Quality Teaching in a Culture of Coaching: Peer Coaching as a Tool for Academies July 8, 2009 Stephen G. Barkley Performance Learning Systems 6227 Lower Mountain Road New Hope, PA blogs.plsweb.com
Quality pg 10 “While quality is difficult to define precisely, it almost always includes caring for each other, is always useful, has always involved hard work on someone’s part and when we are involved with it as either a provider or a receiver, it always feels good. Because it feels so good, I believe all of us carry in our heads a clear idea of what quality is for ourselves.” “Quality, Trust, and Redefining Education” by William Glasser, M.D., Education Week, May 13, 1992
Additional Quality Items Above and Beyond WOW!
Coaching Beliefs pg 18 1)Everyone working in the school should be observed once a week and receive feedback. 2)The most skilled and professional educators should be coached the most.
Peer Coaching pg 24 EVALUATION Outside Criteria SUPERVISION MENTORING PEER COACHING Teacher’s Choice
pg 14 Practice Consciously Gain Options Celebrate
Unconsciously Talented Unconsciously Unskilled Consciously Unskilled Consciously Skilled Unconsciousl y Skilled Gordon’s (1974) Skill Development Ladder Gordon’s Skill Development Ladder The Art of Teaching page 42
Learning Dip pg 45
Teacher Relationships Parallel Play Adversarial Relationships Congenial Relationships Collegial Relationships Roland S. Barth Relationships Within the Schoolhouse ASCD 2006
LIST QUESTIONS YOU WOULD ASK IN A PREOBSERVATION CONFERENCE
The Environment Influences pg 57
CLOSED ENVIRONMENT Right/Wrong One Way Sequence Skills Test Control Authority Quick Fix
OPEN ENVIRONMENT Uncover Thinking Opinions Problem Solving Creativity Critical Thinking Discussion Emotions/Feeling Counseling
The Environmental Influences Right/Wrong One Way Sequence Skills Test Control Authority Quick Fix Uncover Thinking Opinions Problem Solving Creativity Critical Thinking Discussion Emotions/Feeling Counseling
pg 88
LISTENING TEST Pg 20 You believe that My focus is I should notice
How Administrators Support Peer Coaching Technical Coaching Staff Development Collegial Coaching Relationships Challenge Coaching Solutions & Opportunities Robert J. Garmston (1987)