PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTE
FOR INSTRUCTIONAL
COACHING
Christina Steinbacher-Reed
Welcome
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Collins Type 1 Writing – Describe your current role.
How does your role impact others on your team?
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of three lines
Community Builder
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Virtual Jigsaw
You each have a piece of a larger picture.
Find others with similar pieces, introduce yourself,
and form a team.
Put your pieces together and discuss the following:
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does your role compare to the role of the team
members in your picture?
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Introduce your new friend to the larger group
What is the Pennsylvania Institute for
Instructional Coaching?
PIIC is . . .
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PIIC is NOT . . .
Support for what you are
already doing
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A competing initiative
A network of support for
school-based staff developers
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A new program
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Costly
Low-to-no cost
A capacity building effort for
Gr. 4-12
Rethinking ‘Coach’
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Full-time instructional coaches are ideal, but…
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Look at coach as a verb, not a noun
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Coaches may include: teacher leaders, librarian, curriculum
coordinator, reading specialists, department chairs, etc.
Coaches can not include: teacher evaluators
Designated coaches must be provided with some level of
release time
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PIIC coaches provide a professional development
support system for teachers focused on improving
classroom practices, student engagement, and
student achievement by applying a specific set of
practices. The PIIC coaching model reflects
consensus about what constitutes effective teacher
professional development: ongoing, jobembedded, side-by-side assistance to teachers
based on the needs of those teachers and their
students.
Expectations for PIIC Coaches
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Attend PIIC state conference if selected
Attend monthly coaches meetings at the IU
Provide and facilitate onsite PD for teachers around
according to PIIC’s four elements of coaching
May attend Penn Literacy Network (PLN 1) course
(optional)
Refer to “Expectations for Coaches” for additional
expectations
Four Elements of PIIC Coaching
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1 - One-on-one and small group support for teachers
and other school leaders (Before, during, after model)
2 – Gathering and Using Data
3 - Improving Adolescent Literacy Across the Content
Areas
4 - Reflective and non-evaluative practices
How does this support what we’re
already doing?
What is our instructional
framework?
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Learning Focused
Schools
Reading Apprenticeship
Balanced Literacy
Standards Aligned
System
Penn Literacy Network
Other evidenced based
literacy framework
How do we teach teachers to
implement this framework?
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Professional development
B-D-A Coaching (modeling,
co-planning, co-teaching,
providing feedback)
Professional learning
communities
Data analysis
Networking
Reflective practices
Benefits of Joining PIIC
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On-site, job-embedded coaching support for
designated coaches
Monthly IU meetings for coaches
Four slots to participate in PLN 1 at Luzerne County
IU (4.5 graduate credits from Penn)
Support for transitioning towards Common Core
High quality training that can be turned-around in
your own district for
District’s Investments
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Travel expenses (mileage and meal) and release time
to attend state conferences in State College (required)
Provide release time for coaches to receive jobembedded, site-based coaching support (required)
Travel costs (mileage only) to attend optional PLN
courses at Luzerne County IU (optional)
IU Coaching Meeting Dates
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Oct. 13 (W) – Meeting the needs of adult learners,
understanding change, and intro to coaching
November 8 (C) – Coaching, Literacy Across
Content, Data Analysis, Reflective Practices (4
Elements)
Dec. 7 (W)
Jan. 19 (C)
Feb. 14 (W)
May
PIIC Statewide Conference
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Held at State College
January 9-11
May 2, 3, 4
PIIC Levels of Support
On-Site Support, Monthly IU Meetings,
PIIC Conference, PLN1
On-Site Support, Monthly IU
Meetings, PIIC
On-Site Support,
Monthly IU Meetings
or PIIC Conference
On-Site
Support
What is PLN?
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Penn Literacy Network (University of Penn Graduate
School)
Series of graduate courses focusing on literacy K12
40 years in development
Can be the basis for a curriculum framework or just
provide participants with literacy best practices
What is the relationship between
PIIC and PLN?
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PIIC is the how (coaching), PLN is the what
(curriculum
Penn Literacy Network Course 1 Dates
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Must have a team of four (1 admin, 1 coach, 2
teachers)
Held during school day at Luzerne County IU
 December
7
 February 1
 March 1
 April 12
 May 8.
Contact
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[email protected]
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Twitter - christina_coach
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Cell - 570-560-7865