Pennsylvania’s Institute for Instructional Coaching (PIIC)

• • Annenberg Foundation PDE • • PDE fully endorses the PIIC Model for Coaching Funding last 5 years and plans to continue

Partnership

• How Did PIIC Get Started?

Let’s Start with History!

• Work to build teacher capacity as a means of increasing student engagement and improving student achievement • Stay current with PDE initiatives • Advocate one-on-one and small group support • Focus on collecting and analyzing data to identify needs and assess changes in instructional practice • Use evidence-based literacy practices and research-based instructional techniques • Support reflective and non-evaluative practices

Goals of PIIC?

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LITERACY BECOMES THE INSTRUCTIONAL BASE

Connection with common core and correlation with the college and career readiness literacy skills. • Opportunity for a designated coach to be

trained on research based literacy strategies

and bring back to share --

and group support One-One

• Help teachers

create motivated engaged and curious learners

• Help teachers

connect world

content in

ALL subjects to the real

• Secondary Instructional Coaches Professional Network meetings held at the IU • IU PIIC Mentor to provide support

What Do You Receive?

April 25, 2014 May 13, 2014 October 17, 2014 November 21, 2014 December 2014 Coaches Meeting Berks County IU Coaching 101 Coaches Meeting Data Day Coaches Meeting 12:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m.

8:30 a.m. –3:30 p.m.

12:00 – 3:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

12:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Instructional Coaches Professional Development and Networking Meetings— IU 29

• • • • • Collaboration with other coaches throughout the state Model evidence-based literacy practices and instructional strategies Face-to-Face and Skype Mentoring/Coaching On-site Collaboration Visits PIIC IU 29 Coaching Moodle

Coaching Collaboration

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Penn Literacy Network (PLN)

• A research-based literacy framework for teaching and learning • • 5 Sessions 4.5 graduate credit •

PIIC Statewide Professional Learning Opportunities

• Penn Stater Conference Center, State College • • 3x a year Participate in workshops and network with coaches and administrators across the state • Expenses covered through PIIC grant (excluding mileage and one meal)

Additional Opportunities

• General Information about PIIC • http://piic.pacoaching.org/ • PIIC Resource Guide • www.instituteforinstructionalcoaching.org

• IU 29 PIIC Coaches Moodle • Enrollment Key – piic

Resources

Contact: •

Evelyn Wassel, Ed.D. , IU 27

Supervisor of Technology Integration, PIIC Mentor [email protected]

(570)544-9131 Ext. 1214

Thank You!