The Importance Of Cognitive Coaching

It has been said that people will do what is inspected not what is expected. I believe that teachers want to teach. As an administrator it is my duty to ensure the teachers have opportunities to improve and receive training. Good teachers want to be treated as professionals. As an administrator I feel teachers should know how they would be observed and evaluated, the goals of the process and the results of the evaluation. Teachers that are not being effective need to have opportunities to use data to help them understand how they can improve. The idea of value-added gains is an idea that can be used to inform teachers of their effectiveness. The administrator needs to poll and track teacher and student data to be sure that the observations

For coaching to be successful it should be a very personalized experience that fosters growth between thinking and teaching. There are many elements to consider when implementing this form of supervision. Almost all professions have some sort of mentoring programs usually called apprenticeships or residencies. Yet only about half the states in the United States actually fund mentoring programs, and less than that have guidelines set up to ensure proper oversight (Acheson). The states and local education associations could potentially save tremendous amounts of money while ensuring classroom achievement through effective teaching by using cognitive coaching methods for teachers. Principals set up teacher coaches to assist every teacher in improving instruction. Administrators can also allow curriculum coaches to work with teachers to co-evaluate and assist teachers in cultivating superior methods. They need to have required additional professional developments each academic year and have implemented professional learning communities to assist all teachers in meeting requirements and implementing new teaching

I want to try my best to continue to educate and empower teachers with knowledge. I believe effective supervision can have a synergistic effect on a school. Through coaching methods veteran teachers can assist new teachers in becoming proficient. The now effective teacher can have greater roles in collaboration and even help coach other teachers. This new teacher becomes a more valuable part of the whole. This makes the entire school stronger and the academic increases become exponential. A school leader does not want any weak links on the chain. Administrators have a responsibility to go to work every day with the best interest of the student and our society in the heart. Student’s quality of life will be affected one way or another by every classroom teacher that they have for instruction. For the students to have the optimum positive outcomes the staff must be trained and retrained. The model of pre and post conferences along with a more constructivist dialogue with teachers paves the way for growth. This is a model I will