This is the presentation I gave at the NESA Fall Leadership conference in Katmandu, Nepal in November 2010.

1. THE PROMISE OF
COACHING
Jen Munnerlyn: Literacy Coach
November, 2010
NESA Fall Leadership Institute, Katmandu Nepal
AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
OF ABU DHABI
11:45-12:45, Boardroom I

2. Jen Munnerlyn
Background
Contact Information
How we work
Purpose of today’s meeting
Structure of this workshop

3. “I know! Let’s get a Literacy
Coach!”
Why a coach? (For the size of school, coach vs.
assistant principal)
How coaching is currently working at ACS. (Where we
started and where we are now.)
Items (we feel) were key to our success.

4. Some of the things I do...
Implementing new programs/instructional strategies
Supports teachers in...
Finding the time to fit it all in- Instructional Minute
Guidelines
Building capacity/accountability through vertical teaming
Giving, analyzing, and using assessments to impact
student learning
Long-term ordering needs
Coaching into classrooms

5. My #1 Job as a coach...
Unit planning
Implementing Reading and Writing Workshop-
Vertical Teams
Strategies for Teaching Word Study- Vertical Teams
Administering and using assessments to inform
our teaching- Data Analysis
Early Release Day sessions- Whole school
Planning for attending and sharing external PD:
NESA, TCRWP
Weekly “Learning Lunches”
Working with instructional assistants
Professional Development

6. Early Release
Days
Regie Routeman’s PD Kit:
TransformingYourTeaching
Through Reading to Understand

7. Curriculum Team
Meetings Reading TeamWriting TeamWord Study Team
“Lunch and Learn”

8. Data Analysis
Meetings
• DRA
• MAP
• Words Their Way Spelling
Inventory• Reading/Writing
Continuums• Classroom data from R/W
Workshops

9. Multifaceted Professional Development=
Collegiality
Accountability
Responsive Leadership
From the principal’s perspective...
Carrie Ekey- NESA Coaching Cohort
A model for a 3-year plan (p. 7 in the handout)
Specific steps that raise the level of teacher collaboration and
accountability
Highlight the next steps in the coaching model

10. Learning Curves for Us:
Adult Learners
Professional Development for the coach
Support of principal as coach learns to be a leader of teachers
Parents: Why talk to the teacher when you can talk to the
coach?
Raising the bar- all PD needs to be targeted and worthwhile
and planned
Where do we go from here? End of our 3-year plan...

11. Questions/Sharing