Building Technology Leaders with Peer Coaching

Colet Bartow * Dennis Small * Jane Miller * Shelee King George

In This Session

Technology Carousel

When considering 21st Century students, think about the ways they work.

Share technology tools and trends that add value to or make the work easier for the following learning tasks?

CommunicationCollaborationGathering InformationOrganization of InformationExpression

Supporting 21st Century Learning in the Classroom

Consider the skills and knowledge TEACHERS need to offer this type of learning

to their students:

us.partnersinlearningnetwork.com

Peer Coaching at a Glance

Peer Coaching Focus

Coach Skills

Tech Integration

Lesson Improvement

Trust

Coaching in Practice

Montana: Peer Coaching Through Technology Integration (PCTI)

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PCTI Grant District Enrollments Helmville Elem (Powell)

Avon Elem (Powell)

Turner HS (Blaine)

Highwood HS (Chouteau)

Trout Creek PS-Host District (Sanders)

Denton HS (Fergus)

Turner Elem (Blaine)

Highwood Elem (Chouteau)

Lavina K-12 (Golden Valley)

Bainville Elem (Roosevelt)

Centerville HS (Cascade)

Fromberg K-12 (Carbon)

Centerville Elem-Host District (Cascade)

Harlem HS (Blaine)

Bridger K-12-Host District (Carbon)

Poplar High School–Host District (Roosevelt)

Whitehall Elem (Jefferson)

Lincoln Co HS (Lincoln)

Darby K-12 (Ravalli)

Harlem Elem (Blaine)

Colstrip Elem (Rosebud)

Deer Lodge Elem- Host District (Powell)

Poplar Elem (Roosevelt)

Eureka Elem (Lincoln)

Corvallis K-12 (Ravalli)

Browning Elem (Glacier)

Columbia Falls Elem (Flathead)

Hamilton K-12 (Ravalli)

Spokane story starts here

• The transition from Enhanced Peer Coaching to Spokane flavor for sustainability

Peer Coaching in Washington

• 2001 Puget Sound Center develops T2CI–Teaching + Technology Coaching Initiative

• 2002 partnership with ETSC directors takes the program statewide

• 2004 Microsoft integrates peer coaching into Partners in Learning (PiL) initiative

• 2007-11 Enhanced Peer Coaching funded 100% by Title IID competitive dollars

Enhanced Peer Coaching2-year program, 3 cadres from 2007-11Title IID grant funded training, laptop,

projector, document camera, and NCCE attendance

8 days of Peer Coaching training + 2 days of Technology Integration in Year 1

4 additional days of Peer Coaching training in Year 2

518 Peer Coaches, 1041 participating teachers

Peer Coaching Sustainability Models

Districts like Spokane that have trained their own facilitators

Fee-for-service offering at Educational Technology Support Centers (ETSCs) at Educational Service Districts (ESDs)

Districts training Teacher Librarians as Peer Coaches

Teacher Librarian Peer Coaching

New partnership between OSPI, ETSC Program, and Washington Library Media Association (WLMA)

Initial offering in 2011-12, sign up by March 18, with kick-off session end of April

8 sessions of Peer Coaching with activities around Big 6 and using primary source materials included

$799 cost, with WLMA scholarships available

If You Build it….

• Promote collaborative opportunities• Become a coach• Consider building a Peer Coaching Program• Join the Partners in Learning Network• Become a facilitator

http://peer-ed.comhttp://us.partnersinlearningnetwork.com

Questions?

View our presentation and handout Wiki at2011.ncceconnect/T207

Shelee King Georgepcinfo@peer-ed.com

Colet BartowCBartow@mt.gov

Jane MillerJanem@SpokaneSchools.org

Dennis SmallDennis.Small@k12.wa.us