Instructional Coach Weekly Update
Week of Aug. 31-4
Strategy Spotlight
- Do an introductory lesson
- Present a follow up lesson
- Make you a classroom poster with corresponding student handout for binder/interactive notebooks
- Help make accommodations for students struggling with this strategy
- Any other ideas you have!
Next Week Strategy Spotlight = Summary Writing
This Week
- Met with Jessica Quandahl and Barbara to continue conversations on reading in all areas of the day - whole group/core instruction, small group reading, and intervention time
- Helped get most grade levels up and running in Dreambox
- Met with Heather Evers to begin looking at programs currently being used at each grade level to serve special ed students and substantially deficient students
- Attended a grade level meeting with Susan Parker to look at teaching math by standards
- Worked on collecting information on IRAs used at each grade level
- Began some work with training/modeling Walpole Lessons with Barbara
- Attended all three grade level "Team Planning Meetings"
- Troubleshoot issues with getting into the Tier system and getting certified
Next Week
- District wide training on Tuesday
- Helping get all new Walpole kits prepared and dispersed
- Observing Walpole lessons at the Primary Building
- Helping troubleshoot with any issues on the Tier system
- I will be at the short team meetings on Friday with Jessica Quandahl
- Continue to attend grade level team planning meetings