Post-Conference Coaching

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Post-Conference Coaching

• Begins with open-ended question
• Teacher does most of the talking
• Observers comments are grounded in facts
• Paraphrasing shows that you value what
  you are hearing

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Successful Conferences Always
Provide Positive Feedback Specific and
genuine Build Trust and Integrity Be honest
Stick to the facts DOCUMENT!! Use student
data Encourage Collaboration Set goals Plan the
next meeting and/or observation
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Tips for Successful Conferences

• Build in support
• Provide realistic resources
• Always focus on teachers efforts and students
  success in the achievement of learning outcomes
• Are positive and celebrate success

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4 Questions to always ask during the Post
Conference

• What did you want students to learn?
• How did you know that they learned it?
• How did you respond when they didnt learn it?
• How did you respond when they already knew it?
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Reflective Coaching during Teacher Evaluation
Process
PRE-CONFERENCE COACHING What are the teachers
goals? (before lesson or PDP) What actions are
planned? What are the Indicators of success? What
new learning might occur? (for the teacher).


GOAL SETTING Assess growth and revise plan
or begin new inquiry
OBSERVATION Observe teachers
actions/activities Observe students for
indicators of success

CONTINUOUS REFLECTION What were the teachers
feelings and impressions through the
process? Continue to synthesize/construct new
knowledge. Plan to transfer that knowledge and
build upon it. Reflect on the coaching process
and explore refinements.
POST-CONFERENCE CONFERENCE Summarize impressions
and recall supporting information Analyze causal
factors compare, analyze, infer, and determine
cause-and-effect relationships. Construct new
learning and applications Commit to applications.
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Creating Questions
Start with any element or descriptor that was not
observed. What questions would you ask the
teacher to generate discussion for improving the
lesson? Create 3-5 questions that you can ask
during the post conference discussion with the
teacher. A reflective coach collects data and
learns to pose questions to engage the teacher in
reflective thinking.
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Possible Question you can ask during the Post
Conference
What was expected to happen in the lesson? What
actually happened in the lesson? Why do you
think happened? What did you
(the teacher) observe? What do you think
was/were the reason(s) for this? Do you see a
connection between and _____ ? What does
remind you of ? What do you think
your lesson strengths were? What do you think
was the reason for this strength? Can you tell
me more about? (Data or formative
assessment) What would you do differently next
time? Why would you do
differently? How else could you do
_____________? Why would you do
the same? How will that provide the
outcome you want? What should be the focus of
our next observation?
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Closing Reflections

• How have the collegial conversations today
  impacted your view of how observations and
  conferences with a teacher can to help develop
  support systems to strengthen evaluation and
  teaching?
• What will you, individually and collectively, do
  different as a result of your learning?
• What next actions seem most promising?

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References

• Cognitive Coaching What is it? (2011). UTEACH.
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• Costa, A. Garmston, R. (1985, February)
  "Supervision for Intelligent Teaching."
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• Costa, A. Garmston, R. (1992) Cognitive
  Coaching A Strategy For Reflective Teaching
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• Costa, A. Garmston, R.(2002). Cognitive
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