Grant+Expectations+Syllabus

Grant Expectations Peer Coaching - Each grant has different requirements for meeting grant outcomes but the overiding expectation is that each coach going throught the Peer Coaching Training will engage in the opportunity to learn to develop coaching skills and work with others to explore the benifits and challenges of using coaching as a means to improve teaching and learning through high quality instruction that uses technology. The collective successes and challenges of all coaches will guide our projects and will allow everyone to benifit from our collective experiences.

Grant Requirements:

 * Grant participants need to send a copy of their cumulative Coaching Log to Mary Lou Ley mley@charter.net by Oct. 29, 2010, February 28, 2011, and again by May 1, 2011. Complete baseline and post teacher and student surveys.
 * Post your Lesson Improvement Plans to the Completed Lesson Improvement Page and provide specific feedback to other particpants lessons. Use this feedback to improve your lesson. You will showcase it during online Session 1.
 * After your first coaching session **post your first coaching meeting reflection** in the discussion forum on the Coaches Corner page. Read about others experiences and share you thoughts with them.
 * Participate in discussions after each session.
 * Begin new discussions around your coaching and teaching experiences this year.
 * Post a lesson improvement example from your coaching to your team page.
 * Develop an artifact for the Coaching: Inteligent Chatter page featuring examples of collaboration, success stories, tips, and resources from your coaching experiences. Post artifact to wiki page.
 * Contribute great resources on the Resources for Coaches page.
 * Update your team page in the Team Coaching Connections to showcase your School's coaching program.
 * ==The following should be included in your team page:==
 * 1) Brochure or ad or ? that you are using to share information about peer coaching with your school.
 * 2) Your Coaching Plan
 * 3) Examples of "Before and After" lessons
 * 4) Anything else you want to share or post

Syllabus for Grad Credit [|Peer Coaching Syllabus.doc]
Assignments and Requirements: The requirements will be commensurate with course requirements of a traditional two or three credit graduate level course. Fully attend all sessions (ISSAC Consortium -3 days face to face –Day 1 ,May 12, and Days 2 &3 August 12 & 13. and sessions 5, 6,& 7 online) Oct 6, Dec. 2online at 12:30-2:30, March 7 f-2-f)
 * 1) Complete baseline and post NETS Proficiency assessments and peer coaching surveys
 * 2) Develop a Coaching Plan and post to WI Peer Coaching wiki Session 2.
 * 3) Review of best practices and web resources create social bookmark list on delicious.com and post link to participant list on wiki
 * 4) Document lesson improvement process using Peer Coaching by analyzing the effectiveness of two lessons using //Learning Activity Checklist and ////Assess Lesson Design Template////.//
 * 5) Improve a lesson using 5 steps to the lesson improvement process and Publish the lesson to your team page on the wiki to make the lesson accessible to teachers. YOu may want to use one of the following to guide your work and posting:[[file:Lesson Improvement Template.doc]], [[file:Assess Lesson DesignTemplate blank.doc]], [[file:Five Lesson Improvement Questions.doc]]
 * 6) Demonstrate effective coaching skills to promote professional collaboration for improvement of instruction and analyze coaching improvement process using Lesson Improvement Process Rubric
 * 7) Present improved lesson project to peers and justify how the lesson you improved incorporates the attributes of the Learning Activity Checklist and reflects the lesson improvement process.
 * 8) Identify resources that match the curriculum focus of staff you are coaching and post the resources to wiki page or your online Coaching Portfolio at the Microsoft Interactive Teaching Network.
 * 9) Meet with staff you are coaching at least 4 times and complete the collaboration logs and post plans or timeline on wiki
 * 10) Complete Wows and Wonders reflection activity identifying //what issues or problems you are encountering in your schools that are roadblocks to coaching? Comment on solutions that have worked in discussion forum. //
 * 11) Coaching in Practice: What's Working? U se protocol to measure the success of collaboration in your coaching program and share on wiki.
 * 12) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Develop an artifact for the Coaching: Inteligent Chatter page featuring examples of collaboration, success stories, tips, and resources from your coaching experiences. Post artifact to wiki page.
 * 13) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Complete course evaluation and grant evaluation questionairs and surveys.