What do all of these people have in common?

What comes to mind when you think of aCoach?

Learning Outcomes

•Why has HCPS adopted Instructional Coaches?

•What is an Instructional Coach?

•What does an Instructional Coach do?

•What can I expect next?

Why Instructional Coaching?Throughout a ten-year study,

whenever we found aneffective school or an

effective department within a school, without exception that school or department

has been a part of a collaborative professional

learning community. --McLaughlin and Talbert (2001)

Traditional Professional Development versus Coaching

HCPS and the Partnership Approach

Partnership Principles

Instructional coaches are not involved in teacher evaluations.

Teacher and Instructional

Coach

Equality

ReciprocityPraxis

ReflectionDialogue

VoiceChoice

What Coaching IS and IS NOTA Coach is a colleague

who…A Coach is NOT a

colleague who…

listens and remains confidential. reports confidential conversations to the office.

co-plans with a teacher. plans lessons for a teacher.

co-teaches or models a strategy.teaches a lesson without the teacher

present.

provides resources to a teacher. makes copies for teachers.

observes teachers and offers feedback to improve teaching.

evaluates teachers. Coaches are not administrators.

makes suggestions to improve instruction. is there to “FIX” things.

What Instructional Coaches Do

70%

30%

70% Collaborate with Teachers:• Plan• Model• Co-teach• Observe• Facilitate Peer Observation• Reflection• Review Data• Establish and meet goals• Explore Curriculum• Visit Classrooms

30%• Planning• Resource Development• Professional Learning• Meetings

Next Steps