As a former coach, I would say that there is tremendous push-down from administrative level to take on these jobs. I am not at all defending the practice of coaches who are not actively coaching, but sometimes the decision not to coach is not that of the coach. I would also be hesitant to jump to the conclusions about pink-slipping teachers before coaching positions...before any real judgment could be made, school budgeting would have to be closely examined. If they were paid from the same fund, I would agree, but there may be grant funding or strings attached to the way in they are salaried.
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE > Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 15:34:04 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] new job as a Literacy Coach > > wow!! It sounds like your coaches actually did what they were supposed to > for a while! We have 2 coaches who I have never seen go into a classroom to > help teachers. All they do is admin work. We think of them as part of the > admin team since they do jobs delegated from the principal. In our county > last month, we had over 500 teachers lose their jobs. In our school, 13 > teachers are gone. Some of these are great teachers! And yet our coaches > still have their job?????? > > --- On Mon, 5/31/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] new job as a Literacy Coach > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, May 31, 2010, 3:43 PM > > > I'm a classroom teacher (and happy to be one); we've had coaches in our > district for about 9 years. In my district, the coach's job is to work with > teachers to improve student accomplishment. Each grade level meets with the > coach twice per month for 2-3 hours. We write a cycle of inquiry then read, > work, discuss, assess. When the coaches aren't working with teachers (which > is a lot of time) they are supposed to be supporting teachers with > demonstrations, observations, etc. Unfortunately, it is my belief that the > coaches actually do administrative work. In the beginning of our > collaborative work, I appreciated the guidance of the coach. Now I believe > most of us have grown beyond the coaches (who have had no classroom > experience for 6-9 years). You might need some background: in California, due > to budget woes, most of our newer teachers were pink-slipped and class size > grew; therefore most of our newest teachers still have 4-5 years experience. > They are > growing beyond the coaches, too. > Judy > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
