COACHING WALKTHRUS

Teachers improve when leaders and coaches work shoulder to shoulder with them to seek out learning problems, work on tried and tested solutions, model and rehearse techniques until they’re ready for the classroom, and help make changes stick.

DIAGNOSE & DESIGN.

Identify learning problems and design goals for coaching.

Individual, team, or whole-school challenges must be based on real observations of where students are struggling. Use lesson visits, student data, and video to gather insights. Once the issue is clear, select a single WalkThru technique as a starting point. Then, design a goal that links purpose to action.

TRAIN & MODEL.

Plan training, secure understanding and model techniques.

We recommend our adaptation of Bambrick-Santoyo’s Theory, See It, Name It, Do It as a training framework. Unpack the theory, then deconstruct models to build secure understanding. Break the technique down step by step and rehearse with feedback before taking it into the classroom.

ADAPT & APPLY.

Adapt and rehearse new techniques, and help teachers apply them.

Our A|D|A|P|T framework helps teachers personalise the technique, ensuring it fits their specific context. Practising in real conditions supports teachers to embed the technique with intentionality. Run reality checks designed to build insight and collect helpful information ready to share with the teacher.

FEEDBACK & SUPPORT.

Conversations that build clarity, insight and action.

Coaching conversations, whether one-to-one or in teams, help teachers reflect, see progress, and plan next steps. Use The 5Ps Framework to affirm what is and isn’t working and construct next steps. Manage dialogue to deepen and mediate teachers’ thinking, asking questions that build clarity, insight, and action.

EMBED & BUILD.

Embed techniques, build habits and move on.

Support teachers by using prompts, cues, and checklists to ensure techniques are fully embedded. Recognise and celebrate success, amplifying what has real impact for students. Use our Clustering concept to connect new techniques that build on the improved practice.

RESOURCES & TOOLS.

Additional tools and checklists to support coaching and training. Click to view or download.

NEW | COACHING IN TEACHING TEAMS

An effective approach providing instructional coaching for teams of teachers is to harness existing team structures and to apply Paul Bambrick-Santoyo’s principles of individual coaching.

It is likely that the pedagogic and curriculum issues facing a teaching team will be common to all members, allowing members of the team to feel comfortable working to improve classroom practice within a collaborative team spirit.

This brand new WalkThru offers support on how this can be implemented effectively.

INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING IN TEACHING TEAMS v1

WATCH | COACHING CONVERSATIONS

We are very proud to launch this film series in partnership with Chiltern Learning Trust, with huge thanks to all of the brilliant teachers involved. These films follow a teacher exploring the implementation of a WalkThru technique in the classroom, followed by a coaching conversation with Tom Sherrington. They have been designed as a tool to support both a greater understanding of the techniques used, as well as a model of how to support the teacher to reflect and refine their classroom practice further through an instructional coaching approach.

DOWNLOAD | COACHING ONE-PAGE SUMMARIES

Exclusive to WalkThrus, members can download this series of one-page coaching guides to support great coaching conversations in their school or college.

Created by WalkThru trainer Matt Stone.