Frameworks for Video Coaching
Video accelerates coaching as it provides exemplars of practice, opportunities to norm practice and serves as a data point for inquiry into practice. In St. Vrain, our coaching is grounded in three models. These models support both video as inquiry and video as exemplar while keeping reflection and cognition of the teacher at the center.
- VI: Video as Inquiry – Using video to support self-reflection and inquiry into instructional practice.
- VE: Video as Exemplar – Using video to build teacher capacity
Cognitive Coaching
SOURCE: COGNITIVE COACHING
Reflecting:
- Summarize Impressions (VI)
- Analyze Causal Factors
- Construct New Learning
- Commit to Application
Planning:
- Identify Goal
- Specify Success Indicators
- Anticipate Approaches (VE)
- Establish a Personal Learning Focus (VI)
Observing:
- Implementation of approaches (VI)
- Collect Data (VI)
The Impact Cycle
SOURCE: JIM KNIGHT
Identify:
- Summarize impressions (VI)
- Construct current reality to create a goal (VI)
- Specify success indicators
Learn:
- Outline steps to reach goal (instructional strategies)
- Anticipate approaches (VE)
- Menu of coaching practices (VE) (checklists and learning progressions)
Improve:
- Implement (VI)
- Collect data (VI)
Student-Centered Coaching
SOURCE: DIANE SWEENEY
Goal Setting:
- What is the goal for student learning?
- Standards
- Learning Targets
- Baseline Data (Construct Current Reality) (VI)
- Specify Success Indicators
1. Focus for Teacher Learning
- Identify teaching practices/instructional strategies (VI)
- Anticipate approaches (VE)
2. Student-Centered Coaching Approaches:
- Provide a menu of coaching options to support teacher learning
Observing:
- Implementation of approaches (VI)
- Collect Data (VI)