Post on 18-Dec-2015
Peer CoachingDr. Barbara Gottesman
Chair (retired), Educational Leadership
Author of
Peer Coaching for Educators
Purposes of Peer Coaching
• Professionals on the same level observing each other
• Improvement of teaching strategies
• Improvement of analytical skills
• Implementation of a new program
• Refining skills
Mottos
• No praise, no blame.
• No judgment, no evaluation
• Dragnet’s Joe Friday:
• “Just the facts, ma’am!”
Internalization of New Learningresearch of Joyce and Showers
Short term memory
Long term memory
THEORY 20% 5%
DEMONSTRATION 35% 10%
MODELING & GUIDED PRACTICE
70% 20%
FEEDBACK 80% 25%
COACHING 90% 90%
Peer Coaching
• 1. Request for a Visit• 2. The Visit• 3. Reflecting Alone: Coach reviews notes
and list some possibilities & Teacher reviews intent of lesson plan
• 4. Reflecting Together: The Talk after the Visit
• 5. Debriefing: Process Review 14 Q & A
Checklist for 1. Request for a Visit
• __ What do you want me to observe?
• __ specific concern defined
• __ coach narrows concern to observable
• __confidentiality established
• __no judgment or evaluation
• __ type of lesson, objective of lesson
Request for a Visit checklist
• __data gathering device: both decide
• __ seating chart
• __location of observer
• __time, place
• __time for the Reflecting Together:
Talk after the Visit
The Visit - Checklist
• __request for observation written at top of page
• __starting & ending time
• __method used to gather data
• __no judgment or evaluation
Reflecting Alone: the Coach reviews notes & lists possibilities• __ reviews data, deletes any comments• __decides how to present data gathered• __ lists 3 prompts on Coaching Form #1 to get
peer to start talking• __ prompts to get peer to analyze data• __lists 3 possibilities for improvement (real
coaching) if peer is ready (Coaching From #2)
Coaching Form #1
• This is what my peer asked me to observe:
• __________________________________.
• Probing questions to get peer to analyze data:
• 1. ______________________________
• 2. ______________________________
• 3. ______________________________
Coaching Form #2
• Suggestions for improvement if my peer is ready for real coaching:
• 1. _________________________________
• 2. _________________________________
• 3. _________________________________
Reflecting Together on Practice: The Talk after the Visit
• __ seating arrangement
• __opening statement: repeat Request
• __ coach walks through the specific written data collected during the observation
• __coach asked prepared probing questions
• __ peer begins to analyze data
Talk after the Visit * - Reflecting Together on Practice
• __ no praise or blame
• __coach continues probing questions until peer asks for suggestions for improvement
• __coach verbalizes suggestions in non-judgmental fashion
• __coach and peer decide upon next steps
Debriefing: Process Review 14 Q & A
• 1. Did the process work? Why?
• 2. Who talked the most? Why?
• 3. Were there any judgments or evaluations made? By whom?
• 4. Did the process include praise or blame?
Debriefing…….
• 5. Was the relevant data written down by the coach?
• 6. Was the written data related to the Request?
• 7. Did the coach’s probing questions lead the peer to analyze his own lesson?
Debriefing……
• 8. Would another data-gathering measure have been more effective?
• 9. Will this session lead to improvement of instruction?
Start with Peer Watching
• 1. Make 4 visits to another classroom
• 2. Record visits on calendar
• 3. No feedback
• 4. Video tape self 4 times…….and watch the tape! Great for novices and veterans!
Peer Feedback
• 1. All involved go over rules and understandings for Peer Coaching
• 2. Observe and record data 4 times.
• 3. Share data and facts.
• 4. No coaching: just the facts: ma’m!
True Peer Coaching
• Review rules of Peer Coaching
• Establish trust and confidentiality
• Do 4 exchanges with feedback of recorded data AND suggestions for improvement….which is true coaching.