Role of Instructional Coach

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Role of Instructional Coach

• So, what is an IC anyway?

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Primary purpose

• The purpose of this position is to provide
  instructional leadership to support staff members
  and students in the integration of technology and
  curriculum at the school level for implementing
  the One-to-One Initiative.

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Essential Job Duties

• Increases the effectiveness of classroom
  instruction in the one-to-one mobile computer
  environment
• implementing coaching strategies that include
  modeling and co-teaching lessons,
• planning with teachers,
• facilitating reflective practices.
• Supports classroom teachers in a one-to-one
  mobile computer environment
• peer coaches,
• assists in planning technology-enhanced lessons
  and projects,
• provides model teaching (student instruction with
  classroom teacher present),
• co-teaches lessons as needed.

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Essential Job Duties

• Builds teacher understanding and use of highly
  effective, research-based instructional practices
  that integrate student use of mobile computers in
  a meaningful way.
• Collaborates with building teachers and provides
  support for student orientation instruction on
  topics related to building technology procedures
  and practices.
• Provides support for parent orientation
  instruction on topics related to appropriate home
  use of the laptop
• school work,
• Internet safety,
• school-to-home communication,
• remote login, etc.

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Essential Job Duties

• Provides staff development on topics related to
  best practices in technology integration and
  managing technology resources, including student
  mobile computers.
• Serves as site-based coordinator for managing the
  logistics of one-to-one mobile computer
  distribution, management, and maintenance.
• Prepares training documentation used with staff
  to assist with one-to-one technology use.

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Essential Job Duties

• Keeps current in district software applications
  instructional technology processes.
• Keeps abreast of new knowledge, innovative
  courses, methods of study, new instructional
  techniques, and general research in area of
  assignment.

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3 Approaches to Mentoring

• Consulting
• Collaborating
• Coaching

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Consulting Role

• In consulting, or expert role, coach has
  knowledge and/or skills teachers do not have.
• Uses direct instruction model
• Rationale for the learning
• Grounds it in teachers experience
• Gives examples
• Models the learning
• Guides the teacher
• Re-teach and extends learning
• Shares strategies
• Observes teacher
• Offers feedback

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collaborating

• In collaborating, or peer to peer role, the
  coach is a peer who works alongside their
  colleague.
• Peers learn together
• Each develop and apply knowledge and skills
• Offer one another feedback
• Jointly solve problems

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Coaching

• In coaching, or coach to teacher role, the
  coach is a facilitator who guides teachers as
  they reflect on and self-analyze their practice.
• Help teachers gain increased consciousness about
  their practice and decision-making processes.
• Encourages them to explore how variations in
  their teaching practice influence how students
  learn.
• Helps teachers analyze and refine current
  practices
• Asks reflective questions

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Questions?