Instructional Coaching
The Instructional Playbook
This 1-day course guides coaches and leaders through the development of an instructional playbook, an essential tool for every coach.
To be effective, coaches need to have a deep understanding of high-impact teaching strategies.
They also need to be able to clearly explain those strategies.
Creating an instructional playbook addresses both these aspects of coaching.
About
The most recent publication from the Instructional Coaching Group, The Instructional Playbook: The Missing Link for Translating Research into Practice describes what coaches can do to develop the depth of knowledge and clear explanations that will lead to high-quality implementation. We harness the power of this research in a 1-day course that guides teams or individuals through the creation of a playbook.
Participants will:
- examine the rationale for creating an instructional playbook
- learn how to identify the highest-impact teaching strategies
- create one-page documents that summarise vital information about strategies
- craft checklists that identify what teachers and students need to do to implement the strategies successfully
- have focused time to design a school-specific instructional playbook
“The instructional playbook, first, is a tool that helps coaches develop the deep knowledge they need in order to be effective. Second, the playbook is a concise collection of tools that coaches create and then use to support teacher learning. We say that an instructional playbook is the missing link for translating research into practice because creating a playbook compels coaches to develop the deep knowledge and the tools they need to support teachers as they learn, implement, refine, and adapt practices to meet their students’ needs”
Before you enrol
This course is designed to follow The Impact Cycle course and is suitable for schools that have been implementing instructional coaching cycles for over 12 months.
What you will gain
Identify the highest-impact teaching strategies
Develop deep understanding
Unblock barriers to deep understanding
Build a shared vocabulary
Improve the quality of conversations about teaching
Reduce stress
Foster hope
Structure
Session 1: Overview of the Instructional Playbook
What is a playbook?, Why is a playbook vitally important? & How is a playbook created?
Session 2: The Table of Contents
What is a Table of Contents?, Why is a Table of Contents necessary?, How is a Table of Contents created? & Practice creating a Table of Contents
Session 3: The One-Pager
What are One-Pagers?, Why are One-Pagers necessary?, How are One-Pagers created? & Practice creating One-Pagers
Session 4: Checklists
What are Checklists?, Why are Checklists necessary?, How are Checklists created? & Practice creating Checklists
Session 5: Putting It All Together
Discussion of any questions participants have regarding the playbook, How to share the playbook & Plans for future sharing of and revisions of Checklists
In their words
These are from GCI’s participant survey, across their courses rather than this one.
Our facilitators
As a coaching organisation, we endeavour to model a ‘coaching way of being’ in our interactions with our clients by being:
- Respectful
- Humble
- Curious
- Strengths-focused
- Reflective
We encourage a culture of high expectations through our commitment to the ongoing development of our people based on mutual respect and collaboration. Our consultants are expert coach practitioners who draw on a wealth of educational experience to provide the highest level of service as coaches and trainers.
Fees and what is included
This course is run in-house with savings available for organisations. To run this course in-house, please email info@growthcoaching.com.au to request a quote or discuss further.
Register your interest
If you would like to explore offering this course to your own group, or would like to be notified when new dates are announced, please complete the form below. A member of the GCI team will be in touch.
