The #educoach hashtag is used by instructional coaches around the world. We chat each Wednesday at 8pm CST on Twitter and use the hashtag throughout the week to share resources, ask questions and collaborate with instructional coaches.
Hi, everyone! I’m Lauren, instructional coach, from Indiana. I’m looking forward to being your moderator for tonight’s chat. My #eduwin is being back with our amazing school community after an awesome fall break! #educoach
Rachel from OKC, elementary instructional coach. My #edwin for this week was a teacher getting super excited about a checklist we are going to use for an observation #educoach
Charlie, HS SpEd Math coach. This week I made connections with a neighboring district and will be meeting with them tomorrow to learn more about a new program we are rolling out, they are already working with it and were gracious enough to offer assistance when I asked #educoach
I’m Lauren, Instructional Coach in CA. My win was when a teacher said “my biggest takeaway was remembering all of the teacher knowledge I already have” after our first meeting #educoach
A1: Celebrating successes, seeking out feedback, using tools to assess my current reality, setting goals and monitoring them, making connections with my practice and current research #educoach
A1: A reflective professional is someone who is willing to take risks, seeks out feedback, and critically thinks about their habits and actions #educoach
A1 to be reflective is to seek to understand the causes of the positive and negative impacts we have on others and to continue or adjust accordingly #educoach
A1: As a reflective practitioner, it’s important to revisit the purpose of our work. Students need to buy in to the ‘why’ and we need to be able to articulate the purpose. #educoach
That requires a level of vulnerability in itself, yet seeking ongoing feedback often leads to ongoing growth for both parties. Strong coaching move, Lauren! #educoach
A2: Feedback is when people speak candidly about their thoughts with the intent of making things better, stronger (at least that is best case scenario) #educoach
A1: I always ask Ts what I am doing that they like and what they wish I would have done during our time together. They help me become a better coach with their honest feedback. #educoach
Do to feel in order to speak candidly, that there must be a certain level of psychological safety for this feedback to truly make impact? Curious of your thoughts. #educoach
So important to seek feedback on our coaching impact with our colleagues. It’s a large part of reciprocity with coaching- we learn and grow too! #educoach
A3: I am really focusing on only giving feedback on the goal we are working towards. Anything more than that may risk straining the relationship #educoach
Sometimes it can be as simple as, what worked well for you? What would you have changed with our time together? etc. Asking the right questions to gain the feedback you seek. #educoach
I am constantly trying to find ways to provide a measure of effectiveness in my job and wish that I could connect specific coaching to student outcomes but there are so many factors involved that I am not sure how to pull out relevant data. #educoach
A3: I provide objective feedback when I do observations (example: this many students were on task or these are the students that spoke during a discussion) but I try not to make a judgment about that kind of data #educoach
Agreed. When I was in the classroom I had more of a pulse on my effectiveness. Now, a T expressing appreciation and enthusiasm after a meeting is sometimes all I have to rely on. #educoach
Hahaha I wish! No it means I run a meeting called a Mastermind. It’s where a group of school leaders get together and learn, solve problems, read, create community, think outside of the box #educoach
A4 some of the best feedback I’ve gotten was through someone simply asking me a host of effective questions that helped me come to a better place/understanding #educoach
A2:I define&teach feedback to students as“friends helping friends.” We often think feedback as being ‘mean’. @swatanuki1 &I reframed it as a ‘PUSH’ in the right direction. #educoach#d25ItsPersonal
A3: I use a lot of data collection tools to gather information in classrooms and then share that with teachers during a debrief conversation. I use questioning so teachers do the reflecting and decoding of the data and that reflection can guide our next steps #educoach
Definitely! I can see the value of all aspects depending on what type of feedback you are seeking. Anonymous is always a nice way to glean a broader perspective from multiple sources. #educoach
A5 as I’ve been absorbing @jimknight99 wisdom lately, someone who doesn’t come with their own agenda and sees the other person as more important and as someone who can be learned from #educoach
A4: I recently learned about the concept of coaching up where teachers are directly asked to give me direction on how I can do my job better to support them #educoach
A4 I use google forms to get feedback from teachers about about the coaching process. I also will share videos of my coaching conversations with other coaches. We usually use the @jimknight99 partnership principles to guide discussion about the coaching process #educoach
A5: understand the other person’s personality. Customize the way you deliver the message to meet their needs. It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it that determines what is heard. #educoach
A5 as I’ve been absorbing @jimknight99 wisdom lately, someone who doesn’t come with their own agenda and sees the other person as more important and as someone who can be learned from #educoach
Yes!! 🙌🏻 The way in which we give feedback can make all the difference. It’s not what we say, it’s how we say it that can make or break feedback. #educoach
Hands down video reflection is the most effective tool for me to reflect on my practice and if I want my teacher to do it I have to also be willing. #educoach
Yes, absolutely, especially in our role as coaches. The coaching stance a coach may take can vary depending on the situation, yet they are always a collaborative partnership focused on reciprocity. #educoach
A6 Qualities of those open to feedback are very similar to those of an effective coach - humility, curiosity, solutions focus stance, faith, positive regard... :) #educoach
A7 We're typically not great at 'doing' feedback - important skills; emotional intelligence; confused about purpose (on both 'sides'); and often don't work in culture of feedback in it's broadest sense #educoach
