on student outcomes Collaborative Evidence based and data driven Based on best available research on effective

teaching & learning Pedagogical/Discipline/Pedagogical Practice

Impact of professional development & training on job performance

Training components & combinations

Knowledge Skills Transfer

Theory Low Low Nil

Theory and demonstration Medium Medium Low

Theory & demonstration, practice and feedback

High Medium Low

Theory & demonstration, practice, feedback and coaching

High High High

Reference: Training components, their combinations and impact on job performance (based on Joyce and Sowers, 1988 adapted by Wallace, M.in Claxton, g. et al (1996). Liberating the learner, London: Routledge, p.24.

Tuning Protocol – 11mins

1. Introduction 1min2. Presentation 2min3. Clarifying Questions 1min4. Write Feedback & Reflective Questions 1min5. Feedback on Strengths 2min6. Reflective Questions 2min

(Presenter takes notes and DOES NOT respond yet)

7. Presenter Responds & Open Conversation 1min8. Feedback on the Process 1min

Links

How have the ideas of these educational thinkers; Showers, Lieberman and Miller influenced education

in Victoria?

Effective Schools Model The Seven Principals of Highly Effective Professional

Development Document State Coaching Program Richard Elmore’s Second Law Professional Dialogue; PALTS, Learning Walks,

Lesson Study, Lab Site, Walk Throughs, Professional Reading, Protocols, etc….

EFFECTIVE SCHOOLSEFFECTIVE SCHOOLS

ELMORE

Elmore’s second law of professional development

K E =

2

“The effect of professional development on practice and performance is inverse to the square of its distance from the classroom.”

‘School Reform from the Inside Out; Policy, Practice and Performance’

by

Richard F. Elmore

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Effective Professional Learning

Observation

Lesson Study

CALTSWalk Through

Pre-brief

PALTS

Learning Walks

Coaching Cycle

Lab Sites Planned Learning

Data

Professional Reading

Professional Dialogue

De-Brief

Mentor Protocols Peer Observation

Critical Friend

School VisitsOn-line LearningStudy Groups