Empowering Leaders
Professional Development
DONNA MEDA
AUGUST 11TH, 2021
GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY: EAD 533
Criteria for Selecting Faculty Leaders
Experience and Success
Performance
Knowledge
Leadership Skills
Process for Selecting Faculty Leaders
Survey
Interview
Observations
The Importance of the Coaching Cycle
“The cycle enhances the opportunity for teachers to
co-plan, rehearse, co-teach, and then debrief with
their coaches so that they can accomplish their
goals” (Eisenberg, 2015).
Reinforces teachers’ and administrators’ practices.
Promotes collaboration between teachers and
administrators.
Builds on professional capacity
Empowers to become stronger and more confident
stakeholders.
The Coaching Cycle
Before During After
Pre-Observation Observation Post-Observation
Conference Conference
Feedback
Must Reflect Goals
Available and Provided
Consistent
Timeframe
Student Achievement
Positive Feedback
Shared with enthusiasm.
Celebrated
Best Practices
Must continue
High expectations
Vision and Mission
Student Achievement
Constructive Feedback
This is not negative feedback.
Support improvement
Vision and mission
Student achievement
Collaboration
Coaching
Reflection
Example of the Coaching Cycle
Faculty
Formal Observation of a 4th Grade Teacher
Pre-Observation
Goals
Expectations and Objectives
Details of Classroom and Students
Observation
Objectives
Students
Assessment
Note taking
Post-Observation
Reflection
Positive Feedback
Constructive Feedback
Coaching
Suggestions
Plan: Professional Development
Example of the Coaching Cycle
Support Staff
New Math Interventionist
Principal assigns mentor
Both mentor and interventionist attend training on math strategies
and support.
Mentor provides help with effective strategies on math.
Classroom teachers and math interventionist meet to discuss
student progress and expectations/goals.
Interventionist creates a schedule and meets with specific students
who need help.
Students take math progress and diagnostic assessments.
Review the data on math.
Principal meets with interventionist and teachers, provides
feedback and discusses next steps on math to take with students to
promote student achievement. (Chapman & Mitchell, 2018).
References
Chapman, S., & Mitchell, M. (2018). Mindset for Math: Coaching Cycle Empowers Students and Teachers. Learning
Professional, 39(5), 60–64.
Eisenberg, E. (2015). The coaching cycle: before, during, and after: Literacy World Wide. Retrieved from
https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2015/03/18/the-coaching-cycle-before-during-and-after
S. Gielen, E. Peeters, F. Dochy, P. Onghena, K. Stuyven. (2010). Improving the effectiveness of peer feedback for learning: Learning
and Instruction, 20, pp. 304-315.