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Coaching
and Mentoring: |
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Is a professional development strategy that provides
one-on-one learning opportunities for teachers focused on
improving teaching practice.
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Could involve classroom observation, co-planning
instruction, material development and thinking together
about the influence of their behavior on students (Showers
and Joyce, 1996).
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Is typically a collegial relationship.
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Uses multiple forms of data to support making judgments,
observations and inferences to improve teaching.
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Collegial
Coaching Examples: |
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A partnership in which colleagues observe one
another and hold focused discussions prior to and
following shared teaching and learning experiences.
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A collegial relationship between teachers with
similar expertise as they work together to become
more resourceful in planning, reflecting and problem
solving about their teaching.
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A series of structured and planned observations
and discussions to help colleagues gather data, give
feedback and reflect upon their teaching.
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Mentoring
Examples:
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A master teacher, recruited and assigned to help a
novice teacher learn new knowledge and skills
specific to improving his / her teaching practice.
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A partnership with a teacher desiring to improve
his / her practice in a particular area with a
teacher who is experienced in that area. It is
anticipated that both the protégé and the mentor will
improve their skills; the protégé in the professional
practice in the classroom and the mentor, in his /
her mentoring skills.
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| Underlying
Assumptions: |
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Reflection by an individual on his or her own practice can
be enhanced by another’s observations and perceptions
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Teachers working to master new materials or teaching
practices benefit from ongoing assistance.
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