This document summarizes a presentation on coaching given at the PROCEDE 2014 conference in Mont Tremblant. It discusses various aspects of coaching such as the coach's role, components of effective coaching like collaboratively exploring data, levels of listening, and types of feedback. It also provides examples of open-ended questions coaches can ask and questions to foster reflection. The overall content suggests coaching can help improve teachers' instructional practices and professional development when done through collaborative data analysis and questioning techniques.
Creating Thematic Units Using Inquiry - BCTELA October 23, 2013Jonathan Vervaet
A presentation given and created with English teachers at BCTELA Conference in Ladner, BC on October 23, 2013. Topics were curriculum design, essential questions, and thematic units.
What do you think is the key to achieving our goals, our success? Some people suggest things like hard work, focus, persistence.
But research shows these are all by products of something else —something much more powerful that we can all develop. It is this very special something that really is critical to success.
Someone who has achieved great success is Josh Waitzkin, a chess international master and the subject of the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer. Nobody has won all the national chess championships that Josh has, but even more impressive, when he turned 21 he took on the challenge mastering something completely new and very different from chess —Marshall Arts.
He realized that he had learned how to grow and succeed, and he could apply that understanding to other domains. And so, he devoted himself relentlessly to Tai Chi Chuan, and after lots of hard work, many failures and some broken joints, he became a great martial artist and he won two World Championships. Now he's off to jui-jitsu.
So what does Josh say is the greatest thing that ever happened to him? Believe it or not, he says losing my first national chess championship because it helped me avoid many of the psychological traps.
A growth mindset is key in helping language learners understand how their effort can equal results. Language learning is hard work, filled with challenges and sometimes setbacks. Knowing that we become smarter as we learn new things is a practical way to encourage and motivate students to keep working hard as they learn a new language.
The Power of an Agile Mindset - Linda RisingAgileSparks
I've wondered for some time whether much of Agile's success was the result of the placebo effect, that is, good things happened because we believed they would. The placebo effect is a startling reminder of the power our minds have over our perceived reality. Now cognitive scientists tell us that this is only a small part of what our minds can do. Research has identified what I like to call "an agile mindset," an attitude that equates failure and problems with opportunities for learning, a belief that we can all improve over time, that our abilities are not fixed but evolve with effort. What's surprising about this research is the impact of an agile mindset on creativity and innovation, estimation, and collaboration in and out of the workplace. I'll relate what's known about this mindset and share some practical suggestions that can help all of us become even more agile.
Mindsets are your beliefs and they affect your life and your success in business and your life.
Do you let failure or success define your life, or do you view them as opportunities? Do you view your qualities carved in stone and that you will have to prove yourself over and over and over or that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life.
Do you view your life as a test or as a journey.
Creating Thematic Units Using Inquiry - BCTELA October 23, 2013Jonathan Vervaet
A presentation given and created with English teachers at BCTELA Conference in Ladner, BC on October 23, 2013. Topics were curriculum design, essential questions, and thematic units.
What do you think is the key to achieving our goals, our success? Some people suggest things like hard work, focus, persistence.
But research shows these are all by products of something else —something much more powerful that we can all develop. It is this very special something that really is critical to success.
Someone who has achieved great success is Josh Waitzkin, a chess international master and the subject of the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer. Nobody has won all the national chess championships that Josh has, but even more impressive, when he turned 21 he took on the challenge mastering something completely new and very different from chess —Marshall Arts.
He realized that he had learned how to grow and succeed, and he could apply that understanding to other domains. And so, he devoted himself relentlessly to Tai Chi Chuan, and after lots of hard work, many failures and some broken joints, he became a great martial artist and he won two World Championships. Now he's off to jui-jitsu.
So what does Josh say is the greatest thing that ever happened to him? Believe it or not, he says losing my first national chess championship because it helped me avoid many of the psychological traps.
A growth mindset is key in helping language learners understand how their effort can equal results. Language learning is hard work, filled with challenges and sometimes setbacks. Knowing that we become smarter as we learn new things is a practical way to encourage and motivate students to keep working hard as they learn a new language.
