The document discusses coaching to improve teaching and learning. It recommends that all educators receive weekly observations and feedback, and that the most skilled teachers receive the most coaching. It also discusses peer coaching, Gordon's skill development ladder for teachers, and the importance of open versus closed environments for learning.

2. Coaching to Improve Teaching and Learning July 19, 2007 Stephen G. Barkley Performance Learning Systems 888.424.9700 [email_address]

3. Quality pg 10 “While quality is difficult to define precisely, it almost always includes caring for each other, is always useful , has always involved hard work on someone’s part and when we are involved with it as either a provider or a receiver, it always feels good. Because it feels so good, I believe all of us carry in our heads a clear idea of what quality is for ourselves.” William Glaser, M.D. Education Week, May 13, 1992

4. Coaching Beliefs page 18 1) Everyone working in the school should be observed once a week and receive feedback. 2) The most skilled and professional educators should be coached the most.

5. Peer Coaching page 24 EVALUATION Outside Criteria MENTORING PEER COACHING Teacher’s Choice SUPERVISION

6. page 14 Practice Consciously Gain Options Celebrate

7. Gordon’s Skill Development Ladder The Art of Teaching page 42 Unconsciously Talented Unconsciously Unskilled Consciously Unskilled Consciously Skilled Unconsciously Skilled Gordon’s (1974) Skill Development Ladder

8. Learning Dip pg45

9. Teacher Relationships Parallel Play Adversarial Relationships Congenial Relationships Collegial Relationships Roland S. Barth Relationships Within the Schoolhouse ASCD 2006

11. LIST QUESTIONS YOU USUALLY ASK IN PREOBSERVATION CONFERENCES

12. The Environment Influences page 57

13. CLOSED ENVIRONMENT Right/Wrong One Way Sequence Skills Test Control Authority Quick Fix

14. OPEN ENVIRONMENT Uncover Thinking Opinions Problem Solving Creativity Critical Thinking Discussion Emotions/Feeling Counseling

15. The Environmental Influences Right/Wrong One Way Sequence Skills Test Control Authority Quick Fix Uncover Thinking Opinions Problem Solving Creativity Critical Thinking Discussion Emotions/Feeling Counseling

17. LISTENING TEST page 93 You believe that . . . . . . . . . . . My focus is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I should notice . . . . . . . . . . . . .