Planning for Success: Administrators and Coaches Working Together 2013

1. Planning for Success:
Administrators and Coaches Working
Together
Lori Ceremuga Mentor, BVIU IU 27
lbc@bviu.org
Amy Walker Mentor, MIU4
Amy.walker@miu4.org
CharleyTerrito Regional Mentor Coordinator
Charley110@verizon.net
http://planningforsuccess.wikispaces.com/

2. Who are these people? What do they have in common? How does their work
Connect with the theme of Instructional Coaching?

3. Instructional Coaching
www.instituteforinstructionalcoaching.org and www.pacoaching.org

4. Instructional Coaching in PA
 Pennsylvania Institute for Instructional
Coaching or PIIC
◦ Partnership between the Annenberg
Foundation and PDE
◦ Designed to provide the uniform and
consistent delivery of professional
development around instructional coaching

5. PIIC’s Mission
To support instructional coaching which
helps teachers strengthen instructional
practice, increase student engagement,
and improve student learning.

6. 4 Core Elements
1. Coaches work one-on-one with teachers
and school leaders.
2. Coaches collect and analyze data to
assess student needs and measure
student progress.
3. Coaches advocate for evidence-based
literacy instructional strategies.
4. Coaches support reflective and non-
evaluative practices.

7. Coaches practice their craft
through a defined cycle:
before during after
Preconference with
Teacher to identify the
Focus, review instructional
Goals, clarify the role of the
Coach and establish a time
For debriefing.
Co-teaching
Modeling
Visiting
Data collection
Offering feedback
Through reflective
And non-evaluative
conferences

8. Mentors for Coaches
Mentors are provided through
Intermediate Units throughout the State.

9. The Role of the Mentor
 Model the coach-teacher interaction
 Collaboratively problem solve with coaches
 Prepare coaches with tools that build their
repertoire of literacy strategies and
instructional techniques
 Support coaches as they grow in their roles as
instructional supports for teachers
 Support administrators to use coaches
effectively to maximize student achievement

10. PIIC Professional Development
Opportunities
 Monthly meetings for coaches to share
best practice and hone their craft
 Three statewide professional learning
conferences designed by the PIIC
Leadership team, Mentors, and the Penn
Literacy Network
 The Penn Literacy course

11. 4 Pillars of Coaching
1’s read One-on-One Coaching p. 3
2’s read Data Analysis p. 3
3’s read Evidence-based literacy strategies
p. 3
4’s read reflection on p. 4

12. After you finish reading the section you
were assigned, discuss your section with
others at your table. Using the four square
organizer:
 If you are a coach, please reflect on your
activities in that quadrant.
 If you are a prospective coach, please
speculate on what you could be doing in
your quadrant.
 If you are an administrator, please discuss
what your expectations for your coach are
in that quadrant.
Activity

13. How Does Coaching Help Change
Instructional Practice in Schools?
 Research PowerPoint

14. What is the Role of Coaches in
School Improvement?
 Activity: Talk to theText
◦ Job Description for Coaches in Pennsylvania
Coaching Initiatives
 Team Activity: Tree Graphic Organizer
◦ List items of importance on ways coaches can
help to facilitate change in their schools based
on your school improvement plan or goals.
 Team Share Out

15. Challenges

16. Evidence-Based Coaching Practices
That Make the Biggest Difference in
Student Achievement
Planning for Success: Administrators
and CoachesWorkingTogether
September 25, 2013
Academic Learning and Literacy for Adolescents, Center on
Instruction
http://www.centeroninstruction.org/
Joseph Ginotti, Director, Penn Literacy Network
GSE,The University of Pennsylvania
http://www.gse.upenn.edu/pln/

17. What can we do as coaches?
 Build a consistent focus on evidence-
based classroom instruction:
◦ Engagement
◦ Meaning
◦ Language
◦ Structure
◦ Evidence

18. Building an Instructional Focus on:
Engagement
 What does engagement mean to you?
 How do you build student engagement
from the bell?
 How do you sustain engagement?
 What will tell you that your class is
engaged?

19. A reflection on practice:
Engagement
 Use sticky notes to record
 Related Practices Refining Questions

20. Building an Instructional Focus on:
Meaning
 What do you want your students to
know?
 How is the content related to their prior
knowledge?
 How is the content relevant to them?
 How will students process the content?

21. A reflection on practice:
Meaning
 Use sticky notes to record
 Related Practices Refining Questions

22. Building an Instructional Focus on:
Language
 What will your students read today?
 What will your students write today?
 When and how will students talk today?
 How will your students remember
today’s important concepts and ideas?

23. A reflection on practice:
Language
 Use sticky notes to record
 Related Practices Refining Questions

24. Building an Instructional Focus on:
Structure
 How will you structure your time today?
 How will your classroom be arranged
today?
 How many different activities will your
students participate in today?
 What classroom habits will be reinforced
for your students today?

25. A reflection on practice:
Structure
 Use sticky notes to record
 Related Practices Refining Questions

26. Building an Instructional Focus on:
Evidence
 What will your students produce today?
 What formative assessment(s) will be
used today?
 What summative assessment will today’s
work lead to?
 How is student work kept or collected?

27. A reflection on practice:
Evidence
 Use sticky notes to record
 Related Practices Refining Questions

28. Carousel Activity
Part I
 Place your sticky notes of ideas or
questions under the proper headings
Part II
 Walk around to the different practices to
get ideas and answer refining questions.
 Use your note taker to jot down ideas
you would like to tryout.

29. A reflection on instructional
coaching
 What is in place?
 What needs
attention?

30. LUNCH

31. Pave the Way for Coaches
 Quote Modified Jigsaw Activity

32. Top Reasons
Your District
Needs a Coach
© 2013 Best Teacher Resources

33. Answer 8
Answer 7
Answer 6
Answer 5
Answer 4
Answer 3
Answer 2
Answer 1Design PD
Facilitate meetings
Mentor new teachers
Work 1-1 with teachers
Provide resources
Model strategies
Coordinate initiatives
Give non evaluative
feedback
RETURN TO MAIN
What is something that an Instructional Coach can do to improve
student achievement in your school?
© 2013 Best Teacher Resources

34. School Team Planning
 Steve Barkley Planning Tool
 Work with school teams
 Use hard copy or electronic
form on the Wiki
 Include how your mentor can
assist you
 Please give your mentor a copy

35. Ticket Out the Door
Today’s essential question was: How can
Instructional Coaches and School
Administrators work together to meet the
district’s goals for school improvement?
 Two things I learned to answer the essential question
are:
 One question I still have is: