Coaching Process
The Leadership for Learning Coaching Process combines action-based data with personalized coaching sessions. Our Education Leadership Coaches work with school and district leaders to create supportive relationships that enable leaders to identify practices, processes, and routines that present opportunities for growth. Coaches support school leaders to develop action steps that for growth and change in practice aligned to existing school improvement plans.
1. Administer School-Wide Assessment of Distributed Instructional Leadership
The Leadership for Learning Coaching Process for school and district leaders begins with implementing a task-based assessment of school-wide leadership practices, such as the Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning (CALL) or the WIDA School Improvement System (WIDA SIS). Rather than focus on an individual school leader, CALL and WIDA SIS utilize a multi-source comprehensive survey to assess core leadership practices that are distributed across the school building.
2. Data Debrief Session to Identify Target Areas for Improvement
Upon completion of an assessment, users receive immediate targeted data and feedback designed to support school improvement and professional growth. The Education Leadership Coaches meet with school leaders to review the data. The coaches work with school leaders to help identify target areas for improvement within the online reporting system.
The online reporting systems identify areas of strength and target areas for improvement. Coaches work collaboratively with school leaders to identify target areas for school improvement and professional development. Coaches take into consideration the specific context of a school by listening to school leaders and applying the school leaders’ perspectives and experiences during the process to help identify key practices on which to focus for action steps aligned to current school improvement plan.
3. Action Planning
Driven by the action-based data, Education Leadership Coaches will work collaboratively with school leaders to develop action steps for school improvement. These action steps will align to existing school improvement processes.
The online reporting systems identify areas of strength and target areas for improvement. Coaches work collaboratively with school leaders to identify target areas for school improvement and professional development. Coaches take into consideration the specific context of a school by listening to school leaders and applying the school leaders’ perspectives and experiences during the process to help identify key practices on which to focus for action steps aligned to current school improvement plan.
4. Implement Action Steps
The resulting data from the needs assessment may suffice to support implementation of action steps. Strengths-based coaching supports school leaders in implementing action steps based on current school and district assets and resources. Additionally, Leadership for Learning has many partners that could provide support in implementing change strategies including WIDA Professional Learning Workshops, The AIW (Authentic Intellectual Work) Institute, and WebbAlign (Depth of Knowledge).
5. Ongoing Support and Coaching
As school leaders implement action steps with support from district leaders and Leadership for Learning Coaches, coaches will meet with leaders to check in on the progress and to help to overcome any barriers along the way.
6. Re-Administer School-Wide Assessment of Distributed Instructional Leadership
Leadership for Learning coaches will assist in re-administering the action-based assessment to measure progress over time. With new data gathered, coaches will work with school leaders to develop revised action steps to promote continuous improvement, thereby starting this process from the beginning.
