The Importance of Developing a Common Language and Effective Communication

Education Transformation Office

Common Board Configuration (CBC)

DATE: June 11, 2013

BENCHMARK: Communication

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can I communicate effectively?

HIGHER ORDER QUESTIONS:•How will I ensure that teachers successfully incorporate collaborative strategies during group work?

EXIT SLIP: Review Essential Question

AGENDA: I Do: Model communication skillsWe Do: Practice listening skillsThey Do: With a partner, brainstorm and plan what information they will bring back to the Reading Leadership Team You Do: Role play effective communication

HOME LEARNING: Review today’s lesson and reflect on how you would implement if you were a coach next year.

BELL RINGER: Acronyms – Test Your Knowledge

OBJECTIVE: Participants will have a thorough understanding of effective communication skills.

VOCABULARY: -communication-feedback-relationship

Common Language in ETO

• ETO HOTS OPM ORF FAIR

• LSG SPI DI

• CP

• AR

• STAR

• DOK

• ICAD

• ELL CELLA

Purpose

• Why do we need common language?

• How do we develop a common language?

• How can we communicate effectively?

Why Do We Need Common Language?

Words

Group 1: Foot, solid, root, peck, square, power, product, yard, mean

Group 2: Motion, force, fault, degree, wave, current, resistance

Group 3: Key, bill, race, legend, product, plain, ruler, crop, run, cabinet

Group 4: Case, mood, tense, article, subject, tone, romance, dash, stress, voice

What are Some Terms Your Reading Leadership Team Might Need to Explore Together?• Screening assessment • Progress monitoring• Diagnostic assessment• Dynamic assessment• Static assessment• Evaluation• Phonological awareness• Phonemic awareness• Phonics• Fluency • Expressive vocabulary• Receptive vocabulary

• Comprehension • Metacognition • Sources of information• Pragmatic working system• Lexical working system• Schematic working system• Semantic working system• Syntactic working system• Graphophonic working system• Writing as a process• Reading as a process• Literacy

Points to Ponder

• What are the implications of this information for your Reading Leadership Team?

• What information will you share during your Reading Leadership Team’s planning time today?

• How will your Reading Leadership Team identify terms that need to clarify as a group?

• Should a definition be provided or just a list for consideration? Why might it matter?

• How could this common language be developed school-wide?

Effective Communication

Article: What Teachers Want from their CoachesHow does communication play a role in these expectations from the teachers?

1.Build Trust

2.Demonstrate Competence

3.Give Respectful, Specific Feedback

4.Avoid Assumptions about Individual Abilities

5.Consider Various Learning Styles

6.Make Change Meaningful by Empowering Teachers

7.Take Time to Build a Relationship

“No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship” – James Comer (1995)

Language of Coaching

Tell me about your purpose in/when … Tell me about your lesson/focus of…Describe the students’ behavior when . . . After this lesson, can you describe how the outcomes matched your goals? Were there any shifts in your instruction?How did you figure that out?What challenges did you encounter in the lesson?How are you planning to go about this…What are you planning for with the next lesson… “What Teachers Want from their Coaches”

The Principal Coach Relationship

An effective principal/coach relationship can be achieved by having the coach and principal: Collaborate Create an action plan Develop or participate in the Reading Leadership Team Review and discussing the coach’s log and calendar Attend common planning to know what are the look fors

when he/she conducts their walkthroughs Communicate and share ideas with the leadership team

The Principal can…

Support and protect the role of the coachShare a common vision for the coach’s role with the whole

facultyProtect the coach’s timeGuard some time for professional development for the coach

and by the coachRevise and guide the coaches through the discussion of their

weekly logsCreate tier action plans to guide coaches and administrators

work

Leadership Team

Coaching Model

Questions & Discussions