Co-Planning Critical Stepscs-coaching-knowledge-base.md

Coaching Goals

Front: Coaches must enter every co-planning session with a plan and well-defined goals, even if it's the first session with teachers. Both the teachers' and coaches' time is valuable, so coaches must ensure that all time spent with a teacher is used efficiently and focused on teacher learning and growth.

Back: Before your Co-Planning session with a teacher, reflect on the Coaching Implementation Plan developed with the school leadership team, especially if it is your first session with the teacher. Create goals for the teacher that build towards the school's overall goals as established in the Coaching Implementation Plan. Make sure the goals for the session also reflect on and take into consideration the needs of the teachers, the resources they have access to, and the culture and identity of the students in their classroom. Ask yourself if the goals contribute to the teachers learning and growth. Are the goals the best use of yours and the teacher's time?

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