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Consistent Coaching And Alignment: A New Way Of Work For College Readiness System Staff, Christie L. Mcmullen
Consistent Coaching And Alignment: A New Way Of Work For College Readiness System Staff, Christie L. Mcmullen
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As an answer to a missing system of interaction and accountability between College Readiness System (CRS) Staff and school systems across the country, a coaching framework was created. This framework provides a repeatable, consistent model for CRS staff members to use with each school implementing CRS across the nation. This paper outlines the new coaching framework, the need for having a framework and the process for getting all stakeholders to support the new system. This process would be applicable for implementing any type of change within a large non-profit organization. This change leadership project includes ways to get organizations to …
Ongoing Professional Learning Opportunities, Christie L. Mcmullen
Ongoing Professional Learning Opportunities, Christie L. Mcmullen
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As an answer to a lack of policy around follow up training between CRS Center Staff and school systems across the country, a policy needs to be created around providing follow up training opportunities nationally. This policy provides a repeatable, consistent model for CRS Center staff members to use with each school implementing CRS across the nation. This paper outlines the policy for allowing teachers to see other teachers implementing CRS strategies in their schools, therefore increasing the use of these strategies in classrooms nationally. This process will be applicable for school districts that works with CRS nationally. This policy …
Instructional Coaching: An Essential Element For Building And Maintaining Instructional Capacity, Alison Hawley
Instructional Coaching: An Essential Element For Building And Maintaining Instructional Capacity, Alison Hawley
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The focus of this study is to explore the role of the school leader, specifically the principal, in leading instructional change and supporting teachers throughout the change process. Building instructional capacity across a school building is an essential role for a school leader, but also requires ownership and agency on the part of teachers to be active partners in realizing change. The process of full-scale change impacts members of the school community in different ways. Identifying the predictable patterns of adult responses often associated with change can help the instructional leader anticipate the supports necessary to keep the change moving …