The Power of an Agile Mindset - Linda RisingAgileSparks
I've wondered for some time whether much of Agile's success was the result of the placebo effect, that is, good things happened because we believed they would. The placebo effect is a startling reminder of the power our minds have over our perceived reality. Now cognitive scientists tell us that this is only a small part of what our minds can do. Research has identified what I like to call "an agile mindset," an attitude that equates failure and problems with opportunities for learning, a belief that we can all improve over time, that our abilities are not fixed but evolve with effort. What's surprising about this research is the impact of an agile mindset on creativity and innovation, estimation, and collaboration in and out of the workplace. I'll relate what's known about this mindset and share some practical suggestions that can help all of us become even more agile.
Mindsets are your beliefs and they affect your life and your success in business and your life.
Do you let failure or success define your life, or do you view them as opportunities? Do you view your qualities carved in stone and that you will have to prove yourself over and over and over or that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life.
Do you view your life as a test or as a journey.
2017 Convene Canada AHP conference presentation on leadership. Some say that leaders make or break organizations and I say, having an organizational leader with a growth mindset is absolutely key to thriving in today's competitive environment.
An overview of Dr. Carol Dweck's "Growth Mindset" concept, as popularized by her Mindset book and TED talk. As a manager, I used this presentation to help my team members embrace change at work by understanding they can learn new skills and use setbacks and feedback to ultimately be successful in a changing work environment.
Most people believe personality traits are fixed characteristics that are present at birth and persist throughout an individual’s lifetime. Recent research, however, indicates these “fixed” traits are simply the symptoms of a person’s belief system. These beliefs can be so strong, in fact, that they positively or negatively influence every aspect of an individual’s life: sports, business, relationships, parenting, teaching, and coaching.
According to Carol S. Dweck, one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation, there are two main belief systems, or mindsets, that people can possess. These mindsets strongly influence the way individuals respond to success and failure, and in Mindset, Dweck uses research, examples of well-known business and sports leaders, and specific scenarios to demonstrate how changing one’s mindset can profoundly affect the outcome of almost every situation. Dweck also explains how understanding the basics of mindsets can help in accepting and understanding relationships and the people who comprise them
Sample Peer Instruction questions for CSUgritPeter Newbury
A collection of peer instruction questions, some good and some deliberately bad, for my workshop on teaching expertise with peer instruction at the Cal State University Symposium on University Teaching.
Peter Newbury
UC San Diego
March 13, 2015
"Embrace the importance of now, and refuse to allow the lull of comfort, fear, familiarity, and ego to prevent you from taking action on your ambitions...The cost of inaction is vast. Don't go to your grave with your best work inside of you. Choose to die empty."
Most of us live with the stubborn idea that we'll always have tomorrow to do our most important and valuable work. We fill our days with frantic activity, bouncing from task to task, scrambling to make deadlines and chase the next promotion. But by the end of each day we're often left asking ourselves "did the work I do today really matter?" We feel the ticking of the clock, but we're stuck in first gear, unsure of the path forward and without a road map to guide us.
Here's the hard truth: sooner or later all of our tomorrows will run out, so how we choose to spend today is significant. Each day that we postpone difficult tasks and succumb to the clutter that chokes creativity, discipline, and innovation results in a net deficit to the world, our organizations, and ourselves.
Die Empty is a tool for people who aren't willing to put off their most important work for another day. Todd Henry explains the forces that keep us in stagnation, and introduces a process for instilling consistent practices into your life that will keep you on a true and steady course.
It's not about slaving over a project or living on a whim--it's about embracing the idea that time is finite and making the unique contribution to the world that only you can make. Henry shows how to cultivate the mind-set and the methods you need to sustain your enthusiasm, push through mental barriers, and unleash your best work each day. His guiding principles and checkpoints include:
• Define Your Battles: Counter aimlessness by defining your goals wisely and build your life around achieving them.
• Be Fiercely Curious: Prevent boredom from dulling your senses by approaching your work with a curious mind-set.
• Step Out of Your Comfort Zone: Make a valuable contribution to the world by getting uncomfortable and embracing lifelong growth and skill development.
• ...and many more.
