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Next one up is from @adamboxer1 - getting better faster: how to actually help early career teachers. Agree that one of the silver lining of Covid is how schools have pulled together
@adamboxer1 recommending the Get Better Faster 90 Day coaching plan book by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo. Having dipped in and out of it I can second the recommendation - six best bits are summarized by Adam in the next few tweets
1. Waterfall - instead of writing down loads of notes during an observation and giving loads of feedback, go in at the start of the lesson, once you find something to feed back on that is actionable, note it, leave the lesson and create the coaching step on that piece of feedback
2. Shared language - great example about which piece of feedback is better. The one on the right is a TLAC champion technique, so this short sentence gives a lot of information. Shared language gives clarity around what good looks like
Most common shared language used by @adamboxer1 - it is not just about behaviour management but also around teaching and learning
3. Go granular - small individual comprehensive units. Great examples here that are easily actionable by the person getting the feedback, long but not overloading them with feedback
4. High leverage - the feedback on the left is only useful for the lesson that they have just done and may not be teaching again for a year, make it something that is actionable tomorrow and discuss how they can implement it tomorrow
5. Purpose, then action - my language is explain the why (the purpose) behind the action. Keep it granular by pinpointing one time in the lesson.
6. Let the achieved action steps build visibly - really love the idea of using Trello. Read more from @adamboxer1 blog https://achemicalorthodoxy.wordpress.com/2020/09/23/hello-trello-supercharge-your-school-organisation/ Going to be one of my NY resolutions to start using it! Thanks Adam for giving up your time, great presentation
