1. Diane Curry, Teacher Consultant Mary Sue Weis, Teacher Consultant
ACADEMIC COACHING
Diane Curry, Teacher Consultant
Berrien RESA
Mary Sue Weis, Teacher Consultant

2. General Principles of Academic Coaching
Be a good role model of listening and guiding
Prompt, reinforce, acknowledge and encourage efforts
Use problem solving strategies:
Define problem
Brainstorm solution
Pick one to try
Follow-up
Focus on what we can change, not on what we cannot change
Help team to stay on topic and move forward

3. A COACH’S ROLE Big Ideas:
Expert
Doing for
Direct Student Support
Coach
Facilitator
Doing with
Direct Team Support

4. Roles and Responsibilities of Academic Coaches May Include:
To assist teachers to improve classroom instruction
Model lessons and strategies
Observe lessons and provide POSITIVE feedback
Advise and support teachers with:
Materials Planning
Instruction Assessment
Collaborate with teachers in grade level and vertical team meetings
Provide Professional Development
Team teach a lesson
Help with organization and management of materials
Develop intervention plans for struggling students
Make a plan for progress monitoring data
Meet with parents and teachers to discuss progress or concerns
Provide POSITIVE moral support

5. What do we want them to know…
UNIVERSAL SCREENING
Targets all students
Valid and reliable
Quickly administered
Easily administered
Allows for immediate instructional response to evaluation data

6. How do we know if they have it…
Analyze the data
School-wide
Classroom
Individual Students
Validate the need
Gather additional data
“Dig Deeper”

7. What do we do with those who don’t have it…
Problem solve:
Develop a “plan”
Provide the Intervention:
Who What When Where
Evaluate the Intervention:
If necessary modify/change the intervention
Time Intensity Duration
*** BE RELENTLESS !!!***

8. ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES:
Create Systems, not just programs, to support each and every student
Earlier rather than later
Evidence, not opinion

9. BOTTOM LINE… Data based decision-making In a team environment
Embedded evidence-based practice
Improved student achievement

10. COACHING SCENARIO Coaching Role What it would look like
What it would not look like