As a district level coach, I work with building level coaches to coordinate building level study, I work with teachers, I often team teach and sometimes model (but I prefer to team). I was trained as a cognitive coach, but still consider myself a newbie. I do not give pep talks or prizes ... I gifted a ladybug pointer to all the new primary teachers. Does that count?
Lori On 4/8/07 10:10 AM, "Chris Knoblaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am a reluctant "Literacy Coach" who was drafted into > the position by a Principal. I am comfortable with > the analytical aspects of the job, but I am an > introvert who is very uncomfortable with invading the > space of others. > > I am wrestling with lesson modeling. > > I am supposed to go into another teachers' room, and > model a lesson for that teacher using that teacher's > students. > > I asked for the DO resource teacher to model a lesson > for me, so I could learn how to do it. She came into > my class to observe me for a week. At the end of the > week, she was supposed to model. Instead of doing the > lesson, she gave the kids a pep talk about going to > college, completed one exercise with them, and gave > out prizes. It was not helpful, and I do not wish to > emulate that approach. > > Our school brought in a consultant who was supposed to > give a demo lesson. He invited students to sit on > stage, praised them for being selected, did one > exercise with them, and gave out prizes. It looked > familiar. > > I went to a training session. On the last day the > trainer was supposed to model the strategy (reciprocal > instruction for ELL students in social studies). He > gave the kids a pep talk, praised them, did one > exercise with them, and gave out prizes. > > Do you think that is what I am supposed to do? I > haven't received any guidance, and I'm pretty sure I > have become a nuisance for asking questions. When I > asked my colleagues, they said that is what always > happens in demo lessons. > > Do your experiences match that? > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > ______ > Be a PS3 game guru. > Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. > http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute "Literate Lives: A Human Right" July 12-15, 2007 Louisville, Kentucky http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
