Digging Out
Coaching Nuggets
Presented by
Brandy Nealy
Martin Osae
Libby Sluder
LaKimberly Wilson
Session Norms
Actively listen.
Support, but challenge one another in learning.
Be respectful of other’s needs and contributions.
Be responsible for your impact in the room.
Silence all technology; excuse yourself from the room
if you must attend to technology.
Take care of yourself.
Respect the time limits of the break.
Agenda
• Introduction
• Ice Breaker
• Coaching
• Building relationships
• Trust/Rapport
• Conversation
• Managing Up
Ice Breaker
Each table has a set of pictures on them.
Please select a picture and on a sticky note, answer
this simile:
Instructional Coaching is like a ________________,
because ___________________________________.
Table talk to share and designate someone from your
table to share with the group.
DISD’S Core Beliefs
• Our main purpose is to improve student
academic achievement.
• Effective instruction makes the most
difference in student academic performance.
• There is no excuse for poor quality instruction.
• With our help, at risk students will achieve at
the same rate as non-at risk students.
• Staff members must have a commitment to the
pursuit of excellence.
Session Objective
Campus Instructional Coaches (CIC) will :
• develop coaching strategies to build rapport
and trusting relationships with teachers and
administrators
• develop skills for communicating with
teachers and administrators.
What is a Coach?
Using a note card/sticky note,
take about 2 minutes and write
what being a coach means to
you.
A coach is…
Art Costa and Bob Garmston, the
founders of Cognitive Coaching, define it
as “a mediator, one who figuratively
stands between a person and his thinking
to help him become more aware of what
is going on inside his head.”
The Mighty Macs
Hoosiers
Building Relationships
Rapport
A relationship of mutual
understanding or trust and
agreement between people
Trust
Firm reliance on the integrity,
ability, or character of a
person
Ways to Build Rapport
• Mirror their body language
• Imitate their tonality
• Breathe like they breathe
• Match their rate of speech
• Acknowledge what they say
(paraphrase)
Reflecting/Sharing
Reflect on what you learned or your
take aways about building
relationships.
Coaching Conversations
Research has shown us that conversations coaches have with
teachers can drive the learning for all-coaches, teachers, and
students.
Building teacher capacity through professional learning conversations (Tanner, P. and Vains-Loy, D., 2009, Queensland Government).
Purposes for Coaching
Conversations
• Guide self-directedness
• Build capacity
• Promote cognitive shift
Coaching Process
•Planning
•Reflecting
Role Play Simulation
Coaching
Conversation
Role Play Simulation
Coaching
Conversation
Reflecting/Sharing
Reflect on what you noticed about the
Coach and Coachee in the role playing
simulation.
Reflecting/Sharing
Reflect/share on the “Art of
Managing Up”.
Demonstration of Learning
• Write three takeaways from this
session and tell how you will
implement them in your role as
CIC?
Closure
Coming together is a beginning;
keeping together is progress;
working together is success.
-Henry Ford