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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.