Identify Coaching Session

Identify- Coaching Session

I can say as Instructional Technology Coach in training it is difficult to figure exactly how to approach an observation and feel that you are covering all of the bases. Before my observations, I went to Jim Knight's website and printed off several of the PDFs he provided. This was aimed at focusing on the content Mrs. Johnson was covering in her lesson and I wanted to make sure she was able to achieve her goal of using the ELLevations strategy and effectively reach her ESOL population with the use of the closing activity. When I went in to observe her class I was able to observe the first class and learn what to look out for in my second observation. This helped with the transitions. Ideally, I wish I could have taped the lesson, this was not an option due to the county guidelines. It would have helped to rewatch the video to better assess the information provided by Knight's resources. I felt really good about our coaching session and from the video attached we had a good conversation using the information I gathered and utilizing the Jim Knight questions. I feel that we were heading in the right direction to help engage her students and assess their overall learning. In the following documents, you will see some of the items we discussed in the video to help with her understanding of the implementation. These documents helped me as a coach focus my attention on the lesson and assess the strengths and weaknesses observed in her delivery of the lesson. Unfortunately, shortly after this, my coachee suffered a tremendous loss with a miscarriage. I determined that it would be best to not continue coaching with such a tragic event. I spoke with my professor and I mentioned that I had completed the observation with Mrs. Trotter that same day. We both agreed that this would be a better option and I will finish my coaching sessions with Mrs. Trotter at the primary level. Looking back I am glad that I made the executive decision to include both teachers on the same day with the breakout of COVID-19. I was able to observe Mrs. Trotter teach her students in person and ask her the Jim Knight questions in our book. I look forward to our next session in coaching and discussing our checklist.











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