Peer+Coaching+to+Build+Collaboration

=Peer Coaching ~ Building a Community of Learners= Catherine Poling, //Kemptown Elementary Assistant Principal//

=**About this Session**=

Ever feel the only time teachers talk to grown-ups is lunchtime in the faculty room? Looking for ways to build teacher collaboration and boost morale? Get strategies to launch a peer coach­ing program that will move staff from isolation to collaboration. Here’s your chance to see models in action and hear from teachers who have embraced peer coaching as “exactly what they needed.”

Resources


[|How to Say It Like a Coach by Kathy Kee] Article in the November 2006 issue of Teachers Leading Teachers published by the National Staff Development Council

Looking for a **great book** on this topic? Try [|How to Plan and Implement a Peer Coaching Program] by Pam Robbins. In this book, Pam Robbins describes how schools can implement a peer coaching program that serves as a professional support group. She describes peer coaching as a process in which two or more colleagues work together to reflect on current practices; expand, refine, and build new skills; share ideas; teach one another; conduct research; or solve problems. ASCD $8.95 ISBN 978-0-87120-184-3

While it's a little outdated in terms of clothing, the content of Pam Robbins' video series, __//The Collaborative Workplace and Peer Coaching//__, is an excellent resource for working through the establishment of a peer coaching program in your school. This video series is presented by The Video Journal of Education and is available through the IMC. eric.condren@fcps.org