Instructional Coaching: Your BTS Checklist
A strong start to the school year doesn’t happen by accident. In this workshop, instructional coaches work through a practical Back-to-School Checklist, moving from learning to planning, and leave with a personalized plan, practical tools, and clear next steps for the summer and the opening weeks of school.
Key Takeaways
- Prepare the foundations of effective coaching: Partnership Principles and the Impact Cycle
- Design systems and routines: coaching schedule and administrator communication
- Create a personalized action plan for launching coaching and connecting with teachers
A strong start to the school year doesn’t happen by accident. In this workshop, instructional coaches work through a practical Back-to-School Checklist, moving from learning to planning, and leave with a personalized plan, practical tools, and clear next steps for the summer and the opening weeks of school.
Key Takeaways
- Prepare the foundations of effective coaching: Partnership Principles and the Impact Cycle
- Design systems and routines: coaching schedule and administrator communication
- Create a personalized action plan for launching coaching and connecting with teachers
Hourly Schedule
Agenda
- 9:00 - 11:00
- Topics
- Opening Moves| Communicating my role to everyone in the school | Embodying the Partnership Principles | Using effective communication practices
- 11:00 - 11:30
- Break
- 11:30 - 1:00
- Topics
- Using the Impact Cycle & PEERS goals | Using an Instructional Playbook | Data conversations about engagement or achievement
- 1:00 - 1:30
- Break
- 1:30 - 3:30
- Topics
- Cultivating a network of support, including with my administrator | Coaching conversations by building an agenda | Demonstrating empathy with everyone in the school | Continuing my own learning about instructional coaching | Supporting adult learners | Planning time | End of session reflection | Closing moves