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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)

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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

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

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6 min.

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Form F

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Initial Coaching Session Page 2

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

Do: If we teach ________ to ____________________________________________________

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Achieve: We will see this outcome:_______________________________________________

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Time: In _____weeks

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

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

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Action plan for the next 4-6 weeks.

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

What will happen the next week?

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How will this skill be monitored?

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6 min.

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8 min.

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6 min.

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Things I will do

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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

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Executive Function

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What is being measured

How data will be collected

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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.

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

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

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

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Do: If we teach _____________ to _________________________________________

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Achieve: We will see this outcome________________________________________________

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Time: In _____weeks

Assessment of growth: _______ will go from ___________________ to __________

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5 Whys Coaching Conversation – page 1

Form H

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5 Whys Coaching Conversation

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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

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

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

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

What will happen the next week?

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How will this skill be monitored?

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How I will start tomorrow

How I will monitor progress

Things I will do

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Suggestions for parents

Things the student will do

5 min.

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Form H

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5 Whys Conversation

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Clarification

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

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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?

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End with, so are you saying…?

Academic concern________________________________________

Form I

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5 Whys Conversation

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Clarification

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

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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?

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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

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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

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Next Date To Meet:

Form L

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