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Leading like a CoachCollaborative Norms in Action

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© 2009 SCCMS www.sccoalition.org

Science Education Leadership Fellows ~ Houston ~ December 2009

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Framing QuestionsWhat are some things we know about professional learning communities?

What are some ways in which feedback serves as a tool to promote professional learning?

How might leading with collaborative norms contribute to developing professional learning communities?

+What are What are some some resources we resources we have?have?

NotebookNotebook

ProtocolsProtocols

The Chairs of…The Chairs of…

CLARITY

COACHING

APPRECIATION

OTHER

+How will we travel together?How will we travel together?

Take care of yourself.Take care of yourself.

Take care of each other.Take care of each other.

Share your gifts.Share your gifts.

Three simple agreements…

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Find your sole mate. Be A or B. At the signal, A begins. B listens. Switch at the signal. Continue to switch and share as signaled.

Sole Mates…Sole Mates…

"What are some things you know about instructional coaching?"

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ongoing ongoing

deeply embedded into teachers’ classroom work with children deeply embedded into teachers’ classroom work with children

specific to grade level or academic contentspecific to grade level or academic content

focused on research-based approaches focused on research-based approaches

helps to open classroom doors helps to open classroom doors

creates more collaboration creates more collaboration

creates a sense of community among teacherscreates a sense of community among teachers

Alexander Russo, Harvard Education Letter (2004)Alexander Russo, Harvard Education Letter (2004)

Standards for High-Quality Professional LearningStandards for High-Quality Professional Learning

Why Coaching?Why Coaching?

Improved InstructionImproved Instruction

Engaged School CommunityEngaged School Community

SC Department of Education SupportSC Department of Education Support

Powerfully Prepared Teachers

Powerfully Prepared Teachers

Coherent & Viable Curriculum

Coherent & Viable Curriculum

Assessment for LearningAssessment for Learning

InstructionalMaterials Support

InstructionalMaterials Support

Research, Best Practice, Data, StandardsResearch, Best Practice, Data, Standards

Vision for Effective Teaching and LearningVision for Effective Teaching and Learning

As modified from the work of the National Science Resources Center of the Smithsonian Institution/National Academies

Student Achievement

Student Achievement

Continuous Improvement FociContinuous Improvement FociContinuous Improvement FociContinuous Improvement Foci

COACHINGCOACHING

Why Coaching?Why Coaching?

Professional Learning Communities

Organizations that have a passion for learning… Covey, 1996

A learning and a teaching institution…Drucker, 1992

Organization expert at dealing with change as a normal part of its work… Fullan 1993

A professional learning community (PLC) is an extended learning opportunity to foster collaborative learning among colleagues within a particular work environment or field. Wikipedia

Professional Learning Communities

• Shared mission, vision, values, goals

• Collaborative culture

• Collective inquiry

• Action orientation

• Continuous improvement

• Results orientation

Dufour, DuFour & Eaker, 2008

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How will you know when it happens?

What are some things you’d like to improve?

As you consider your own learning community…

What are some things you are doing well?

What might we do next?What might we do next?

Journal Club

collaborative cultureROBERT J. GARMSTON

What seems to be RIGHT about this

article?

As you consider the idea of

collaboration, what are some

REALITIES to consider?

What needs for growth ought

collaborators be REACHING for in

your organization?

Tools for Leading Like a Coach: Norms of Collaboration

Pausing to Allow Time for Thought

Paraphrasing to Ensure Deep Listening

Presuming Positive Intentions

Probing to Clarify

Promoting a Spirit of Inquiry

Putting Ideas on the Table/Pulling Them Off

Paying Attention to Self & Others

Garmston, 2007

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Before speaking

After speaking

Tools for Listening Like a Coach: Pausing to allow time for thought.

Speaking includes asking questions!

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“I’m listening & trying to understand”.

Tools for Listening Like a Coach: Paraphrasing

After listening

Before speaking

+ Tools for Listening Like a Coach: Practice and Process

As you consider feedback you have given or received, what are some things that make it effective?

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Specific, descriptive feedback that focuses on success and points the way to improvement has a positive effect.

Davies, 2002

Tools for Leading Like a Coach: Effective Feedback

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Assume the heart of another is in the right place…..

Tools for Questioning Like a Coach: Presuming Positive Intentions

• Approachable voice• Plural/Exploratory• Non-judgmental• Engage thinking

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Generalizations

Rule Words

Vague words

Incomplete Comparisons

Tools for Questioning Like a Coach: Probing to Clarify

+ Reflection

What new understandings have I gained about leading like a coach?

What questions do I still have?

+ Tools for Questioning Like a Coach: Practice and Process

What might it mean for you to lead like a coach?

+ Memory Mingle Leading Like a Coach

Recollections Connections

What are some things you know about instructional coaching?

What connections are you making between instructional coaching and your work?

+ Professional Learning Communities

How will you know when it happens?

What are some things you’d like to improve?

As you consider your own learning community…

What are some things you are doing well?

+ For Your InformationFor Your Information

This presentation was created by South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics & Science with support of the South Carolina Department of Education’s S2MART Regional Centers. This presentation may be used for your own personal reflection and information. It may not be copied or in any way replicated without written permission.Contact: Dr. Tom Peters at tpeters@clemson.edu

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Inquiry : Seeking to understand

Advocacy: Seeking to be understood

Inquire then advocate

I…

Tools for Managing Your Internal Consultant:

Promoting a Spirit of Inquiry

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Think of all ideas as possibilities

Know when to take ideas off the table

“Ideas are the heart of group work.”

Tools for Managing Your Internal Consultant:

Putting ideas on the table & Taking them off

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Balance participation

Restrain impulses to respond

Maintain awareness of the group

Tools for Managing Your Internal Consultant:

Paying attention to self and others

+ Tools for Questioning Like a Coach: Practice and Process