1. Introduction to digiCOACH Empowering Instructional Leaders Common Core Edition

2. Agenda What is digiCOACH? Why digiCOACH? How digiCOACH works Practice using digiCOACH digiCOACH Reports

4. Coaching Made Easy with iPad Supports informal classroom walkthroughs Guides the user through five focus areas Prewrites strategies, coaching tips and/or write your own notes Sends immediate feedback by email @

5. 5 minutes Walkthrough Evidence -Snapshot-

6. 5 minutes Longitudinal Walkthrough Evidence -Snapshots Over Time- 5 minutes

8. Evaluating Coaching

10. Provide immediate meaningful feedback to teachers Drive professional development decisions with data -The following slides are 2 large research studies - Why digiCOACH?

11. Research on Frequency of Feedback %0 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% At Least Weekly At Least Monthly At Least Twice a Year Once a Year Never Source: NCTQ Survey, February/March 2011 n=1,317 Frequency Figure 14. Frequency at which teachers report receiving feedback from their principal

12. Research on Quality of Feedback Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act On Teacher Effectiveness Survey of 15,000 teachers and 1,300 administrators in 12 districts in the states of AR, CO, IL, OH 73% 27% 45% 55% Source: The Widget Effect 2009

14. Let’s discuss the 5 Focus Areas Foundations Rigor and Relevance College and Career Readiness Literacy Across Content Areas Thinking Process

15. Foundations Focus: The posted Common Core Standard drives the objective to focus the lesson. Precision: The lesson provides opportunities for a narrow and deep learning outcome as it relates to the standard. Coherence: Learning objectives are organized to extend previous learning and the inter- relatedness among standards. Technology: Students utilize a wide range of multimedia tools to complete meaningful tasks related to the standard. Skip Focus Area Feedback

16. Rigor and Relevance Task: Student tasks apply core knowledge or skills to solve real- world problems. Inquiry: Students complete the inquiry process for real-world purposes. Applications: Students extend knowledge to relevant applications for interdisciplinary and contextual learning. Rigor: The lesson is complex and conceptually challenging, requiring students to deal with dilemmas, take positions, and conduct inquiry. Skip Focus Area Feedback

17. Literacy Across Content Areas Vocabulary: Students have repeated exposure to new words with opportunities for making connections in a variety of contexts. Complex Text: Students have sustained exposure to complex text with minimal scaffolding. Evidence: Students support and defend written and oral claims with text, data, and evidence. Writing: Students write across the content areas as part of the learning process. Skip Focus Area Feedback

18. Thinking Process Procedural Fluency: Students practice procedures to solve problems and complete tasks. Conceptual Understanding: Students formulate knowledge frameworks for a concept through contextual changes. Evaluation: Students evaluate claims or solutions based upon a set of values and criteria, verbally and in writing. Extension: Students extend concepts to complex and unpredictable situations, demonstrating academic perseverance. Feedback Skip Focus Area

19. College and Career Readiness Communication: Students listen, interpret, and articulate ideas verbally and in writing across the disciplines. Collaboration: Student collaboration includes academic language and rich discussion related to the learning task. Critical Thinking: Students reflect critically during learning experiences and processes. Creativity: Student ideas reflect evidence of originality, inventiveness, and innovation. All four indicators noted during this walkthrough. Feedback Skip Focus Area All four indicators skipped during this walkthrough.

20. @ Communication is the Key! Teachers receive feedback immediately by email.

21. Types of Feedback Strengths Evidence Support Tips Strategies Coaching Tips

22. Auto Generated Text Strategy/Strengths Selected by Coach Coaching Tip/Support Selected by Coach On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:05 AM, digiCOACH wrote: Debbie, Thank you for allowing me to observe your instruction today. I saw many effective teaching strategies that were utilized during your lesson. I have included some of the positive strategies that I observed, as well as coaching tips for use in future lessons. Strategy – Strategy- Rigor and Relevance/ Tasks: When you had the students apply core knowledge to teach other students, you made the learning more meaningful. Strategy – Foundations/Precision: When your lesson aligns the standard to a narrow focus, you maximize students’ learning. Coaching Tip – Literacy Across Content Areas/ Writing: To add a formative assessment component to guide instruction, have the students complete a Think-Pair-Share during the lesson. Regards, Steve Hamilton @ Feedback Email

23. 5 minutes Walkthrough Evidence -Snapshot- @

24. Let’s Try One! www.teachingchannel.org Keywords: What’s Fun About Surface Area www.youtube.com Keywords: Whole Brain Teaching: High School Math www.vimeo.com Keywords: Integrating WITS LEADS in the classroom- A Grade 4 Language Arts Lesson Suggested Resources Suggestion: Concentrate on one Focus Area until calibration and common meaning occur. Suggestion: Concentrate on one Focus Area until calibration and common meaning occur.

26. 5 minutes Longitudinal Walkthrough Evidence -Snapshots Over Time- 5 minutes

27. Focus Area Summary  What are this school’s strengths?  In which areas would professional development be most beneficial for this site?  What additional information would be beneficial? FoundationsRigor and Relevance College and Career Readiness Literacy Across Content Areas Thinking Process

28. Rigor and Relevance Summary  What are this school’s strengths?  In which areas would professional development be most beneficial for this site?  What additional information would be beneficial? Task Inquiry Applications Rigor

29. Focus Area Comparison  When focusing on Rigor and Relevance, which subject area could provide the most support?  What other questions can be answered when looking at this report? ELA MathScience Social Studies

30. Empowering Instructional Leaders