Sure to bring a newfound clarity and a sense of urgency to how you approach your work every day, Die Empty will help you reach for and achieve your goals.
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Slides for a workshop on teaching students to think like experts using peer instruction at the Cal State University Symposium on University Teaching.
Peter Newbury
UC San Diego
March 13, 2015
A brief evidence-based presentation (approximate run time 1 hour) for Youth Workers. This is aimed towards residential settings, but general enough for other contexts. Empowering your team to increase self-awareness is likely to improve their practice and engagement.
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2017 Convene Canada AHP conference presentation on leadership. Some say that leaders make or break organizations and I say, having an organizational leader with a growth mindset is absolutely key to thriving in today's competitive environment.
An overview of Dr. Carol Dweck's "Growth Mindset" concept, as popularized by her Mindset book and TED talk. As a manager, I used this presentation to help my team members embrace change at work by understanding they can learn new skills and use setbacks and feedback to ultimately be successful in a changing work environment.
Most people believe personality traits are fixed characteristics that are present at birth and persist throughout an individual’s lifetime. Recent research, however, indicates these “fixed” traits are simply the symptoms of a person’s belief system. These beliefs can be so strong, in fact, that they positively or negatively influence every aspect of an individual’s life: sports, business, relationships, parenting, teaching, and coaching.
According to Carol S. Dweck, one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation, there are two main belief systems, or mindsets, that people can possess. These mindsets strongly influence the way individuals respond to success and failure, and in Mindset, Dweck uses research, examples of well-known business and sports leaders, and specific scenarios to demonstrate how changing one’s mindset can profoundly affect the outcome of almost every situation. Dweck also explains how understanding the basics of mindsets can help in accepting and understanding relationships and the people who comprise them
Sample Peer Instruction questions for CSUgritPeter Newbury
A collection of peer instruction questions, some good and some deliberately bad, for my workshop on teaching expertise with peer instruction at the Cal State University Symposium on University Teaching.
Peter Newbury
UC San Diego
March 13, 2015
"Embrace the importance of now, and refuse to allow the lull of comfort, fear, familiarity, and ego to prevent you from taking action on your ambitions...The cost of inaction is vast. Don't go to your grave with your best work inside of you. Choose to die empty."
Most of us live with the stubborn idea that we'll always have tomorrow to do our most important and valuable work. We fill our days with frantic activity, bouncing from task to task, scrambling to make deadlines and chase the next promotion. But by the end of each day we're often left asking ourselves "did the work I do today really matter?" We feel the ticking of the clock, but we're stuck in first gear, unsure of the path forward and without a road map to guide us.
Here's the hard truth: sooner or later all of our tomorrows will run out, so how we choose to spend today is significant. Each day that we postpone difficult tasks and succumb to the clutter that chokes creativity, discipline, and innovation results in a net deficit to the world, our organizations, and ourselves.
Die Empty is a tool for people who aren't willing to put off their most important work for another day. Todd Henry explains the forces that keep us in stagnation, and introduces a process for instilling consistent practices into your life that will keep you on a true and steady course.
It's not about slaving over a project or living on a whim--it's about embracing the idea that time is finite and making the unique contribution to the world that only you can make. Henry shows how to cultivate the mind-set and the methods you need to sustain your enthusiasm, push through mental barriers, and unleash your best work each day. His guiding principles and checkpoints include:
• Define Your Battles: Counter aimlessness by defining your goals wisely and build your life around achieving them.
• Be Fiercely Curious: Prevent boredom from dulling your senses by approaching your work with a curious mind-set.
• Step Out of Your Comfort Zone: Make a valuable contribution to the world by getting uncomfortable and embracing lifelong growth and skill development.
• ...and many more.
Sure to bring a newfound clarity and a sense of urgency to how you approach your work every day, Die Empty will help you reach for and achieve your goals.
Teaching students to think like experts using peer instruction - CSUgritPeter Newbury
Slides for a workshop on teaching students to think like experts using peer instruction at the Cal State University Symposium on University Teaching.
Peter Newbury
UC San Diego
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A brief evidence-based presentation (approximate run time 1 hour) for Youth Workers. This is aimed towards residential settings, but general enough for other contexts. Empowering your team to increase self-awareness is likely to improve their practice and engagement.
