Resources

=**Coaching and Mentoring in the 21st Century-** =

Coaching or mentoring in today's classrooms needs to be supported and implemented as a systematic process. The team, principal, coach, teachers, community, and students all need to be an integral part of an instructional coaching program.

**Resources**

 * [|PA Coaching] - providing a state wide initiative for instructional coaching, building IU capacity and support instructional mentoring services
 * Welcome To The Art of Coaching - []
 * [|PAHSCI] - Pennsylvania Highschool Coaching Initiative
 * PIIC - Pennsylvania Institute for Instructional Coaching
 * [|Mentor Handbook -] an excellent resource for building an effective educational mentor program
 * [|Jim Knight's Instructional Coaching Fieldbook >]
 * [|Walk Through Observation]
 * [|Jim Knight's Blog]
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[|Instructional Coaching From AASA]

=<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**21st Century Instructional Coaching Top Ten** =
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Build a trusting relationship with your staff. Make connections on some personal levels. Show interest in the person first not just the content and instruction.
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Reassure the teachers that you are there as a support for them to refine their expertise in instruction.
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Communicate effectively through honest feedback, active listening and empathy. Try to think where they are coming from and how they may perceive your presence.
 * 4) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Begin with discussion about teacher and student needs, interests and readiness.
 * 5) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Create collaborative attainable goals, action plans and expectations.Don't expect to much too soon.
 * 6) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Work at their pace not yours. Moving on with tech resources can be very overwhelming, choose relavant meaningful resource options for teachers and their instruction and student learning opportunities.
 * 7) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Create opportunities for self reflection and self assessment.
 * 8) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Determine intended learning outcomes.
 * 9) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Provide timely training, support and tips when needed.
 * 10) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Celebrate the success no matter how small. Be positive about growth.

These resources were copied from the WEB 2.0 Guru wiki, an excellent resource for 21Century Education

Research Article comes from Autralia: <span style="color: #2200c1; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">[|//**Mentoring**// as a context for developing motivation]