Instructional coaching
Building capacity through instructional coaching.
“Coaching is not about what’s wrong; It’s about what’s next”
Much of the PL for teachers are one-off days in the belief that by sending teachers on these training days, schools are building teacher capacity. However, research findings tell us a different story. Joyce and Showers, in their research in 2002, identified that although one-off Professional Learning days for teachers can build up to 60% skill knowledge, there is only an estimated 0-5% transfer into instructional practices in the classroom when teachers are trained in this way.
In contrast, when Professional Learning includes theory, demonstration, practice with feedback, followed by ongoing peer coaching and support, there is a 95% rate of transfer into classroom teaching.
It is therefore coaching that makes the greatest difference in ensuring new skills and knowledge are embedded in the classroom.
Implementing a school-wide professional learning framework that aligns a school’s vision with evidence-based research and a school-wide coaching model, has been proven to make a significant impact in improving teacher efficacy, collaboration, student outcomes and embedded sustainable change. Literacy Impact can support your school to do just this, by implementing tried and tested approaches that build on what schools already do well.
Literacy Impact can support schools to:
- Develop a school-wide professional learning framework aligned with the school’s vision, evidence-based research, and a coaching model for Literacy
- Work with teams of teachers and Education Assistants- face to face or via Zoom- in data informed practice, the Science of Reading and Writing and high impact literacy approaches including explicit teaching
- Work with Principals, Deputy Principals and Literacy Leaders to develop or tweak RTI and/or school wide literacy approaches including developing a Literacy Block directly linked to the Science of Reading and Writing
- Shoulder to shoulder mentorship and lesson modeling building on teacher strengths.
- Upskill teachers and Education Assistants in a specific area of the Science of Reading, for example Reading Comprehension or Reading Fluency
- Upskill teachers and Education Assistants in effective use of data to pinpoint student strength and difficulties and know what steps to take to help students move forward
- Small group coaching in the effective writing of SMART targets to accelerate learners with literacy difficulties
- Be provided with strength based school reflection tools, frameworks and improvement plans, that can be tailored to your school’s unique context
Be the start of your school’s next chapter in literacy success – Book a 6 x 1 hour coaching block to achieve a specific literacy goal for your school
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