Module Seven: Action/Practice in Coaching Interactions

Learning Objectives: 

• Engage in regular cycles of writing and revisiting SMARTE goals as well as reflecting on and assessing the effectiveness of coaching. 

• Use the features of the coaching style of interaction to achieve CQI.

• Engage in healthy inquiry by articulating what they and their partner are curious about and investigating further with openness to possibilities.

• Use effective communications and note-taking strategies during and after coaching conversations in virtual, hybrid, and in-person settings. 

• Use Colorado’s Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Professionals as they create goals and action steps, and as they reflect on growth in teaching practice and/or goal completion. 

• Demonstrate collaborative problem solving to support building awareness of barriers and action steps to meet individual goals.

• Consider the inclusion of groups that have been marginalized and underserved, surface unique perspectives, and consistently adjust interactions under their control to improve outcomes for children and families.

Module Resources: 

• Effective Coaching: Improving Teacher Practice and Outcomes for All Learners 

• How to write a SMART goal from Khan Academy

• Planning for new objectives? Here is how to create S.M.A.R.T goals from Think Marketing

• Process for Goal-Setting and the Goals Conversation SMARTE Bright Morning by Elena Aguilar

• The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation, Elena Aguilar,. 

• Using appreciative inquiry to support the development of a sense of belonging for children in care who are experiencing and atypical in-year transition to a new school.

• Creating case studies of practice through Appreciative Inquiry

• The Early Childhood Coaching Handbook, Second Edition Rush and Sheldon Chapter 5 How to Use a Coaching Style of Interaction pp. 61-64 

• CARES Coaching UCD coaching tools initial planning conference form

• Getting to Know You initial planning form

• Core Values Pre-work

• VIA Character Strengths Survey

• Effective Coaching: Improving Teacher Practice and Outcomes for All Learners 

• The Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Approach – Advanced Reflections 2nd ed. (1998) by Edwards, Gandini, Forman p.254-255 

Module Videos:

• Foundations of Coaching in Early Childhood: Action/Practice (Chapter 4)