Instructional Coaching
The Components of Coaching
Jim Knight
Kansas Coaching Project
jknight@ku.edu
What does research say about the
experience of change?
What do instructional coaches do?
Our questions for today
It’s not easy
to lead change
Prochaska, Norcross, DiClemente, &
Crawley. (1994). Changing for good.
Prochaska
Pre-contemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
Termination
Instructional
coaches
understand change
as a process
What is an
instructional
coach?
Coaching Components
Enroll
Identify
Explain
Model (You watch me)
Observe (I watch you)
Explore (Collaborative Exploration of
Data)
Support
Reflect
Enroll
Enroll
Interviews
Principal referral
Large-group presentations
Small-group presentations
Informal conversations
Identify
4
The Big Four
• Classroom management
• Content Enhancement
• Instruction
• Assessment for learning
Explain
Venn Diagram
From Scanlon, D, Deshler, Schumaker, J. (1999). The Order Routine.
Lawrence, KS: Edge Enterprises
A Teaching Routine
Cue
 Name the graphic organizer
 Explain how it will help them learn
 Specify what they need to do
Do
 Walk through the device
 Involve the students
 Shape student responses (Connect & Redirect)
 Evaluate student understanding
 Re-instruct if necessary
Review
 Ask questions about the information
 Ask questions about how the graphic organizer works
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OBSERVATION FORM
Teacher:__________Unit/Content: ____________ Date: ____________School: ____________ Module: ____________
TEACHING PRACTICE
OBS.
COMMENTS
Model
Observe
Explore
A language of on-going
regard
Constructive Feedback
Coach
Uses data to
shape
Teacher
Partnership Feedback
Data
Teacher
Dialogue
Coach
Coaching Components
Enroll
Identify
Explain
Model (You watch me)
Observe (I watch you)
Explore (Collaborative Exploration of
Data)
Refine
Why focus on instruction?
What about resistance & change?
What does the research show?
What is instructional coaching?
What is the theory behind
instructional coaching?
Our questions for today