Montgomery County R-II SchoolsNovember 8, 2012

School Board ReportTitle I Instructional Coaches

introducing

Mrs. Jeania Burton, Literacy Coach Mrs. MaryAnn Loughran, Math Coach

C – Community BuildingO – ObservingA – AnalyzingC – CommunicatingH - Helping

What is an Instructional Coach?

One who trains teachers, facilitates lessons, supports instruction, and is a professional learner.

1Best Practices &

Educational Resources

2Continuous Professional

Development

3Collect & Analyze Data

1Best Practices&

Educational Resources

Help transition from Grade Level Expectations to the Common Core Standards

Organized our teachers’ resource library of professional books.

Organized and became familiar with resources available in the book room.

Sort through and evaluate websites, electronic resources, games and lessons plans to find the best practices for our teacher’s use.

Help to share effective practices our classroom teachers are using with other teachers in the district.

Study Island & Education City

2 2Continuous Professional

Development

Classroom ObservationsModeling lessonsCo-Teaching LessonsIndividual teacher discussion/reflectionGrade level discussionsGrade Level Meeting ParticipationNew Math Series TrainingStudy Island Implementation Training

Daily 5 Guided Reading Shared Reading

Guided Reading Writer’s Workshop Guided Math Math Journals

2MAP dataCommon AssessmentsSMART GoalsData TeamsResponse to InterventionProfessional Learning Communities

3

Collect & Analyze Data

We are helping teachers find effective ways to collect and USE data daily to guide their classroom instruction and improve student achievement.

Working to Improve Student

Achievement!

A strategy to promotehigher level thinking:

Turn & Talk

• Changes we have noticed since the beginning of the year:

• More consistent implementation of guided reading among grade levels.

• Teachers demonstrating more confidence with formative assessment.

• Regularly scheduled writing conferences with individual students.

• Goal setting and student self assessment.

• Teachers are beginning to understand our role in the buildings and requesting our assistance.

Students taking responsibility for

their own learning!

What the research says: This isn’t a new idea. Many

districts are using coaches in classrooms to promote ongoing professional development and

teaching consistently with fidelity.

*Our PLC coach, Vicky Robb, shared that districts who want to effectively implement a balanced literacy program, need to have instructional coaches to guide classroom teachers and

ensure it is being taught with fidelity.

Coaches help teachers improve instruction and facilitate learning!

Mrs. Jeania Burton, Literacy Coach Mrs. MaryAnn Loughran, Math Coach

Montgomery County R-II SchoolsNovember 8, 2012

School Board ReportTitle I Instructional Coaches