Coaches Training and Networking
Coaching is professional development that involves professional
learners supporting other professional learners, and it is one
approach that helps build a learning community that increases
classroom effectiveness and student outcomes. Click
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to view locations, addresses and directions.
If the goal of professional development is to increase teacher
effectiveness and student outcomes, how are traditional methods
currently working? According to Joyce and Showers (2002)
professional development that is well designed and includes
practice and demonstration results in only a 5% increase in
classroom implementation and use of new skills. However, if a
coaching component is added the likelihood of those skills being
used in the classroom increases to 95%.
Jim Knight says, "Coaching is not a quick
fix, it is an approach that offers time and support to teachers to
reflect, converse, explore and practice new ways of thinking about
and doing this remarkably important and complex act, called
teaching. Coaching puts teachers' needs at the heart of
professional learning by individualizing their learning and by
positioning teachers as professionals." From Instructional
Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction, 2007,
Corwin Press. Click here for
additional resources on coaching.
Have more questions about coaching? Click here for our Coaching
Q&A.
Level 1 Coaching Training
Level 1 Coaching Training will help coaches understand:
- What type of coaching are we talking about
- Why we are moving to a "coaching" model
- Why teachers want coaching
- The role of the administrator in a coaching and support
model
Level 2 Coaching Training
Level 2 Coaching Training will assist coaches in building a
foundation for coaching within their schools and practicing
coaching skills that support teams. Topics include:
- Stages of team development
- Defining roles and responsibilities within the team
- Using coaching to evaluate, consult, collaborate and coach
- Building trust and rapport
- Seven norms of collaboration (Pausing, Paraphrasing, Probing,
Putting ideas on the table, Paying attention to self and others,
Presuming positive intentions, Promoting a spirit of inquiry)
- Moving from dialogue to discussion
- Skillful facilitation
Level 3 Coaching Training
Level 3 Coaching Training will help coaches:
- Learn how to use dialogue to explore, activate and organize
data to support decision making.
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Level 1 Coaches Training
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| 9/16/2009 |
Mount Vernon |
| 9/30/2009 |
Tinley Park |
| 10/01/2009 |
Bloomington |
| 11/17/2009 |
Carterville |
| 11/19/2009 |
Tinley Park |
Level 2 Coaches Training
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| 10/27/2009 |
Rockford |
| 11/12/2009 |
Bloomington |
| 11/17/2009 |
Carterville |
| 11/19/2009 |
Tinley Park |
Level 3 Coaches Training
|
| 02/03/2010 |
Bloomington |
| 05/13/2010 |
Dixon |
| 05/18/2010 |
Carterville |