In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan discuss Chapter 3 of Coaching Matters "Roles and Responsibilities for Coaches"
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Ten Roles and Responsibilities of Coaches
Resource Provider
- Sharing and creating instructional resources with teachers
Data Coach
- Guiding teachers to access, analyze, and use relevant, formal, and informal data from multiple sources
- Help teachers learn how to gather data
- Help teachers to reflect through data
- Facilitating conversations that engage teachers in analyzing and using a variety of data to access student learning and adapt instruction
Instructional Specialist
- Engaging teachers in planning instruction and using effective, high-impact teaching strategies
- Facilitate planning of Tier 1 Instruction, and explores many ways for accessing learning and differentiating instruction, applying content-specific pedagogical instruction, and using instructional models that support student-centered instruction
Curriculum Specialist
- Deep content knowledge and are able to unpack standards to develop or use learning progressions or pacing charts for planning units and lessons
- Assisting teachers in accessing and using district curricula to align instruction to standards.
- Helping teachers integrate learning across disciplines to reinforce learning outcomes
- Building consistency and coherence across classrooms, grade levels, courses, and schools to ensure that the curriculum is implemented with integrity to ensure equity in learning
Classroom Supporter
- Working inside of classrooms to help teachers implement new effective instruction, practice new strategies, and implement curricula to promote student success
- Providing demonstrated lessons, co-teach, or observe and facilitate reflection conversations with teachers.
- Working to enhance teachers efficacy and improve teaching and student learning
- Planning and reflecting together on teaching and student learning.
- Raising a teacher's consciousness and skillfulness about making on the spot instructional decisions that respond to student learning needs.
Learning Facilitator
- Facilitate individual, small-group, and whole-faculty professional learning among staff members.
Mentor
- Mentoring novice teachers or new-to-the-school teachers
- Serving as role models, acculturate new teachers to the school, and advice new teachers about instruction, curriculum, procedures, practices, and school politics
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