Coaching For Acceleration
Lead by Steve Barkley
Why you need to know this now
As students and teachers return to schools following a year of quarantines and virtual learning experiences that may have differed greatly from student to student, concerns about learning losses and missing content will emerge. School and teacher leaders and instructional coaches will need to support teachers in making critical instructional decisions. This micro-lesson will focus on guiding coaching conversations to build acceleration rather than remediation approaches.
Here is a blog that explores why a focus on acceleration is critical: https://barkleypd.com/blog/coaching-for-acceleration/.
What you will learn
A model for guiding teachers’ initial planning around learning rather than teaching.
How to focus planning on student learning production behaviors.
A model for exploring instructional strategies of direct instruction, collaborative learning, or independent learning processes.
Steve Barkley is an education consultant for school districts, teacher organizations, state departments of education, and colleges and universities.