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5. THREE QUESTIONS
On your slip of paper, please write three questions
that you would like someone to ask you in order to find
out a little more about you.
Now, turn to someone at the table, and ask your
questions to your partner.
Lastly, exchange your slips of paper. Now, leave your
table and find another r colleague in the room. Ask
that person your “new” questions.
Now repeat the last step. Exchange, meet, ask.
12. COACHES IN YOUR LIFE
Think of one or more important coaches in your
life. What story or stories can you share about the
relationship(s)?
“Every day, we wager the future of this
country on our teachers. We are daily entrusting
the dreams of our young people to those who
teach them. Whether those dreams are
delayed, denied, or fulfilled is ours to decide.”
13. QUESTIONS FOR OUR SESSION
What is a coach?
What is a coach’s role? the teachers’ role?
How to draw the line between coaching and
supervision?
How can coaching impact on teachers’
professional development?
How to coach? What is the cycle of coaching?
14. The purpose of staff development is not just to
implement isolated instructional innovations; its
central purpose is to build strong collaborative
work cultures that will develop the long-term
capacity for change.
Michael Fullan
16. Recent Research
Indicates That With
Coaching,
Implementation rates
rise…
85% - 90%
University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning
Research on
Instructional
Coaching
17.
18. ANDROGOGY
Knowles' theory can be stated with six assumptions related to
motivation of adult learning:
Adults need to know the reason for learning something (Need to
Know)
Experience (including error) provides the basis for learning activities
(Foundation).
Adults need to be responsible for their decisions on education;
involvement in the planning and evaluation of their instruction (Self-concept).
19. Adults are most interested in learning subjects having
immediate relevance to their work and/or personal
lives (Readiness).
Adult learning is problem-centered rather than
content-oriented (Orientation).
Adults respond better to internal versus external
motivators (Motivation).
Knowles, Malcolm (1980).
19
ANDROGOGY…
20. ADULT LEARNER ROLES
Caretaker: Do we need a break?
Know-it-All: A comment for every idea and is willing
to share
Hitchhiker: Passive learner, along for the ride
Blocker (Devil’s Advocate): contrary positions in the
discussion
Parliamentarian: “Haven’t we extended our rule
about time limits for group discussions?”
Sage: formal and informal power in the group
Clown: brings levity to the scene, humor to diffuse
mounting conflict
24. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EFFECTIVE
COACH, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW AND BE
ABLE TO DO?
25. COACHING…
• Builds capacity for effective instructional practices
within specific content areas.
• Creates a partnership approach with teachers.
• “Customizes professional development to match
each teacher’s needs and interests while they help
the school establish a common understanding
across all teachers.” (Sweeney, 2003)
26. COACHING’S BIG FOUR
•Content
•Instructional Practices
•Assessment for Learning
•Classroom Management
Jim Knight, University of Kansas
27. Coaches are not guides by the side or mentoring
buddies. They coach; they train; they teach.
Coaches teach the knowledge and skills of
effective interaction to teachers. They train in
order to bring out the potential in every teacher to
build a professional learning
community.
28. LEVELS OF LISTENING
Ignoring – Making no effort to listen
Pretend Listening – Giving the appearance of
listening
Selective Listening – Hearing the bits that
interest you
Attentive Listening – Paying attention, focusing,
comparing to personal experiences
Empathetic Listening – Listening and responding
with both heart and mind
29.
30.
31. When you are the talker…TALK
When you are the listener…LISTEN
LISTENING = no talking, no responding with
facial expressions or gestures.
32. TOPICS
Name a challenge you have met.
How do you know that someone loves
you?
Describe one of the most important
values that you adhere to.
33. How did it feel to be the speaker? .. the
listener?
Which was easier? Why?
Name something you learned AND can
transfer.
34. FIVE LEVELS OF FEEDBACK
1.“You are useless”
2. “This data is useless”
3. “The content of your report was clear and concise, but the
layout and presentation were too vague”
4. “How do you feel about the data analysis?”
