Coaching for education transformation

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14Gi8QDykz3spgza8vhTYkCTfvBS0lZAerosJiGpS90Y/mobilepresent?pli=1&slide=id.p

Elements of effective coaching

Let teachers own their plan

Listen, paraphrase and listen

Trust

Not be judgemental and evaluative

Relationship

Connect, collaborate and reflect

How does effective coaching transform education?

Thru collaborative conversation, build trust and relationship

Build connection

Target the learners' needs

How will coaching success be measured so that we can measure and assess

Coaching transforms professional learning which leads to instructional shifts and meets the needs of all learners and foster creativity and innovation

Use surveys like speak up to measure effectiveness of coaching on tech integration

How do the roles of the coaches impact highly effective digital age teaching and learning?

Based on standards

Authentic and meaningful

Real world and relevant to students

Active and collaborative where students can learn from peers and not teachers

Students being the creators of knowledge

How do we help teachers to do this

Get them to look at how to make task into authentic ones and not just report writing

How to make it into a community where students are collaborating

Give in class coaching to help teachers push away the hurddles that they may face

Coaches to model to teachers to show them that it is possible

Share resources

Use technology (e.g. Google handouts or even email) to support teachers if you are unable to be there in the classroom

How can we align coaching efforts in supporting learning standards?

Give reluctant teachers a reason to think about tech integration

Pedagogy and content drive tech - it is no talking about the tool then see how the tool fit into the curriculum

Start conversation with learning goals then slowing lead to the use of tech in bring out the goals

(Identify the learning goals then emphasise the skills)

What are the challenges of creating and sustaining a coaching model?

1) time - be creative to find time

2) access

3) staff culture - get teachers to share their successes (create ripple effect)

4) capacity

How do coaches keep themselves up to the skills?

Read as much as possible, e.g. from blogs

Final remarks from panelists

Who r the catalyst or catalytic for u as a coach?

Focus on relationship

Coaching is a passion. Be passionate about what you do.

Build teacher leadership

Best Pilot program

Pick Ps who wasn't an innovator

Give clear expectations n celebration

Teachers role modelling

How adults work together

Questions

When do we collaborate

When do we get these prof to sit down together n do something that is valuable

Solutions

Use tech to analyse data, plan, collaborate using google docs

90 mins PLC

2 staff meetings a mth:

First meeting all teachers to come together

Second meeting - vertical PLC where teachers looked at using tech in teaching

How do u go abt hiring innovative, collaborative, flexible, creative teachers?

Teachers who do tech really really well, it's not just saving time

Be honest with teachers

Teachers who are digital natives usually usually have difficulty letting children be in charge

Need to give support to trs to be able to empower students

Important to embed tech in what we do

Give empowerment to teachers

Make PD sessions as what u will do to students so that u model to them

Apps for learning of Algebra

Card clutter

- for developing number sense

- simple game which requires students to tap on the card with the smallest number

- there were different levels that they can select

Hop the number line

- practice on addition & subtract ions of integers

- teachers can select the level appropriate for their students

Tortoise & the Hare

- rate of change

- can get students to take a pic of the screen and then explain to teacher and class

- if u do 15ft/s for both

- constraint for students can be the smallest interval between the two

Action Grapher

- get students to thinking of the meaning and the rate

Reflection from Session on Planning, implementing & sustaining a blended learning program

During this workshop, the presenters shared that the 4 emerging models of blended learning:

But no matter what models we adopt, for blended learning to be successful, they added that there are 6 elements involved with the top 3 as the most important:

• Leadership
• Professional Development
• Teaching/Instructional Practice
• Operations/Admin Systems/Policy
• Content
• Technology

Reflecting on our programmes at ETD, we have definitely designed our programmes focussing on the top 3 areas: using TPACK as our design framework, we conducted differentiated PD for the different groups of people, e.g. LETP for school leaders; LAMP+ for key personnel; ICT mentors programmes for teachers. We are definitely on the right track. May we continue with the good work and hopefully one day we can share our suite of programmes with everyone else in the world. ;)