Full Description
Provide targeted professional development on the "nuts and bolts" of instructional coaching!Designed to complement Jim Knight's best-selling book Instructional Coaching, this comprehensive multimedia presentation provides staff developers with the necessary materials to demonstrate the principles of a partnership approach for coaching teachers to improve classroom instruction. Facilitators will be able to show aspiring and experienced coaches how to get teachers on board, observe teachers, provide model lessons, and engage in reflective conversations. Workshops will include group discussions aboutIncorporating the essential components of coaching Fostering positive communication between coaches and teachers Understanding the relationship between effective teaching and behavior, content knowledge, direct instruction, and formative assessment Featuring a research-based, job-embedded approach to instructional intervention that can make a substantive difference in students' learning experiences, Instructional Coaching: A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development providesA 55-minute, content-rich VHS video that features Jim Knight discussing a unique coaching method and experienced coaches demonstrating what successful instructional coaching looks like A companion DVD with a navigation menu for easy stop-and-search control of the video content A step-by-step facilitator's guide that connects the core content of the book to the video/DVD and includes segment prompts, workshop outlines, extended workshop activities, key points, and discussion questions Appropriate for groups of any size, this all-in-one multimedia resource helps staff developers, principals, and district administrators provide professional development that strengthens coaching capacity, instructional effectiveness, and schoolwide performance.
Contents
About the AuthorIntroductionHow to Use This GuideHow to Use the Video/DVDChapter-by-Chapter Study Guide: Instructional CoachingWelcome and Workshop Starter1. Why Coaching?SummaryDiscussion QuestionsWorkshop ActivitiesPractical Application2. What Does Coaching Look Like?SummaryDiscussion QuestionsWorkshop ActivitiesPractical Application3. What Is the Partnership Philosophy?SummaryDiscussion QuestionsWorkshop ActivitiesPractical Application4. Partnership Communication: Creating Learning ConversationsSummaryDiscussion QuestionsWorkshop ActivitiesPractical Application5. Getting Teachers on Board and Finding a Starting PointSummaryDiscussion QuestionsWorkshop ActivitiesPractical Application6. Modeling, Observing, and Collaboratively Exploring DataDiscussion QuestionsWorkshop ActivitiesPractical Application7. Focusing on the Big Four: Behavior, Content Knowledge, Direct Instruction, and Formative AssessmentSummaryDiscussion QuestionsWorkshop ActivitiesPractical Application8. How Coaches Spread KnowledgeSummaryDiscussion QuestionsWorkshop ActivitiesPractical Application9. Coaches as Leaders of ChangeSummaryDiscussion QuestionsWorkshop ActivitiesPractical ApplicationSample Workshop AgendasHalf-Day Workshop AgendaOne-Day Workshop AgendaTwo- or Three-Day Workshop AgendaWorkshop Evaluation Form
