WCPSS Coaching Framework

Strengthening Consistency, Cohesion, and Clarity for Coaches in WCPSS

Why Coaching?

Components Knowledge Skill Transfer

Presentation of Theory 85% 15%

Demonstration/Modeling 85% 15%

Practice and Feedback 85% 80%

Coaching 90% 90%

Training, implementation, and transfer to teacher’s repertoire (adapted from Joyce & Showers, 1995)

5%-10%

5%-10%

10%-15%

80%-90%

Why the Coaching Framework?

The purpose of the Wake County Public Schools Coaching Framework is to provide consistency, cohesion, and clarity to the work of coaches in order to

● increase student achievement

● improve a reflective and collaborative professional culture

Why Now?

How Will Coaches Support This?

● Coaches will partner with the administrative team to align the systems and structures of the school to promote a reflective and collaborative school culture.

● Coaches will provide job-embedded professional learning in order to improve the quality of instruction resulting in increased achievement for all students.

What Will This Look Like?

All coaches will● work with teachers, provide strategic support to PLTs,

and partner with administrative teams

● attend on-going district facilitated professional learning

● follow expectations of coaches as outlined in the WCPSS Coaching Framework

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What Will This Look Like?

All principals will

● receive support and guidance through the WCPSS Coaching Framework

● engage in on-going professional learning, which will include opportunities to learn with your coaches

● ensure that all coaches will participate in the district professional learning and content coaching meetings

● evaluate all coaches using the Teacher Leader Specialist Evaluation

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How Will Coaches Be Hired?

As a part of the system of tiering levels of support for schools, we are phasing in a vetting process for the hiring of all coaches in WCPSS.

● 2015-2016 Hiring Process

o Elementary schools at 65% or higher will hire through a vetting process.

● 2016-2017 Vetting Process

o All coaches will be vetted centrally and go into a pool for principal selection.

Now What?

Improved Instruction = Student Achievement

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WCPSS Coaching Framework

Strengthening Consistency, Cohesion, and Clarity for Coaches in WCPSS

Success of Coaches

What factors influence the success of instructional coaches?

● Ink Your Thinking● Partner Share● Share with the Group

Share Out: Mentimeter

Live Results

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Factors that Influence Coach Success

● Having the right coaches in place● Professional learning for coaches● Time spent working with teachers● Research-based instructional practices● Principals and coaches work together● Protection of the coaching relationship ● Clearly defined roles of a coach

Hiring Process

● Having the right coaches in place

Monthly Activity Report

● Time spent working with teachers● Clearly defined roles of a coach

Professional Learning

● Professional learning for coaches● Research-based instructional practices● Principals and coaches working together

Coaching Cycle

● Time spent working with teachers

● Research-based instructional practices

● Protection of the coaching relationship

Evaluation of Coaches

● Having the right coaches in place

● Clearly defined roles of a coach

Factors that Influence Coach Success

● Having the right coaches in place● Professional learning for coaches● Time spent working with teachers● Research-based instructional practices● Principals and coaches work together● Protection of the coaching relationship ● Clearly defined roles of a coach

Most Important Point

● What is the MIP that resonates with you?

Difference Between Dogs & Cats

● How does this video relate to the roles of a coach?

Primary Roles of Coaches in WCPSS

Instructional Specialist

Curriculum Specialist

Classroom Supporter

Learning Facilitator

Clarify & Categorize

● Take out the four roles from the envelope.● Consider what a coach would do under each

of the four roles.● Sort each of the descriptors into the

appropriate category.Instructional

SpecialistCurriculum Specialist

Classroom Supporter

Learning Facilitator

Roles of Coaches in WCPSS

How can you protect the roles of the coach?

Discuss & jot down ideas as a table group.

What is the Value of a Coach?

Every time a coach helps a teacher implement a new teaching or learning strategy, the coach is helping every other student that teacher will teach. One step forward for a teacher is one step forward for hundreds or thousands of children.

Multiply that impact by all that a coach does every day, and you get a clear picture of the value of instructional coaches.

_Dr. Jim Knight