Transcript Getting Started with digiCOACh

Introduction to
digiCOACH
Common Core Edition
Empowering
Instructional Leaders
Agenda
• What is digiCOACH?
• Why digiCOACH?
• How digiCOACH works
• Practice using digiCOACH
• digiCOACH Reports
Coaching Made Easy with iPad
Supports informal classroom
walkthroughs
Guides the user through five focus
areas
Prewrites strategies, coaching tips
and/or write your own notes
Sends immediate feedback by
email
Walkthrough Evidence
5 minutes
-Snapshot-
Longitudinal Walkthrough Evidence
5 minutes
5 minutes
-Snapshots Over Time-
Evaluating
Coaching
Why digiCOACH?
 Provide immediate meaningful feedback to teachers
 Drive professional development decisions with data
-The following slides are 2 large research studies-
Research on Frequency of Feedback
Figure 14. Frequency at which teachers report receiving feedback from their principal
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
%0
At Least
Weekly
At Least
Monthly
At Least
Twice a
Year
Once a
Year
Never
Frequency
Source: NCTQ Survey, February/March 2011 n=1,317
Research on Quality of Feedback
Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act On Teacher Effectiveness
Teacher Support
45%
73%
No Areas for
Improvement
Received Useful
Support
27%
55%
Received No
Useful Support
Survey of 15,000 teachers and 1,300 administrators in 12 districts
in the states of AR, CO, IL, OH
Source: The Widget Effect 2009
Let’s discuss the 5 Focus Areas
Foundations
Rigor and
Relevance
Literacy Across
Content Areas
Thinking
Process
College and
Career Readiness
Foundations
Focus: The posted Common Core Standard drives the objective to
focus the lesson.
Precision: The lesson provides opportunities for a narrow and deep
learning outcome as it relates to the standard.
Coherence: Learning objectives are organized to extend previous
learning and the inter- relatedness among standards.
Technology: Students utilize a wide range of multimedia tools to
complete meaningful tasks related to the standard.
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Feedback
Rigor and Relevance
Task: Student tasks apply core knowledge or skills to solve realworld problems.
Inquiry: Students complete the inquiry process for real-world
purposes.
Applications: Students extend knowledge to relevant applications
for interdisciplinary and contextual learning.
Rigor: The lesson is complex and conceptually challenging, requiring
students to deal with dilemmas, take positions, and conduct inquiry.
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Feedback
Literacy Across Content Areas
Vocabulary: Students have repeated exposure to new words with
opportunities for making connections in a variety of contexts.
Complex Text: Students have sustained exposure to complex text
with minimal scaffolding.
Evidence: Students support and defend written and oral claims with
text, data, and evidence.
Writing: Students write across the content areas as part of the
learning process.
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Feedback
Thinking Process
Procedural Fluency: Students practice procedures to solve problems
and complete tasks.
Conceptual Understanding: Students formulate knowledge
frameworks for a concept through contextual changes.
Evaluation: Students evaluate claims or solutions based upon a set
of values and criteria, verbally and in writing.
Extension: Students extend concepts to complex and unpredictable
situations, demonstrating academic perseverance.
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Feedback
College and Career Readiness
Communication: Students listen, interpret, and articulate ideas
verbally and in writing across the disciplines.
Collaboration: Student collaboration includes academic language
and rich discussion related to the learning task.
Critical Thinking: Students reflect critically during learning
experiences and processes.
Creativity: Student ideas reflect evidence of originality,
inventiveness, and innovation.
Skip Focus Area
All four indicators noted
skipped
during
this
walkthrough.
during
this
walkthrough.
Feedback
Communication
is the Key!
Teachers receive feedback immediately by email.
Types of Feedback
Strategies
Coaching Tips
• Strengths
• Support
• Evidence
• Tips
Feedback Email
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:05 AM, digiCOACH <[email protected]> wrote:
Debbie,
Thank you for allowing me to observe your instruction today. I saw many effective teaching strategies that were utilized during your
lesson.
I have included some of the positive strategies that I observed, as well as coaching tips for use in future lessons.
Strategy – Strategy- Rigor and Relevance/ Tasks: When you had the students apply core knowledge to teach other students, you
made the learning more meaningful.
Strategy – Foundations/Precision: When your lesson aligns the standard to a narrow focus, you maximize students’ learning.
Coaching Tip – Literacy Across Content Areas/ Writing: To add a formative assessment component to guide instruction,
have the students complete a Think-Pair-Share during the lesson.
Regards,
Steve Hamilton
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Strategy/Strengths
Selected by Coach
Coaching Tip/Support
Selected by Coach
Walkthrough Evidence
5 minutes
-Snapshot-
Let’s Try One!
Suggested Resources
www.teachingchannel.org
Keywords: What’s Fun About Surface Area
www.youtube.com
Keywords: Whole Brain Teaching: High School Math
www.vimeo.com
Keywords: Integrating WITS LEADS in the classroom- A
Grade 4 Language Arts Lesson
Suggestion:
Concentrate on one
Focus Area until
calibration and
common meaning
occur.
Longitudinal Walkthrough Evidence
5 minutes
5 minutes
-Snapshots Over Time-
Focus Area Summary
 What are this
school’s strengths?
 In which areas
would professional
development be
most beneficial
for this site?
 What additional
information would
be beneficial?
Foundations
Rigor and
Relevance
Literacy Across
Content Areas
Thinking
Process
College and
Career Readiness
Rigor and Relevance Summary
 What are this
school’s strengths?
 In which areas
would professional
development be
most beneficial
for this site?
 What additional
information would
be beneficial?
Task
Inquiry
Applications
Rigor
Focus Area Comparison
 When focusing on
Rigor and
Relevance, which
subject area could
provide the most
support?
 What other
questions can
be answered
when looking
at this report?
ELA
Math
Science
Social Studies
Empowering
Instructional Leaders