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Level B Sample Pages
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This set includes one copy each of:

• Coaching Level A Manual
• Coaching Level B Manual
• Coaching Appendices Booklet

A Direct Instruction implementation is a systemic change in the way teachers instruct students. Teachers need to learn a new set of teaching behaviors that involve presenting from a script, pacing a lesson appropriately, correcting students, teaching students to mastery, reinforcing students, and accelerating students. Professional development and support are a vital component of a successful Direct Instruction implementation. The coach/building coordinator is key to effective staff development. Coaches share responsibility for students being successful by assisting the teacher to achieve a classroom environment where all students are learning.

The National Institute for Direct Instruction’s Coaching Series provides a well-developed coaching model that achieves the following goals:

• Focuses on the student
• Trains teachers to achieve student mastery
• Monitors student mastery
• Makes the rate and quality of mastery visible
• Provides schedules and procedures to enable all qualified teachers to achieve mastery
• Celebrates student academic achievement

LEVEL A: Designed for the initial training of new coaches with a focus on developing skills in analyzing student performance through written records.

The Level A manual focuses on teaching coaches how to ensure that basic structural elements are in place in the school and to monitor student performance by reviewing written records. Coaches develop skills in identifying problems based on a review of lesson progress data, student mastery data, and independent work scores. Coaches also learn how to work with teachers to solve problems and follow up after solutions are implemented. As part of the Level A manual, coaches learn the components of how to effectively lead a rehearsal session with a small group of teachers. Key aspects of the structural components of the implementation, including materials, physical arrangements in the classroom, scheduling, grouping, and placement, are addressed.

LEVEL B: A continuation of coaching skills with an emphasis on analyzing student performance through direct observation and increasing delivery skills by planning and facilitating in-service.

Level B expands the skills learned in Level A and develops the coaching skills needed to observe in classrooms and interact with teachers. Training sessions include classroom observations and possible demonstrations of effective teaching. Additionally, the manual provides information and structure for coaches to provide in-service sessions based on needs observed in the classroom.

COACHING APPENDICES: Reference document for use in conjunction with the training series for coaches.

The Coaching Appendices Booklet is a reference manual for use in coordination with the training series for coaches. It includes a 15-page Program Reference Chart that describes the critical components of each Direct Instruction program. The booklet also includes the following practical resources for use in the school:

• Correction Procedures for Verbal Tasks
• Part-firming Paradigm
• Individual Turns
• Conducting Teacher-Directed Workchecks
• Interacting with Peers during Training Sessions
• Five-minute Observations
• Show-off Lessons
• Individual Reading Rate and Accuracy Checkouts
• Planning Inservice Sessions with Small Groups of Teachers
• Expected Lesson Progress
• Monitoring Students During Independent Work

Format: Spiralbound Paperback