Book 16: Observing Lessons and Coaching

Here are the resources referenced in the Tips for Teachers guide to Observing Lessons and Coaching.

Want to know more?

These people know far more about coaching than me:

1. Adam Boxer – in particular, his Hypothesis model, this thread about coaching, and our podcast conversation.
2. Ollie Lovell – our monthly podcast conversations regularly include coaching reflections, for example, this one and this one
3. Josh Goodrich – his fantastic Responsive Coaching book, and our podcast conversation about it
4. Sarah Cottinghatt – her Cognitive Coaching newsletter, in particular, this post about three lessons Sarah has learned, and this post about praise.
5. Peps Mccrea has a great thread about rehearsal.
6. This research paper from the StepLab team talks about effective ways to support teacher change
7. I also regularly revisit Harry Fletcher-Wood’s book, Habits of Success, when thinking about supporting change that sticks

Endnotes

1. The Wisdom of Practice-Collected Essays of Lee Shulman: Vol 1 by Lee S. Shulman. You can buy the book here
2. Dylan Wiliam: Every teacher can improve. Watch the video here
3. The Effect of Teacher Coaching on Instruction and Achievement: A Meta-Analysis of the Causal Evidence by Kraft and Blazar. Read an analysis of the paper here
4. Practice Does Not Make Perfect – Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Coaching Beginning Teachers by Cohen et al. Read an analysis of the paper here
5. Responsive Coaching: Evidence-informed instructional coaching that works for every teacher in your school by Josh Goodrich. Buy the book here
6. You can download a blank version of my coaching template here
7. Find out more about Evernote here
8. The clip-on mic I use is here
9. This is the Hypothesis Model for lesson observations from Adam Boxer. Adam writes about it here
10. Responsive Coaching: Evidence-informed instructional coaching that works for every teacher in your school by Josh Goodrich. Buy the book here
11. You can read about asking “checking for listening” questions during explanations in The Tips for Teachers guide to the I Do.
12. This technique is known as OHook-to-HoardO and is featured in the Tips for
    Teachers guide to Mini-whiteboards
13. Practice-Based Teacher Education Pedagogies Improve Responsiveness by Mancenido, et al. Read an analysis of the paper here
14. I discuss Book-to-Board in The Tips for Teachers guide to Mini-whiteboards
15. I discuss Call and Respond in The Tips for Teachers guide to Call and Respond
16. I discuss the use of What If? In The Tips for Teachers guide to the We Do
17. Observing better: The Hypothesis Model by Adam Boxer. Read the post here
18. Read Adam Boxer’s thread about coaching here
19. Listen to me and Adam Boxer discuss how to observe a lesson here
20. Listen to me and Ollie Lovell discuss observing lessons and coaching here
21. Listen to me and Ollie Lovell discuss observing lessons and coaching some more here
22. Responsive Coaching: Evidence-informed instructional coaching that works for every teacher in your school by Josh Goodrich. Buy the book here
23. #187 How to coach responsively with Josh Goodrich. Listen to the episode here
24. Read the Cognitive Coaching newsletter here
25. Three Lessons Learned from Coaching Teachers by Sarah Cottinghatt. Read the post here
26. Don’t use praise – learn from success instead by Sarah Cottinghatt. Read the post here
27. Read PepsMccrea’s thread about rehearsal here
28. Professional Development & Cognitive Load by Arielle Boguslav, Josh Goodrich, Ollie Lovell. Read an analysis of the paper here
29. Habits of Success: Getting Every Student Learning by Harry Fletcher-Wood. Buy the book here