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Questioning as a Skill

The educator demonstrates the use of key questioning skills as tools for structuring and facilitating an effective coaching conversation.


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Questioning to Coach

The educator demonstrates the use of coaching questions as tools for impacting the thinking of the coach.


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Listening to Coach

The educator demonstrates the use of listening as a tool for increasing the coach’s understanding of the coachee’s thinking and perspective in a coaching conversation.


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Using Planning Conversations: Coaching

The coach supports and accelerates deeper thinking through purposeful and intentional conversations in which learning goals are refined and strategies and approaches to reach those goals are explored, considered, and selected.


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Listening as a Skill

The coach demonstrates the use of key listening skills as tools for creating the foundation of an effective coaching conversation.


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Implementing Reflective Questions

The coach demonstrates the use of purposeful questioning to promote educator reflection in a conversation that is transformative and creates a shift in teaching and learning.


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Implementing Pre-conference Conversations

The coach demonstrates the use of purposeful questioning in a pre-conference to collect information and help identify aspects of the observation that will promote new learning.


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Implementing Post-conference Conversations

The coach demonstrates proficiency in gathering observation data to promote new learning through meaningful feedback.


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Collecting Observation Data

The coach demonstrates proficiency in gathering observation data to promote new learning through meaningful feedback.