The Bullseye (Focus)
This is the “Bullseye” of all coaching activity, distinct from “fixing” teachers.
What is Student Learning?
This core practice involves the coach and teacher working as equals in the classroom rather than observing from the back.
What is Co-teaching?
In this stance, the coach acts as an “expert” providing a repertoire of options for the teacher.
What is Consulting?
This tool is used to monitor the impact of a coaching cycle on both the teacher and the students.
What is the Results-Based Coaching Tool (RBCT)?
This approach to coaching focuses on being “liked” and is often considered a waste of time in a high-stakes environment.
What is Relationship-Driven Coaching?
Student-friendly, these are essential for co-constructing success criteria and increasing instructional clarity.
What are Learning Targets?
This is the ultimate goal of the 4Cs, where the teacher arrives at his/her own course of action using his/her own evidence.
What is Coaching?
To ensure sustainability, a coach must guide teachers toward work that they actually feel this way about.
What is Care?