Unleash the Power of Unleash the Power of Collaboration With Peer Collaboration With Peer

CoachingCoaching

Shelee King GeorgeShelee King George

Table IntroductionsTable Introductions

Introduce yourself to the others at Introduce yourself to the others at your table. Find one thing you all your table. Find one thing you all have in common.have in common.

Choose a table reporter who will Choose a table reporter who will introduce your table using the introduce your table using the following prompt:following prompt:

Between us, we have _____ years working in education . One thing we all have in common is __.

Former Special Former Special Education teacher and Education teacher and Technology Integration Technology Integration SpecialistSpecialist

Program Manager for Program Manager for Peer Coaching ProgramPeer Coaching Program

Puget Sound Center for Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Teaching, Learning and TechnologyTechnology

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WelcomeWelcome

Session OverviewSession Overview

2121stst Century Skills Century Skills

Effective Effective Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

About the Peer About the Peer Coaching ProgramCoaching Program

Explore Coaching Explore Coaching SkillsSkills

Graffiti Wall:Graffiti Wall:

Within your current educational role Within your current educational role ……

How do you promote, lead or How do you promote, lead or participate in collaborative participate in collaborative activities?activities?

ActivityActivityThink of a time that you learned something from a professional development experience that changed your practice as an educator.

Think…Think…

Share: What made the experience so Share: What made the experience so effective?effective?

Compare…Compare…

Effective Professional Effective Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

On the job, job-On the job, job-embeddedembedded

Long-term, ongoing Long-term, ongoing

Focused on classroom Focused on classroom activities activities

Highly collaborative Highly collaborative environment environment

Structured to offer Structured to offer chances to learn from chances to learn from others others

Classroom ImpactClassroom Impact

Type ofTraining

KnowledgeMastery

SkillAcquisition

ClassroomApplication

Theory 85% 15% 5-10%

PLUS

Practice 85% 80% 10-15%

PLUS

PeerCoachingStudy TeamsClass Visits

90% 90% 80-90%

Think About Typical Think About Typical Technology Professional Technology Professional

DevelopmentDevelopmentTraditional trainingTraditional training

Focus on toolsFocus on tools

Hands onHands on

Lacks opportunity Lacks opportunity for reflectionfor reflection

Think about Think about student computer student computer labs..and a labs..and a computer teachercomputer teacher

MisconceptionsMisconceptions

““If you buy it, they will If you buy it, they will use it.”use it.”

““If you buy it, it will If you buy it, it will change the way change the way children learn.”children learn.”

““If you buy it, it If you buy it, it develops 21st Century develops 21st Century skills.”skills.”

Key to Effective Use of Key to Effective Use of TechnologyTechnology

““The more powerful technology The more powerful technology becomes, the more indispensable becomes, the more indispensable good teachers are.”good teachers are.”

Fullan, 1998Fullan, 1998

InfrastructureInfrastructure

Investment in bandwidth but not Investment in bandwidth but not “human bandwidth”“human bandwidth”

Time to invest in the human Time to invest in the human infrastructureinfrastructure

Our Our Dreams As As EducatorsEducators

What skills do our students need What skills do our students need for their future?for their future?

2121stst Century Skills: US Century Skills: US

Critical Thinking/Problem SolvingCritical Thinking/Problem Solving

Written and Oral CommunicationsWritten and Oral Communications

Teamwork/Collaboration Teamwork/Collaboration

Diversity Diversity

Information Technology Application Information Technology Application

Leadership Leadership

Real World ExampleReal World Example

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Wanted: Traffic Reporter Wanted: Traffic Reporter AssistantAssistant

Must have Must have skillskill with Word, Excel, with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and graphic PowerPoint and graphic

manipulation manipulation 

Also, must be able to Also, must be able to multi-task multi-task and and prioritizeprioritize in a fast paced office in a fast paced office

environmentenvironment

Dreams to RealityDreams to Reality

Peer Coaching explores the kind of Peer Coaching explores the kind of learning needed to prepare students learning needed to prepare students with these with these skillsskills….….

Reaching Our DreamsReaching Our Dreams

What skills and knowledge do What skills and knowledge do TEACHERS need to offer this type TEACHERS need to offer this type of learning to their students?of learning to their students?

