Cognitive Coaching Model Essay

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The key to working with teachers, parents, staff, and community members is building relationships. Once a good relationship is established, it becomes easier for administrators to use cognitive coaching effectively, and having those difficult (hard, critical, etc.) conversations much easier.
Administrators serve several different roles in their work within a building. A key component to their position is being able to coach a teacher to the best educator in the classroom. The culture of the building should encourage teachers to take chances, ask questions, and get feedback from administration and peers without fear of retaliation, criticism, or retribution. This starts as early as the beginning of the year and having clear goals for the …show more content…

Using a cognitive coaching model, the principal remains unbiased and provides questioning for later discussion to help the teacher reflect on his/her observation. By having that good relationship already established, the two can work together to see what worked best, what was problematic and consider some other options for future lessons. This would also be a time that the teacher could share changes they had made from previous discussions and how those changes impacted the classroom, or if other ideas need to be considered. Garmston, Whitaker and Linder mentions in their article that there are three outcomes to strive for when using the cognitive coaching model in schools. They want teachers to be able to self-monitor, self-analyze, and self-evaluate.
I had the opportunity to use a similar style when I worked with the Saint Louis Public School Systems. We did walk-throughs on an almost daily basis, so we were able to see classrooms change over a period of time. One of my goals was just to provide feedback on what I saw, answer questions teachers had, and provide suggestions and support where needed. My role was titled “Instructional support coordinator” which focused a lot on coaching, but had administrative duties as well- including evaluations and

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