Academic Coaching in USD 385

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Academic Coaching in USD 385

• Presented by
• Vickie Olsen, Elementary Coach
• Lori Gunzelman, Middle School Coach
• Mandy Chipas, High School Coach
• February 11, 2008

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• "He who dares to teach must never cease to
  learn.
• - Richard Henry Dann

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Change is Hard
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Why Academic Coaches?

• Andragogy Adults as Learners
• adults are motivated to learn based on experience
  and personal interests
• experience is the richest source for an adults
  learning
• adults have a deep need to be responsible for and
  to direct their own learning
• adults react positively to just-in-time training
• Knowles, Holton, Swanson (1998) 

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Getting Started

• KU Coaching Institute
• Emphasized the importance of relationships
• Lead to creation of The Menu, newsletters, and
  plans for staff relations.
• Trainings
• Beginning of school year
• Establish relationships with all teachers
• In-service training
• Met with new teachers

Conferences Trainings
The Menu
The Newsletters
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Conferences Trainings

• Marilyn Burns Math Solutions
• Bullseye Training
• KU Coaching Conference
• Skills for Difficult Conversations(KASCD)
• Brain-Friendly Instruction(KAGAN)
• NCTM Regional Math Conference
• KSDE Fall Assessment Conference
• McRel Instructional Strategies
• Additional behavorial content related
  conferences

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Supporting District Strategic Plan

• Improving Student Achievement
• Data Formative Assessment
• School Improvement Plans
• High Quality Instruction
• Collaboration/Instructional Strategies
• Modeling/Assisting/Observing
• Effective Use of Technology
• Resources
• Training/Integration

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Communication, Reflection, Planning
Log

• Documentation Logs
• Privacy of Teachers
• Turned in quarterly
• Wiki (courtesy of Shannon Fisher)
• Meetings with Principals Academic Coach PLC
• Bi-Monthly

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Our Data by Quarter
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Our Data
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Teacher Contact

• 91 (22/24) of Teachers at Cottonwood Elementary
  have used the Academic Coach in some manner
• 91 (61/67) of Middle School Teachers have used
  the Academic Coach in some manner
• 81 (64/79) of High School Teachers have used the
  Academic Coach in some manner

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Working with the Academic Coach

• USD 385 Teachers
• USD 385 Principals

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Where do we go from here?

• Continuation of support of BOE Goals
• Additional Support
• Job description
• Continued Learning
• "What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember.
• What I do, I understand." - Confucius