Knight (Knight, 2008) presents eight components of instructional coaching: Enroll, Identify, Explain, Model, Observe, Refine and Reflect. I’ve posted about Enroll before; this post address the next two components. In… Read more »
Knight (2008) presents eight components of instructional coaching: Enroll, Identify, Explain, Model, Observe, Refine and Reflect. Rather than expanding on each component as per the book, in this post I… Read more »
Joellen Killion identifies ten different roles for coaches. I’ve summarized them below (Knight, 2009, pp. 9-14). Type Data coach Resource provider Mentor Curriculum Specialist Instructional Specialist Description Helps teachers make… Read more »
It’s my appraisal year at this job. As part of appraisal, each teacher needs to identify areas for growth, determine a goal for the year, and work to achieve that… Read more »
I was in Hawaii last week for the Schools of the Future 2012 conference. I really enjoyed listening to keynotes John Hunter and Mark Milliron. The conference gave me an… Read more »
If you’re a teacher in Japan, and particularly in the Tokyo area, you’ll want to consider participating in this TED event.
Did you know that ISTE has NETS standards for technology leaders and technology facilitators? In trying to find some standards to inform my own professional development (beyond NETS-T), I came… Read more »
I started using the Florida Center for Instructional Technology’s Integration Matrix a few years back. The levels of entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, transformation coincide with levels reported by researchers although… Read more »
This has been a busy month culminating in an exam and final paper for my graduate course in instructional design. Consequently, I haven’t been participating in the Global Education Conference…. Read more »
As part of the Create the Future workshop this part weekend with Julie Lindsay and Kim Cofino, participants worked in groups to develop a product of interest to them. This… Read more »