Ensure every educator is engaged in the right work with a collective
focus on improved student learning. Aligned to the Professional Learning
Communities (PLC) at Work(R) model, this resource includes instructional
coaching tools, processes, protocols, templates, tips, and strategies
designed to support the multidimensional work of instructional coaches
and PLC training. Each chapter includes action steps and reflective
coaching activities, as well as suggestions for navigating some of the
most common issues instructional coaches face.
Use this book to understand the unique requirements of instructional
coaches in building a school that answers the four critical questions of
a PLC at Work:
- Learn how to provide PLC training and professional development for
collaborative teacher teams.
- Study three major variables that will affect instructional coaching
(capacity, culture, and context) and four major actions that will act
as guiding principles.
- Explore issues that can arise in PLC schools, as well as teacher
coaching strategies to help resolve these issues.
- Deepen your understanding of instructional coaching in a PLC with
helpful online reproducibles and teacher coaching tools.
- Acquire capacity-building strategies aligned to the four PLC
questions.
Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: How to Get Started as an Instructional Coach
Chapter 2: What Do We Want Students to Know and Be Able to Do?
Chapter 3: How Will We Know if They Have Learned It?
Chapter 4: How Will We Respond When Some Students Do Not Learn?
Chapter 5: How Will We Extend the Learning of Students Who Are Already
Proficient?
Epilogue: Maintaining the Momentum and Sustaining the Process
References and Resources
Index
