Moments in Mathematics Coaching

Kristine Reed Woleck - New Canaan Public Schools, New Canaan, CT

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Coaching | Mathematics & Numeracy

March 2014 | 184 pages | Corwin

Using a case-based approach, Moments in Mathematics Coaching helps readers examine the possibilities of their position and develop a range of images of the work of mathematics coaching. The cases and author narrative illustrate how to implement specific coaching strategies and make transparent to the reader the reflection and decision-making elements of coaching. In this way the author, an experienced mathematics coach and coach-educator, effectively models the reflective nature of the work and the power of such reflection for continual growth.

The book communicates the challenges and successes of mathematics coaching and provides a wide range of strategies, tips, and guidelines. This resource may be used by individuals or by a book study group of mathematics coaches.

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

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