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Initial Coaching Session Date:

Coach: Teacher: Student: Grade

Purpose

To design new learning opportunities based on this student’s strengths and needs.

Connect: Tell me what you like best about being a teacher? What do you appreciate about this student?

This starts the conversation on a positive note.

Focus Skill: What outcome would be most beneficial for this student?

Concern in teacher’s words: What skill to teach the student: (Charts may help here)

Stories: Ask the teacher(s) to describe a time when a student was successful learning this skill.

Be very specific about:

1. What did the student do

2. What you did that helped

3. What the parents did

4. What the other students did

Ideas from your stories How will this strategy affect student thinking? (Charts)

2 min.

6 min.

7 min.

Form F

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Initial Coaching Session Page 2

DATA Goal: If you apply what you know to this situation, what could happen in 6 or fewer weeks?

Do: If we teach ________ to ____________________________________________________

Achieve: We will see this outcome:_______________________________________________

Time: In _____weeks

Assessment of growth: He/she will go from ____________________to __________________

Design: Based on the story, what ideas are the best fit for this student?

Action plan for the next 4-6 weeks.

Commit: What small step will the teacher act on tomorrow to move the plan forward?

What will happen the next week?

How will this skill be monitored?

6 min.

8 min.

6 min.

Things I will do

Suggestions for parents

Things the student will do

What I will start tomorrow

How I will monitor progress

Form F

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Progress Monitoring For An Individual Student

Student Name

Baseline Data

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Total growth

Academic

Goal

Executive Function

Goal

What is being measured

How data will be collected

Form G

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Date:

Coach: Teacher: Student:

Purpose

To dig deeper into the root cause in order to design new learning opportunities.

Connect: Tell me what progress has been made since the last time we talked?

Strengths you see in this student and progress made since last coaching meeting.

Focus Concerns and 5 whys to find the hidden skill needed.

Academic Concern (in teacher’s words) Hidden skill identified by 5 whys (see strength charts):

Executive Function Concern (teacher’s words) Hidden skill identified by 5 whys (see strength charts):

DATA Goal: If you apply what you know to this situation, what could happen in 6 or fewer weeks?

Do: If we teach _____________ to _________________________________________

Achieve: We will see this outcome________________________________________________

Time: In _____weeks

Assessment of growth: _______ will go from ___________________ to __________

2 min.

20 min.

4 min.

5 Whys Coaching Conversation – page 1

Form H

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5 Whys Coaching Conversation

Page 2

Stories: Ask the teacher(s) to describe a time when a student was successful learning this skill.

1. What did the student do

2. What you did that helped

3. What the parents did

4. What the other students did

Ideas from your success story How does this strategy affect student thinking?

Design: Based upon the story, what ideas fit this student best?

Commit: What small step will the teacher act on tomorrow to move the plan forward?

What will happen the next week?

How will this skill be monitored?

How I will start tomorrow

How I will monitor progress

Things I will do

Suggestions for parents

Things the student will do

5 min.

5 min.

4min.

Form H

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5 Whys Conversation

Coach says

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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Teacher says:

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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Clarification

Build your questions on the teacher’s answer and use paraphrasing.

Question starters:

* So, why does he…

* What is interfering with…

* What else could be causing…

* What is it that makes ___ so hard for him?

* This happens because…

* What do other students say or do in their head that helps them with this?

End with, so are you saying…?

Academic concern________________________________________

Form I

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5 Whys Conversation

Coach says

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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Teacher says:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Clarification

Build your questions on the teacher’s answer and use paraphrasing.

Question starters:

* Why does she…

* What do other students think about that he doesn’t?

* What is it that makes ___ so hard?

* This happens because…

* What do other students say or do in their head that helps them with this?

* What else could be causing that?

End with, so are you saying…?

Executive Function concern________________________________________

Form J

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Student Support Meeting Summary

Concerns Hidden Skill(s) Need

DATA Goal: D If we teach _________ to ___________________________________________

(Student name) (New skill)

A He/She will be able to ______________________________________________

(Change in student behavior or learning)

T Within ___________________________________________________________

(Timeframe – not more than 6 weeks)

A He/She will go from __________________ to ___________________________

(Baseline score) (Predicted amount of growth)

School Strategy Home Strategy Student Strategy

 

 

 

School Monitoring Home Monitoring Student Self-Monitoring

Next date to meet:

Form K

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Follow-up To Student Support Meeting Summary

New strengths seen New skills to work on

DATA Goal: D If we teach _________ to ___________________________________________

(Student name) (New skill)

A He/She will be able to ______________________________________________

(Change in student behavior or learning)

T Within ___________________________________________________________

(Timeframe – not more than 6 weeks)

A He/She will go from __________________ to ___________________________

(Baseline score) (Predicted amount of growth)

School Results From Current Plan Home Results From Current Plan Student Self-monitoring Results

 

 

 

Revisions to School Plan Revisions to Home Plan Revisions to Student Plan

Next Date To Meet:

Form L

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