Instructional CoachingA brief introduction

Jim Knight

Kansas Coaching Project

jimknight@mac.com

Our questions for todayOur questions for today.

what is an instructional coach?what is an instructional coach?

what do instructional coacheswhat do instructional coacheswhat do instructional coaches what do instructional coaches do?do?

what does our research say?what does our research say?

What is instructional 

coaching?

an on‐site professional developer who partnersith d t t id tifwith educators to identify

and assist withand assist with implementation of provenimplementation of proven teaching methods

5 Big Ideasg

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Informed AdaptiveResponseResponse

33.

PartnershipPartnership

44.

RelationshipsRelationships

55.

ExperienceExperience

What do coaches do?

Coaching ComponentsCoaching Components

•• EnrollEnroll

•••• Identify Identify 

•• ExplainExplainpp

•• Model (You watch me)Model (You watch me)

•• Observe (I watch you)Observe (I watch you)

•• ExploreExploreExploreExplore

•• RefineRefine

EnrollEnroll

IdentifyIdentify

The Big FourThe Big Four

• Classroom management

• Content planning

• I t ti• Instruction

• Assessment for learningg

ExplainExplain

ModelModel

ObserveObserve

ExploreExplore

RefineRefine

What doesWhat does research show?

PartnershipPartnership

InterviewsInterviews

She came in and modeled after I tried the unit organizer once, and …  

it was funny because I could see the look on the kids’ faces.  It was as if they 

were saying “This is so not what you had us do ” So I was like okay; I’mwere saying,  This is so not what you had us do.   So I was like, okay; I m 

learning too.  And it was wonderful  because she could bounce off math 

things to me that needed discussion as we did it, and I could bounce off the 

organizational stuff to her. The kids got the big picture.  

I could never have gotten that if it hadn’t been modeled for me.  

NEVERNEVER could have gotten it.  I would have failed miserably at it and given it 

up ... because even when she and I just talked about it, I thought ... Next 

year if we don’t have to do this I’m not going to do it because I can’t seeyear if we don t have to do this, I m not going to do it, because I can t see 

any benefit to it—because I didn’t know how to use it.

Then when I saw her …  that was just like wow! I look for that the 

light on in the kids’ eyes. When Lynn came in and modeled for me, oh my 

god the light just went on.

ImplementationImplementation

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How did the differences in the sections of the U.S. in 1860 contribute to the start of the Civil War?

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S10How did national events and leaders pull the different sections of the U.S. apart?

What we foundWhat we found

What we foundWhat we found

What we foundWhat we found

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Our questions for todayOur questions for today.

what is an instructional coach?what is an instructional coach?

what do instructional coacheswhat do instructional coacheswhat do instructional coaches what do instructional coaches do?do?

what does our research say?what does our research say?