The Essential Guide for Student-Centered Coaching
Welcome to the Course!
9 Topics
Video: Welcome from Diane Sweeney (0:59)
Chapters 1 and 2 from The Essential Guide for Student-Centered Coaching
Norms for Videos
Coaching Journal
Grounding Task: Questions You Carry Into the Course
Essential Guide: Digital Resources
Optional: Join our Communities
Optional: Student-Centered Coaching: The Podcast
Challenges, Glitches, or Questions?
Session 1: Why Student-Centered Coaching Matters
7 Topics
Outcomes for the Session
Video: An Introduction to Student-Centered Coaching (8:04)
Read Chapter 1: Why Student-Centered Coaching Matters
Screencast: Why Student-Centered Coaching Matters (18:51)
Video: Coaching Is/Isn’t (5:21)
Lessons I’ve Learned as a Coach (5:12)
Post: Coaching Journal Entry
Session 2: Coaching Cycles: An Essential Practice
7 Topics
Outcomes for the Session
Read Chapter 2: Coaching Cycles, An Essential Practice
Screencast: Coaching Cycles: An Essential Process (15:57)
Read: Using Mini Cycles to Take Student-Centered Coaching Deeper
Video: More on Coaching Cycles (6:16)
Video: Reflecting at the End of a Coaching Cycle, Sixth Grade Math (6:25)
Post: Coaching Journal Entry
Session 3: Understanding Our Impact
8 Topics
Outcomes for the Session
Read Chapter 3: Understanding Our Impact
Screencast: Understanding Our Impact (12:24)
Video: Reflecting on a Coaching Cycle with a Third Grade Team (8:50)
Video: Coach Discussing Using the Results-Based Coaching Tool (5:46)
PDF: Results-Based Coaching Tool
Optional Video: Results-Based Coaching Tool for the Google Suite (6:42)
Post: Coaching Journal Entry
Session 4: Student-Centered Coaching Conversations
7 Topics
Outcomes for the Session
Read Chapter 4: Student-Centered Coaching Conversations
Screencast: Student-Centered Conversations (9:50)
Video: Beginning of the Coaching Cycle (11:47)
Video: Analyzing Student Performance, Twelfth Grade (9:55)
PDF: Protocol for Self-Reflection
Post: Coaching Journal Entry
Session 5: Building a Culture Where Student-Centered Coaching Thrives
8 Topics
Outcomes for the Session
Read Chapter 5: Building a Culture Where Student-Centered Coaching Thrives
Read: Creating Powerful Principal and Coach Partnerships (Sweeney and Mausbach)
Screencast: Building a Culture Where Student-Centered Coaching Thrives (14:11)
Video: Three Practices to Avoid as a Coach (7:07)
PDF: Agenda for Principal and Coach Meeting
Video: Principal and Coach Meeting
Post: Coaching Journal Entry
Session 6: Systems to Make Student-Centered Coaching Happen
11 Topics
Outcomes for the Session
Read Chapter 6: Systems to Make Student-Centered Coaching Happen
Screencast: Systems to Make Student-Centered Coaching Happen
Screencast: Starting with the Why (12:26)
Video: An Introduction to Coaching Cycles from Nido de Aguilas School in Santiago, Chile (2:53)
Video: Coach Introducing Her Role to Students (0:51)
PDF: Process for Launching Student-Centered Coaching
PDF: Sample Artifacts for Launching Coaching Cycles
PDF: Checklist for Getting Coaching Cycles Up and Running
PDF: Sample Coaching Schedules
Post: Coaching Journal Entry
Session 7: Supporting and Evaluating Coaches
6 Topics
Outcomes for the Session
Read Chapter 7: Supporting and Evaluating Coaches
Screencast: Supporting and Evaluating Coaches (12:07)
Video: Using the Rubric for Student-Centered Coaching (6:03)
PDF: Rubric for Student-Centered Coaching
Post: Coaching Journal Entry
Session 8: Putting It All Together
5 Topics
Outcomes for the Session
Closing Video from Diane Sweeney (2:23)
Create A Coaching Plan and Artifact
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The Essential Guide for Student-Centered Coaching
Session 1: Why Student-Centered Coaching Matters
Video: Coaching Is/Isn’t (5:21)
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