Coaching,+Mentoring,+&+Reflecting+Effectively

//Post ideas, information, and resources from the Coaching, Mentoring, & Reflecting Effectively session facilitated by Helene Chan, Norman Masuda, & Duarte Silva on this page.//


 * TEA PARTY ACTIVITY**
 * What do you think of when you think of a coach?
 * Inspiration/Motivation
 * Scaffolding - helps you achieve a level of performance that you couldn't achieve on your own
 * Sports
 * What experiences have you had with being coached or coaching others in a professional setting?
 * What role does meaningful feedback play in helping you to become a more effective educator?
 * What role might coaching and reflection play in improving student learning?
 * How do you develop a culture of trust?


 * Research on Peer Coaching**


 * 10% of what they learn in PD programs
 * 25% if the learning includes demonstration/practice
 * 90% if the program includes a Peer Coaching/Colleague Collaboration Component (Showers & Joyce, 2002)


 * Collegiality:** "The relationship of colleagues marked by equal sharing of power and authority." (i.e., PEERS, not supervisor/student or any other pair that in which one colleague is assumed to have more authority, more knowledge, or more power)


 * Peer Coaching:**


 * Peer-oriented
 * Focuses on improving teaching
 * Grounded in trust
 * Is NOT evaluative in nature
 * Questioning sharpens thinking (should be cognitively oriented)
 * Person teaching is always in charge of what s/he is planning to teach and to improve in his/her teaching
 * Culturally responsive
 * Fosters a PLC


 * Role of the Coach**:


 * Impartial observer
 * Facilitates interaction among the peers
 * Poses questions to stimulate reflection (grounded in feedback shared among peers)
 * Highlight strengths of individuals and help them believe they have unique contributions to make to the process
 * Highlights progress as it is achieved
 * Help peers to feel comfortable sharing what they don't know as well as what they do know


 * Process:**


 * Pre-conference
 * Observation
 * Post-conference
 * Based on collegial relationships of trust (i.e., MUST front-load the process with lots of [|team-building activities])


 * Outcomes:**


 * Improve transfer/application of learning to classroom settings
 * Develop positive interactions among colleagues
 * Improve classroom learning

[|My e-Coach] - For fee service that allows you to provide continuity of connections/coaching (one could also use a Ning, a wiki, etc.)