Journal Entry One,
September 10, 2020:
As I prepare to coach my colleague, Figgy, these journal entries will describe my experiences coaching a new teacher at my school. The teacher needs to implement different strategies for face-to-face (f2f) learning as well as digital learning days (DLD). My school is currently on a Hybrid model which students come in two days a week based on their last names for f2f and receive DLD for the remaining 3 days that they do not attend school. During each video session, we will discuss the use of the digital program used at my school, canvas, and how to improve student engagement, participation, achievement, and accountability for both teacher and students. While reading Jim Knight’s The Impact Cycle, coaches should collaborate with the teacher to ensure the success of the students, and in a technological coaching environment we will have to adapt some of Knight’s views on coaching to be applied in this concept. Based on Knight’s views on instructional coaching, “teachers must get a clear picture of the current reality, identify goals, pick teaching strategies to meet the goals, monitor progress and problem-solve until the goals are met” (Knight, 2018, p. 2). I plan to follow this model to implement our goals and objectives throughout the coaching process. It will be important to analyze and reflect on what we will accomplish.
Knight, J. (2018). The impact cycle: What instructional coaches should do to foster powerful improvements in teaching. Thousand Oaks, CA, CA: Corwin, A Sage Company.
September 10, 2020:
As I prepare to coach my colleague, Figgy, these journal entries will describe my experiences coaching a new teacher at my school. The teacher needs to implement different strategies for face-to-face (f2f) learning as well as digital learning days (DLD). My school is currently on a Hybrid model which students come in two days a week based on their last names for f2f and receive DLD for the remaining 3 days that they do not attend school. During each video session, we will discuss the use of the digital program used at my school, canvas, and how to improve student engagement, participation, achievement, and accountability for both teacher and students. While reading Jim Knight’s The Impact Cycle, coaches should collaborate with the teacher to ensure the success of the students, and in a technological coaching environment we will have to adapt some of Knight’s views on coaching to be applied in this concept. Based on Knight’s views on instructional coaching, “teachers must get a clear picture of the current reality, identify goals, pick teaching strategies to meet the goals, monitor progress and problem-solve until the goals are met” (Knight, 2018, p. 2). I plan to follow this model to implement our goals and objectives throughout the coaching process. It will be important to analyze and reflect on what we will accomplish.
Knight, J. (2018). The impact cycle: What instructional coaches should do to foster powerful improvements in teaching. Thousand Oaks, CA, CA: Corwin, A Sage Company.