This course is appropriate for instructional coaches, department chairs, team leaders, curriculum specialists, and teacher mentors. Instructional coaching is an innovative and effective method for supporting teachers, especially successful when focused on student achievement. Using the Sweeney (2011) student-centered approach, participants will be taken through the steps and processes for effective coaching in both teaching and leadership. Through job-embedded projects, practice with and use of feedback protocols along with other strategies, participants will learn how to intentionally apply a host of coaching strategies as they work within their respective roles. All approaches taught and practiced with have a record of success in building self-esteem, moving up teacher effectiveness, and most important: improving student achievement.
Course Outcomes:
- Demonstrate and support teacher effectiveness.
- Interpret specific teacher strengths and gaps in order to help develop and support an intervention plan.
- Through job-embedded application, cultivate and sustain teacher professional growth using effective coaching models.
This course is 20 hours