Listening and Observing

My most rewarding experience as an Instructional Coach has been learning how to be a silent observer. For example, I have learned to observe silently the educational setting and coming out with valuable information that helps both the first year teacher and the students. This experience has enabled me to become a better teacher. In brief, the experience this year as an Instructional Coach has taught me that listening and observing are the tools that have the potential to facilitate understanding in order to better communicate to a first year teachers - what they are doing well or what they need to improve.

Guerino Terracciano, Lake Forest Elementary