Journal Entry Two,
October 9, 2020. Identify
On this day, Figgy and met to discuss the class that I observed. The coaching session started with me asking Figgy how she felt about the lesson she taught, and I observed. She started with positive things to say about the lesson. Then, we moved to the identify questions found on Knight’s book chapter 3. These ranged from what score the teacher would give the lesson, identifying the main goal of the lesson and then we developed a strategy to try in the next observation. As Knight expresses it is better to “ask the questions after the teacher has gained a clear picture of reality, either by watching a video of the lesson, reviewing student work, learning about interviews with students, reviewing observation data…” (Knight, 2018, p. 83). Since she had trouble having her students turn in the assignments on time or in the right place on canvas, we decided that a Tech-approach strategy would be best for our goal. Her goal was to meet at least 90% of success. It was an ambitious goal but we decided that we can achieve it. Instructional technology has become a major part of instruction in our school since we are in a Hybrid model, where the students come to school and do three days of digital learning at home. Some of the challenges we may encounter are, obviously, connection to the internet at school as well as at home. The connection to the internet in school varies from hallway to hallway at any given time during the day, so one solution we decided on was to start with one class where the connection was available during the day.
My feelings towards this coaching session are positive. According to Knight, teachers must develop a respectful relationship based on mutual understanding and I believe we have that kind of relationship at least for now.
October 9, 2020. Identify
On this day, Figgy and met to discuss the class that I observed. The coaching session started with me asking Figgy how she felt about the lesson she taught, and I observed. She started with positive things to say about the lesson. Then, we moved to the identify questions found on Knight’s book chapter 3. These ranged from what score the teacher would give the lesson, identifying the main goal of the lesson and then we developed a strategy to try in the next observation. As Knight expresses it is better to “ask the questions after the teacher has gained a clear picture of reality, either by watching a video of the lesson, reviewing student work, learning about interviews with students, reviewing observation data…” (Knight, 2018, p. 83). Since she had trouble having her students turn in the assignments on time or in the right place on canvas, we decided that a Tech-approach strategy would be best for our goal. Her goal was to meet at least 90% of success. It was an ambitious goal but we decided that we can achieve it. Instructional technology has become a major part of instruction in our school since we are in a Hybrid model, where the students come to school and do three days of digital learning at home. Some of the challenges we may encounter are, obviously, connection to the internet at school as well as at home. The connection to the internet in school varies from hallway to hallway at any given time during the day, so one solution we decided on was to start with one class where the connection was available during the day.
My feelings towards this coaching session are positive. According to Knight, teachers must develop a respectful relationship based on mutual understanding and I believe we have that kind of relationship at least for now.