Planning to Plan with Teachers: Coaches’ Aims for Supporting Teachers’ Learning in Co-planning Conversations

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Abstract

Co-planning is a common feature of one-on-one coaching programs; however, research that explores why coaches and teachers discuss particular topics when co-planning is limited. We address this gap by examining 17 coaching cases in which coaches shared their aims for their co-planning conversations with teachers before conducting them. We documented the variation that exists in coaches’ aims for co-planning, identifying four aims that coaches stated: (1) helping teachers make an instructional improvement, (2) supporting teachers to improve lesson planning processes, (3) aiding teachers in selecting higher quality instructional materials and/or tools, and (4) preparing plans for supporting individual students based on assessment data. Specifying these aims has implications for coaching research and practice.

Authors

• Nicholas M. Kochmanski, University of North Carolina - Greensboro

• Sevim Sevgi, Erciyes University