Session at-a-Glance Activity 2b: Providing Effective Feedback Participants identify five essential skills for CT coaches that will support them when providing feedback to teachers. Through the use of a coaching session video, they will recognize the use of the essential skills to enable the teacher to grow instructional skills in the classroom. Essential Skills for Coaches in Action tool Observation and Feedback: Probing to Identify the Problem (2012). Retrieved from PowerPoint Slides: 31‒34 Session Implementation Slide 31 These are question stems that may be useful for CCS coaches. Do they have others they can add that work well for them? Relate these stems to the norms of “pausing,” “paraphrasing,” and “probing for specificity.” Slide 32 Effective feedback is key to teachers’ growth. It will also assist teachers in better understanding the changes that they need to embrace as their school adopts new curriculum and instructional practices. Teachers receive feedback during their annual evaluation process, but many times it does little to help teachers identify ways to improve their skills and their students’ achievement levels. As you review the slide, reinforce this important step in supporting teachers in their professional growth throughout the school year. Grant Wiggins- helpful feedback is goal-referenced; tangible and transparent; actionable; user-friendly (specific and personalized); timely; ongoing; and consistent. Goal Referenced- At the beginning of the school year sit down with teachers to determine what they want to focus on in their instruction and student learning Tangible and Transparent-
Session at-a-Glance Activity 2b: Providing Effective Feedback Participants identify five essential skills for CT coaches that will support them when providing feedback to teachers. Through the use of a coaching session video, they will recognize the use of the essential skills to enable the teacher to grow instructional skills in the classroom. Essential Skills for Coaches in Action tool Observation and Feedback: Probing to Identify the Problem (2012). Retrieved from PowerPoint Slides: 31‒34 Session Implementation Slide 31 These are question stems that may be useful for CCS coaches. Do they have others they can add that work well for them? Relate these stems to the norms of “pausing,” “paraphrasing,” and “probing for specificity.” Slide 32 Effective feedback is key to teachers’ growth. It will also assist teachers in better understanding the changes that they need to embrace as their school adopts new curriculum and instructional practices. Teachers receive feedback during their annual evaluation process, but many times it does little to help teachers identify ways to improve their skills and their students’ achievement levels. As you review the slide, reinforce this important step in supporting teachers in their professional growth throughout the school year. Grant Wiggins- helpful feedback is goal-referenced; tangible and transparent; actionable; user-friendly (specific and personalized); timely; ongoing; and consistent. Goal Referenced- At the beginning of the school year sit down with teachers to determine what they want to focus on in their instruction and student learning Tangible and Transparent-