Coaching Through Collaboration
The new year is here! There is so much to think about, plan, and prepare. You're thinking to yourself, "I don't have time to take on one more thing," or "Coaching is not for me." Believe me, I hear you!
What is Student Centered Coaching?
Student Centered Coaching is:
- an opportunity for us to co-teach and learn in a partnership.
- guided by learning goals based on the standards and our curriculum.
- analyzing student evidence to guide our instruction.
It is not:
- evaluation.
- me telling someone what to do.
- a "fix the teacher" mental
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4th Grade Poetry Getting kids to write was fun and engaging through the use of poetry. Each week, students were introduced to a different style of poetry. Then, they were asked to write on their own. Check out the Padlet of poetry and you'll see how creative they were! | 2nd Grade Vocabulary The second grade team and I collaborated to explicitly teach students vocabulary words. These words came from read aloud books, reading and writing units, and other subject areas. We met weekly to choose the words, I modeled the routine, then teachers took it on. Since our time was cut short, we continued this model virtually for students. | 1st Grade Opinion Writing Michelle Wirick and I worked together to plan a mini-opinion writing unit that first graders could do virtually. Thinking through what we wanted the students to be able to, we planned a succession of writing lessons. Students would watch recorded lessons then do the writing. They posted their writing using SeeSaw and Michelle would use her Zoom meeting times to have students share their writing. |
4th Grade Poetry
Getting kids to write was fun and engaging through the use of poetry. Each week, students were introduced to a different style of poetry. Then, they were asked to write on their own. Check out the Padlet of poetry and you'll see how creative they were!
2nd Grade Vocabulary
The second grade team and I collaborated to explicitly teach students vocabulary words. These words came from read aloud books, reading and writing units, and other subject areas. We met weekly to choose the words, I modeled the routine, then teachers took it on. Since our time was cut short, we continued this model virtually for students.
1st Grade Opinion Writing
Michelle Wirick and I worked together to plan a mini-opinion writing unit that first graders could do virtually. Thinking through what we wanted the students to be able to, we planned a succession of writing lessons. Students would watch recorded lessons then do the writing. They posted their writing using SeeSaw and Michelle would use her Zoom meeting times to have students share their writing.
