Mini Coaching Cycles

Purpose for Coaching Cycles

• Impacting teaching and learning is our purpose
• Growth occurs incrementally
• Single conversations are fragmented and unfocused

Typical Coaching Cycles

• Approximately 4-6 weeks in duration
• A minimum of one weekly planning conversation to look at student work and design upcoming instruction
• One to three times per week for co-teaching in the classroom
• With individuals, pairs, or groups

Mini Coaching Cycles

• Approximately 3 weeks in duration
• With individuals or pairs
• Tightly focused goal

Examples of Focused Goals

• Students will add their own mathematical reasoning to their written work.
• Students will provide feedback to a peer.
• Students will use academic language when discussing the three branches of government.

Session One

• Meet to set a goal for students
• If possible, use student evidence/data to set goal
• Break the goal into learning targets
• Spend a session in the classroom to collect evidence

Session Two

• Meet for a co-planning session and use student evidence
• Determine how the co-planned lesson will be shared
• Co-teach the lesson

Session Three

• Meet to reflect on the co-taught lesson
• Analyze student evidence
• Co-plan how the teacher will reach the goal for students

Documenting Our Impact

• Student evidence tells the story
• But only if the goal was focused and about student learning
• Teacher learning can also be documented

Repeat As Necessary