Instructional Coaching Cohort #5
New Start Date: October 12, 2023
Yearlong October 2023 – May 2024
Instructors: Ellen Dorsey, WCUUSD Instructional Coach and Jennifer Miller-Arsenault, WCUUSD Director of Curr., Instruction & Assessment
Target Audience: Instructional coaches, admins interested in a coaching approach, & anyone interested in supporting or adding a coaching approach to a role
This course is designed to meet the learning needs of coaches with varying levels of experience. The learning opportunities are designed to fit within Jim Knight’s framework for Instructional Coaching and the Instructional Coaching Practice Standards developed by the New Teacher Center, as well as draw from Elena Aguilar (Transformational Coaching), Diane Sweeney, (Student-Centered Coaching), and Christian van Nieuwerburgh (Growth Coaching).
Throughout the course, participants engage in coaching cycles both as a coach and as a “coachee” as they dig deeper into their own coaching practice and goals. The individual sessions are structured to provide participants with opportunities to reflect, address problems of practice (or “coaching conundrums”) and share resources and materials that will improve their effectiveness as a coach. Participants will connect with one another and other skilled practitioners who can speak to meeting the varied expectations of those in a coaching role.
Through this course, participants will:
Deepen their understanding of the processes and protocols involved in facilitating an instructional coaching cycle,
Explore ways to engage teachers in collaborative, instructionally focused, problem-solving conversations and reflective analysis to promote teacher agency.
Design a professional learning plan (PLP) outlining goals for coaching.
Understand, reflect on, and strategically respond to problems of practice associated with instructional coaching.
Contribute to the development of a collaborative Instructional Playbook that can be used during coaching cycles.
Identify an area of focus related to coaching to develop & implement a growth project.
Dates: New Start Date: October 12, 2023, November 9, 2023, January 18, 2024, March 14, 2024, May 9, 2024
Location: CVEDC Classroom
Cost: $1180 Includes books and meals $1600 Includes books. meals and 3 grad credits
Text: Jim Knight’s Corwin books: Better Conversations: Coaching Ourselves and Each Other to be more Credible, Caring and Connected and The Impact Cycle: What Instructional Coaches Should do to Foster Powerful Improvements in Teaching
Ellen Dorsey is an instructional coach in Washington Central Supervisory Union where she partners with teachers in grades K through 12 to meet their student-centered goals and provides professional development on instructional strategies to meet the needs of diverse learners in heterogeneous classrooms.
Jen Miller-Arsenault is the Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in Washington Central Unified Union School District. She has served in this position since July 2012. As part of this role, Jen supports and collaborates with instructional coaches across the district.