Monday, September 15, 2008

The Leadership Imperative - Coaching

The major role of the NESS Liaison’s is coach of coaches. Your major role as coach of coaches is to create a environment within which the Instructional Coach can focus his or her energy in supporting the New Educator. The support you provide is specific and based on the needs of each Instructional Coach. The guidance and interventions you provide should be appropriate to the developmental level of the Instructional Coach. Always bear in mind that the Liaison needs to focus on what great coaching looks like and feels like. 

Consider the following, using the Continuous Improvement Plan can increase your success supporting your Instructional Coaches and provides a way to document the effectiveness of your interventions. The Continuous Improvement Cycle includes:
  1. Identifying the desired state, what great performance looks and feels like.
  2. Selecting appropriate assessment tools
  3. Ascertaining the ICs current reality
  4. Setting a goal
  5. Selecting intervention(s)
  6. Measuring the impact of the intervention
  7. Deciding on next steps.
For more information about using the Continuous Improvement Plan, contact your HRD Program Facilitator.
Source: Dr. Doug Miller 

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