Ideas+for+Coaching+Courses

On this page, please list ideas for coaching course topics.

Proposed Course Topics (Please suggest other names for the course topic ideas.)

Overview
Possible text - Knight, Jim. Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction []

Leading Change in Schools
Importance of local culture and demographics Possible text: Reeves, Douglas B. Leading Change in Your School: How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment, and Get Results

Why Instructional Collaboration and Coaching?
Why it is needed and what it is The Principal/Coach Relationship and Roles - possible text: Hall & Simerall. Building Teachers' Capacity for Success: A Collaborative Approach for Coaches and School Leaders

Mentoring New Teachers
possible text: The Mentor's Handbook: Practical Suggestions for Collaborative Reflection and Analysis

Collaborating
Becoming a Teacher Leader (50 copies only) (50 copies only) Confidentiality and building trust Teacher buy-in and ownership How do I begin? Using the BDA Process Listening Using questioning Tools Possible texts: Danielson, Charlotte. Talk About Teaching; Leading Professional Conversations Toll, Kathy. Survival Guide for Literacy Coaches

Facilitating Professional Development
Study groups Faculty meetings Department meetings In-service sessions IU CPE courses Establishing and maintaining teacher leadership teams

Using Data Effectively
Facilitating conversations on behavioral data Using Formative Assessment to Guide Instruction Facilitating conversations on 4Sight data Facilitating conversations on emetric data Facilitating conversations on formative assessment

Leading Professional Development
- How to Have Fierce Conversations and Survive (tentative title - content to include a lot of the prof development we got from our mentors/Foundations/etc.)