Q1: Administrators wear many different hats. One important role is to serve as an instructional leader/coach. What is your definition of an Instructional Leader/Coach? #admin2b
A1: an instructional leader is someone who cast the vision of what instruction should be and then providing the necessary support and training to implement. #Admin2b
A1: An instructional leader is one who seeks to implement best practices and assist others in doing the same though a variety of means: modeling, training, and other supports. #admin2b
A1: right now I am trying to cast a vision that we need to think differently about how we teach and examine ways we can engage students in more meaningful ways. #Admin2b
A1: Instructional Leadership is setting goals for student growth. allocating resources, and partnering with teachers to improve teaching and learning. #Admin2b
A2: Time- spent in dialogue with teachers to determine needs based on strengths and areas to grow and spent observing classrooms and analyzing data together to determine effectiveness. #admin2b
A2: An instructional leader can facilitate collaboration time for teachers, professional development, and create/support a climate of success. #Admin2b
A2: one way is to provide articles for teachers to read. I send out weekly Twitter articles I come across that I hope will provide teachers with ideas to implement or help challenge their current thought processes #Admin2b
A2. Begin by sharing your vision and mission for the school. Then Strategically map out the plan. Be sure to get stakeholder buy-in with this plan. #Admin2b
A2: An instructional leader can facilitate collaboration time for teachers, professional development, and create/support a climate of success. #Admin2b
A3: Being a thinking partner, listening with the intent of understanding, asking probing questions, paraphrasing, helping to set goals, strategizing, and commiting to implementing the action plan. #Admin2b
A3: Specificity - there is so many tangents to travel when speaking about improving instruction. Hone in on the one item the teacher views as most important to tackle. #admin2b
A3. Using the “I’m noticing...(share what you noticed)”phrase then followed by “I’m wondering... (share how they can take this to the next level)”. #Admin2b
A3: Specificity - there is so many tangents to travel when speaking about improving instruction. Hone in on the one item the teacher views as most important to tackle. #admin2b
A3: good questions help guide the discussion what did you do well? What would you do differently? If you listen to the responses it can guide you to how to support them in their growth #Admin2b
A4: if you can allow those teachers who are doing things well in classroom and use then to lead trainings, it helps other teachers and helps the leaders create credibility with their peers #Admin2b
A4: we are trying the #observeme, and asking teachers to visit other classrooms and offering quick reflections through Google form on what they took away. We then are trying to leverage strengths that teachers see and advertising them to others to visit. #Admin2b
A4: we are trying the #observeme, and asking teachers to visit other classrooms and offering quick reflections through Google form on what they took away. We then are trying to leverage strengths that teachers see and advertising them to others to visit. #Admin2b
