Guiding Questions

Now is the time to begin reflecting on the effectiveness of your NESS support. The following questions are provided to help you examine your program to celebrate its successes and examine ways to improve your site’s program.

1. How do you know if the Instructional Coach is effective in his/her role of developing the New Educator?
2. How do you collect data on the effectiveness of your New Educator? What data did you collect? When and how often do you collect data? Who collects it?
3. What happens to the data once it is collected? Who is responsible for analyzing and monitoring progress based on data?
4. What support systems have you put in place to ensure that the New Educator is being supported? (e.g. NESS support meeting aligned to developmental areas for new teachers)
5. What systems do you have in place to monitor the New Educator’s progress? (e.g. meeting with School Liaison, speaking with New Educators, and discussing New Educator and Instructional Coach issues at leadership meetings)
6. How do you know that the Instructional Coach, Administrator, and the New Educator collaboratively discussed and agreed on the New Educator’s performance improvement plan?

If you would like help in evaluating the effectiveness of your program, please contact your HRD NESS Program Facilitator.

Source: HRD NESS Program Facilitators