Light the Fire of Peer Coaching in Your School

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Light the Fire of Peer Coaching in Your School

• Ann Lumm
• Pam Gaviña
• Rene Castaneda
• Shelee King George

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Welcome

• Introductions
• Connecting
• In this session.

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Session Overview

• Effective professional development
• About the Peer Coaching Program
• Coaching in Practice

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Synectic

• How is professional development like/not like a
  campfire?

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Effective Professional Development

• On the job, job-embedded
• Long-term, ongoing
• Focused on classroom activities
• Highly collaborative environment
• Structured to offer chances to learn from others

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Classroom Impact
Type of Training Knowledge Mastery Skill Acquisition Classroom Application
Theory 85 15 5-10
PLUS
Practice 85 80 10-15
PLUS
Peer Coaching Study Teams Class Visits 90 90 80-90
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Think About Typical Technology Professional
Development

• Traditional training
• Focus on tools
• Hands on
• Lacks opportunity for reflection

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Misconceptions

• If you buy it, they will use it.
• If you buy it, it will change the way children
  learn.
• If you buy it, it develops 21st Century skills.

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Our Dreams As Educators

• What skills do our students need for their future?

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21st Century Skills US

• Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
• Written and Oral Communications
• Teamwork/Collaboration
• Diversity appreciation
• Information Technology Application
• Leadership

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Infrastructure

• Investment in bandwidth but not human bandwidth
• Time to invest in the Human Infrastructure
• Taking the Challenge

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Why Peer Coaching?

• Builds teacher leaders
• Collaboration and reflection
• Alignment - adds value

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Light the fire
How can we help teachers infuse technology to
enhance the teaching and learning process?
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Coaching in PracticeLighting the Fire
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The Isaac Story

• Technology integration professional development
  in 2006-2007
• One-shot training no follow-ups

• Isaac District PD needs in 2007-2009
• Limited time, staff, funds, access to PD
• 13 schools and a family literacy center

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Coaching arrives

• Looking for a Peer-Coaching model
• ADE exploration of Puget Sound model
• 2007-2009 EETT Grant requirement
• Facilitators trained Fall 2007
• Start small coaching with technology and math
  coaches
• Results

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The Isaac Story

• Implementation
• 8 schools participating in first cohort, Jan. to
  Dec. 2008
• 17 teachers
• Training structure
• Facilitator role
• Build capacity through model
• Second cohort will begin in Jan. 2009

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Coaching Impact in Isaac

• Teacher leaders
• Teacher technology skills
• Learning communities
• Shift happens
• Student achievement
• Technology literacy
• Administration awareness

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Testimonials
Helping teachers be their best. Rachel
Murphy Collaborating with other teachers and
learning from each other. Marcia
Suarez Helping others integrate technology into
the classroom. Diane Scott A great way to
collaborate. Janice Mc Nulty A way to
communicate effectively so you can collaborate
with peer teachers. Katie Darling A
continuous cycle of reflecting both by the coach
and the collaborating teacher. Tina
Chiu Having patience, understanding, and caring
of the people you work with. Araceli
Rocha Learning and putting into practice with
collaborating teachers effective ways to
integrate technology into the classroom.
Leticia Barrera
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Peer Coaching is

• Learning how to support/create (a) professional
  learning community among peers to integrate
  technology in an emotionally safe and fun
  environment.
• Nancy Gilloon

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Peer Coaching is

• Collaborating with your co-workers and
  reflecting (on) ideas with them.
• Peter Reyes

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Peer Coaching is

• A cyclical journey of collaborating, life-long
  learning and mutual support.
• Merlevic Tamondong

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Peer Coaching is

• Collaborating with other teachers to help
  enhance their lessons using technology.
• Tom Urias

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Peer Coaching is

• Collaboration among educators with a variety of
  differentiated instruction, targeting technology
  integration.
• Mary Gallegos

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Feel the Glow
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Peer Coaching Program
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Ways to get involved

• Use what you know now
• Become a coach
• Become a facilitator (Brochure)
• Advocate for leadership support to grow a peer
  coaching program

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Questions and contact info

• Shelee King George
• skgeorge_at_PSCTLT.ORG
• Ann Lumm
• alumm_at_schools.maricopa.gov
• Pam Gaviña
• pgavina_at_isaacschools.org
• Rene Castaneda
• rcastaneda_at_isaacschools.org