NC New Schools Project

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NC New Schools Project
Coaches Support Meeting
Welcome October 31, 2006

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Welcome and Introductions
How is your role as a coach different from
you previous role(s) in public schools?
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• Graduates Prepared for
• College, Work and Citizenship

New Schools
High School Innovation Project Team
Net-works
Coach
Grant
Models
Six Year Partnership
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Year One Theory of Change

• Professional development with follow-up
• Instructional focus
• Active learning in small groups
• School design
• Support for school leadership
• Study visits
• School change coach

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Year One Lessons Learned

• Professional development with follow-up
• Instructional focus
• Active learning in small groups
• School design
• Support for school leadership
• Study visits
• School change coach

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Coaching Challenges

• Read the case study
• Respond in writing
  What are the challenges facing
  this school?
• Small Group discussion
  What are the challenges?
  What needs to happen in this school
• Chart
  What is the role of the school
  change coach? What is the role of the
  instructional coach? Where do both have to work
  together?

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Rigor
Every student college-ready What are the
school-wide indicators? What are the classroom
indicators?
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Rigor School-wide indicators

• Elimination of low-level courses
• Heavy presence of college material
• Student awareness of college requirements
• School ensures SAT, financial aid, college prep
  seminars for every student
• Teacher talk reflects belief that all students
  can be college-ready
• Intentional affective and academic supports for
  all students
• Academic time is given priority

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Rigor Classroom indicators

• Student work requires thinking, writing,
  collaboration and revising to a standard
• College and industry exemplars
• Student work posted reflects complex thinking
• Student academic talk dominates classroom
• Teacher and student perceptions align
• Teacher plans for differentiation
• Upstream/downstream
• Questions

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NC New Schools Project
Coaches Support Meeting
October 31, 2006