5. “What was the essential purpose of your report? To what
extent do you think this draft achieves that? What are the
other points you feel need emphasised?
"Probably my best quality as a coach is that I ask a lot of
challenging questions and let the person come up with the
answer." Phil Dixon (Olympic Coach – Canada)
35. WARM V. COOL FEEDBACK
WWAARRMM
• Supportive
• Strength oriented
• Focus on solutions
• Promotes positive
learning
COOL
• Impersonal
• Needs oriented
• Focus on the
problem
• Provides constructive
criticism
36. GOOD QUESTIONS FOR COACHES
Open-ended
Questions– What?
How?
What do you want to
do?
How did you arrive
at…?
What do you think
might happen if…?
What would that look
like to you?
What concerns you
about…?
What were you hoping
for?
Broadening Questions
What do you see ?
Do you see …?
tShaayt… m?ore about
wWhheant… ha?ppened
mCoorueld a yboouu tt…ell? me
Explaining Questions
uWphseattt imnga?kes that
tHo…ow? did you decide
36
37. Clarifying Questions
Can you give me
examples of…. ?
What does … look like
to you?
What exactly do you
mean?
What you say … what
are you referring to?
Exploring
Questions
What did you
think when…?
What concerns
you about that?
What were you
expecting
when…?
37
GOOD QUESTIONS FOR COACHES
39. QUESTIONS TO FOSTER REFLECTION
•What were we trying to accomplish?
• How did we go about completing the
mandate or solving problems we had along
the way (process)?
•What did we do well (strengths)?
•What did we have difficulty with
(weaknesses)?
•What have we learned/what would I do
differently?
40. REFLECTION QUESTIONS, CONT’D
•What worked well?
•What did we learn?
• Did our conversations lead us closer to
our goals? How?
• Did we do what we set out to do?
• How can we improve on this to make
this collaborating in PLCs more
significant part of our work?
41. The real voyage of discovery
consists not in seeking new lands
but in seeing with new eyes.
Marcel Proust
42. By three methods we may learn
wisdom: First, by reflection, which is
noblest; Second, by imitation, which is
easiest; and Third, by experience,
which is the bitterest.
Confucius, philosopher and teacher (c. 551-
478 BC)
Editor's Notes
People in all walks of life- athletes, dancers, actors, businesspeople, lawyers- strive to continually improve their game. In order to do this they all have coaches of some sort. They hire life coaches, personal trainers, coaches. They hire their ‘coach’, then decide on what to work on, set a goal, and then begin to work on that goal- together.
Coaches are change agents, engineers, they help people in schools build bridges: like relationships and coaches speak many languages---“admin speak” and “teacher speak”
Trend in the country hiring executive coaches in schools--
One research study conducted by the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning evaluated a group of 87 teachers from different schools. The results of the study indicate that 85% of those teachers who receive ongoing support from instructional coaches implement newly learned instructional methods, a factor that enhances teacher quality. In another study conducted by the same group, research indicates that teachers who do not receive such support implement newly learned strategies at only a rate of 10% (Joyce and Showers, 2002). (a role of coach is to be an advocate for the ”right conditions”)
This research indicates that coaching does indeed lead to successful adoption and effective use of proven instructional methods, with one crucial caveat: The right conditions--in the form of administrative support and qualified coaches--must be in place. In schools in which either of these elements is missing, implementation success rates have been low.
Research indicates that teachers who are supported by instructional coaches are more likely to implement newly learned instructional strategies (University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning).
When coaching is successful, the person being coached begins to self- monitor personal performance the way their coach had monitored them in the beginning. Coaching is like scaffolding instruction for adults. “How do I scaffold my teaching?”
With a focus on improving the learning for all students, instructional coaching will support teachers to deepen their understanding of:
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE
RESEARCH BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIESHOW TO USE A VARIETY OF ASSESSMENTSMONITOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Model—I do (You watch me)
Co-teach—we do
Observe- You do (I watch you)
Collaborative Exploration of Data::
Based on the partnership principles
• Involves observations to open up dialogue, rather than to state a single truth
• Should be
– constructive, but provisional
– empathetic and respectful
• Coach and teacher identify what data will be gathered