Teachers Need To (ISTE):Teachers Need To (ISTE):

InspireInspire student learning and student learning and creativitycreativity

DesignDesign, develop digital age , develop digital age learning expectations and learning expectations and assessmentsassessments

ModelModel Digital age work and Digital age work and learninglearning

PromotePromote and model digital age and model digital age citizenshipcitizenship

Engage in professional growth Engage in professional growth and and leadershipleadership

Enabling 21Enabling 21stst-Century Schools-Century Schools

LeadershipLeadership

Teaching/ Teaching/ LearningLearning

Policy Leade

r

School Leader

sTeache

r LeadersTeachers

Students Teaching/ Learning

Available and emerging technologies

Unleashing the PowerUnleashing the Power

Think of two teachers who have the skills Think of two teachers who have the skills to offer 21to offer 21stst Century Learning to their Century Learning to their

students.students.

Could they help Could they help others do the others do the

same?same?

Why Peer Coaching?Why Peer Coaching?

Simple method of professional Simple method of professional developmentdevelopment

Builds teacher leadersBuilds teacher leaders

Helps teachers share practices and Helps teachers share practices and learn from one another to engage learn from one another to engage students in powerful learning.students in powerful learning.

Alignment - adds value to the local Alignment - adds value to the local contextcontext

Peer Coaching is….Peer Coaching is….

CollaborativeCollaborative

A non-evaluative, non-prescriptive A non-evaluative, non-prescriptive collaborationcollaboration

Based on the collaborating Based on the collaborating teacher’s wants and needsteacher’s wants and needs

Peer Coaching Deliberately …Peer Coaching Deliberately …

Develops shared leadership and Develops shared leadership and professional learning community. professional learning community.

Chooses topics of collaboration Chooses topics of collaboration driven by the collaborating teacherdriven by the collaborating teacher

Builds relationships between Builds relationships between trusted peerstrusted peers

Encourages the sharing of teacher Encourages the sharing of teacher practice and/or student resultspractice and/or student results

Peer Coaching Program at a Peer Coaching Program at a GlanceGlance

Eight day-long coach training Eight day-long coach training sessions scheduled over a twelve sessions scheduled over a twelve month periodmonth period

Time for coaches to learn, practice, Time for coaches to learn, practice, collaborate and reflectcollaborate and reflect

Blend of face-to-face and distance Blend of face-to-face and distance learning activitieslearning activities

Peer Coaching StrandsPeer Coaching Strands

Coaching skillsCoaching skills

Tech integrationTech integration

Lesson ImprovementLesson Improvement

Coaching RolesCoaching Roles

Consult

Collaborative

conversations

Model

Plan

learning

activities

Use tech to add value to a lesson

Reflect and offer feedback

Non Evaluative Partnership

A Simple IdeaA Simple Idea

Teachers sharing ideasTeachers sharing ideas

Learning from one anotherLearning from one another

Building relationshipsBuilding relationships

Deliberate collaboration about Deliberate collaboration about teaching and learningteaching and learning

Coaching TraitsCoaching Traits

What do you think are the What do you think are the desirable traits of a Peer Coach?desirable traits of a Peer Coach?

ShoutShout OutsOuts

Coach and School Attribute Handout

The Trust ModelThe Trust Model

Communication SkillsCommunication Skills

WhyWhy

Communication Skills CardCommunication Skills Card

Just ListenJust ListenA/B partners. A/B partners.

A: Speak one minuteA: Speak one minute

B: Listen then paraphraseB: Listen then paraphrase

A: Give feedback to B on their A: Give feedback to B on their accuracyaccuracy

Probing Questions ExerciseProbing Questions Exercise

Coaching in PracticeCoaching in Practice

Milwaukee SchoolsMilwaukee Schools

CatherineCatherine

Chalk Talk: A Silent ProtocolChalk Talk: A Silent ProtocolInsights I gained about Peer Coaching

and collaboration

Use markers Use markers to respond to respond silentlysilently

Circle Circle

Add a noteAdd a note

Connect ideasConnect ideas

Peer Coaching ProgramPeer Coaching Program

Facilitator

handbook

Provides a Framework

for a District or School

Coaching

Handbook

Materials and resources on line

Staff development activities and

resources to develop teacher leaders

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Questions and Contact InfoQuestions and Contact Info

Closing thoughts Closing thoughts

Shelee King GeorgeShelee King George

skgeorge@PSCTLT.org skgeorge@PSCTLT.org

Peer Coaching in South Africa:Peer Coaching in South Africa:

Omashani NaidooOmashani Naidoo 01140357770114035777

omashani@schoolnet.org.zaomashani@schoolnet.org.za