CW Magazine-Winter Edition | Page 38
School-Based Implementation Coaching
Implementation Supports | School-wide Implementation Coaching
Coaching is a
process!
Because we value outcomes, 80%
or more of the time spent on
performance support should be
devoted to “coaching” practitioners
how to do the intervention, better
and better over time.
Karen Blase and Dean Fixsen, University of
North Carolina - Chapel Hill
When is Coaching Needed?
1. When learning for the first time
2. When wanting to learn more
3. When trying to remember and/or apply
4. When things change
5. When something goes wrong
I don’t know how to
use these skills in my
classroom
Theory &
Discussion
Methods of Professional Development
How Coaching Works?
Why Coaching is Important?
0% transfer new skill into their practice after
learning theory.
I can demonstrate my
new skills in training
but I STILL don’t know
how to use this in my
classroom
Demonstration
in Training
Though 30% demonstrate skills in training, 0%
transfer new skills to practice after seeing it
demonstrated in training.
I can demonstrate my
new skills and I am
starting to understand
how to use these in
my classroom
Practice &
Feedback in
Training
5% will transfer new skills to classroom after
learning theory, seeing it demonstrated, practicing
and receiving corrective feedback during training.
Coaching in
Classroom
I can use my new skills
in my classroom!
I am a better educator
with coaching!
The Five Moments of Need©(Dr. Conrad Gottfredson 2010)
Who Needs Coaching?
After receiving coaching in the classroom, 90-95%
were able to demonstrate knowledge, and skill, and
use those skills in their classroom.
Joyce & Showers 2002
Individual Teacher
Fidelity of Professional
Development
Coaching bridges Professional
Development to practice
School Collaborative Data Team
Professional
Development Provider
Teachers and teams
improve practices
Teachers help peers
learn new practices
Coaching for Better Instruction = Improved Outcomes
The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the US Department of
Education to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
(#H323A120018). However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US
Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.