posted by Diane Sweeney @ 2:28 PM
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Are you in the process of making the transition from drive-by coaching to coaching in 6-9 week cycles? What steps have you taken? How is this impacting your conversations with teachers? Are you experiencing any challenges? Do you have any questions?
posted by Diane Sweeney @ 10:55 AM
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In Roland Barth’s article Improving Relationships Within the Schoolhouse (Educational Leadership, March 2006), he categorizes teacher relationships as, “parallel play, adversarial relationships, congenial relationships, and collegial relationships.” He writes, “The good schools in which I’ve worked and observed have replaced parallel play and adversarial relationships among adults with congenial and collegial relationships”. He defines “collegial relationships” in the following way, “When I visit a school and look for evidence of collegiality among teachers and administrators, the indicators I seek are:
posted by Diane Sweeney @ 10:25 AM
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The author of Learning Along The Way: Professional Development by and for Teachers (Stenhouse, 2003), Diane Sweeney holds a longstanding interest in how adult learning translates to learning in the classroom. A national consultant since 1999, Diane’s work focuses on the methods, practices, and structures for building rigorous learning communities in schools. She currently serves as Lead Consultant for Spark Innovation, an organization that provides consulting support to school districts across the US. In the past, Diane has been a classroom teacher, a literacy coach, a trainer for literacy coaches, and an instructor at the university level. Diane has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Denver and a Master’s in Education from the University of Colorado, Boulder. For more information about Spark Innovation please visit www.sparkinnovate.com. Diane can be reached at diane@sparkinnovate.com.
