Moments in mathematics coaching : improving K-5 instruction /: improving K-5 instruction. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kristine Reed Woleck.
• Other Names: Woleck, Kristine Reed
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Part I. The Coach's Work; 1. What Is Coaching?; Case: Coaching in Action, Ann, Grade 5; Taking a Closer Look; Research-Based Models of Coaching; Keys to Developing a Coaching Model; Questions for Reflecting and Linking to Practice; 2. Starting the School Year; Making Introductions; Establishing Trust; Deciding Who to Coach; Deciding Who Not to Coach . . . Then What?; Getting Organized; Communicating With Administrators; Keys to Getting Started; Questions for Reflecting and Linking to Practice; 3. The Coaching Cycle; Case: Decision Making in the Coaching Cycle, Fiona, Kindergarten; Taking a Closer Look; Defining the Focus; Coach's Role, Teacher's Role; Fiona's Case, Continued; Taking a Closer Look; The Need for Variations in the Coaching Cycle; Keys to the Coaching Cycle; Questions for Reflecting and Linking to Practice; Part II. Tools for Coaching; 4. Using Curriculum; Defining the Meaning of Curriculum; Case: Talking About Curriculum, Sue, Grade 2; Taking a Closer Look; Using the Curriculum as a Coaching Tool; Keys to Coaching With Curriculum; Questions for Reflecting and Linking to Practice; 5. The Role of Questioning; Case: Different Questions for Different Purposes, Nancy, Grade 1; Taking a Closer Look; Case: Planning the Questions, Rick, Grade 4; Taking a Closer Look; Case: When Open-Ended Questions Aren't Enough, Carolyn, Grade 1; Taking a Closer Look; Keys to Questioning; Questions for Reflecting and Linking to Practice; 6. Being Explicit; Case: Making Explicit Moves, Keith, Grade 4; Taking a Closer Look; Keys to Being Explicit; Questions for Reflecting and Linking to Practice; 7. Using Data; Case: Creating Urgency Through Data, Peggy, Grade 5; Taking a Closer Look; Tools to Facilitate the Use of Data; Developing Student-Focused Action Plans; Keys to Using Data; Final Thoughts About Data; Questions for Reflecting and Linking to Practice; Part III. Coaching Dilemmas; 8. Confronting Classroom Errors; Case: Keeping the Mathematics in Mind, Holly, Grade 3; Taking a Closer Look; Case: Deciding When to Address an Error, Maggie, Grade 5; Taking a Closer Look; Being Proactive: Discussing How to Address an Error; Being Proactive: Building Mathematical Knowledge to Avoid Errors; Keys to Confronting Errors; Questions for Reflecting and Linking to Practice; 9. Transforming the Demonstration Lesson; Case: To Demo or Not to Demo? Janet, Kindergarten; Taking a Closer Look; Keys to Transforming the Demo Lesson; Questions for Reflecting and Linking to Practice; 10. The Coach as a Learner; Case: Doing the Math, Lisa, Grade 5; Taking a Closer Look; Permission to Be a Learner; Keeping the Teacher in Mind; Keys to Being Coach AND Learner; Questions for Reflecting and Linking to Practice; Part IV. Growing the Coach; 11. Professional Development for the Coach; Identifying What Coaches Need to Know; Moving From Research to Practice; Coaching Simulations; Journaling as a Tool for Learning; Belonging to a Coaching Community; Keys to Professional Development for the Coach; Questions for Reflecting and Linking to Practice; Conclusion; Resource A. Resources to Develop Mathematical and Pedagogical Content knowledge; Resource B. Sources of Math Coach Professional Development; References; Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (184 pages)
• Subjects: 372.7; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Mathematics teachers -- In-service training
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452295978; 1452295972
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