Coaching for Professional Development in Schools

Create a Final Coaching Plan/Coaching for Professional Development in Schools. Here you can combine an essay style and professional development plan.

Leading Final Coaching Plan / Coaching for Professional Development in Schools

You can answer all (1-3 marks per section) or some of the questions (4 qs = 5 marks per area) or focus on an in-depth study of one (20 marks in total). You can add your own questions from your work in this course and your leadership courses. You can also change this assignment to focus more on Professional Development.

What steps should leaders take when implementing mentoring programs in schools (as part of professional development)?

How might leaders coach school staff and faculty in leadership?

How might resilience through coaching assist school faculty and staff to persevere during difficult times?

In what ways can school leaders facilitate this resilience from school staff and faculty?

How do leaders adjust when coaching goes wrong?

What signs may indicate something is not working?

Adaptable Rubric for Essays

I will mark text that is in your own words and properly referenced. By proper referencing, I mean that each sentence that you have taken from another source and put in your own words has an in-text citation.

Level 1

Level 2-3

Level 4

Score

Title Page

Formal Title

Some Title

No Title

No score but thanks.

Introduction

No clear indication of the writer’s ideas. Starts with definitions etc.

Some introduction does not highlight the ideas of the student.

The introduction engages the reader and presents issues or new information.

__ 2

Organization and Development of Ideas

The paragraphs jump from point to point.

The argument flows forward but falters in places.

Each paragraph builds on the main idea.

__ 2

Conclusion

A sentence or two that does not conclude the essay or plan.

Starts off well but runs out of steam.

Closes the loop of the introduction

__ 2

Mechanics & Usage

Large number of errors in English grammar and spelling etc.

Some errors in English grammar and spelling etc.

Correct use of grammar and spelling etc.

__ 2

Citation &Bibliography

Just some website links if any citations. In text citations are not correctly done.

Some citations properly applied.

Correct format for APA or MLA or other type of standard bibliography

__ 2

Final Assignment Leading a School Plan for Coaching Rubric /ECF

Total possible 5 marks

Level 1 10-15 marks

Level 2- 3 16-18 marks

Level 4 19-20 marks

Comprehension and response to article (Critical Thinking/ Inquiry)

Student did not demonstrate a clear understanding of the role of leadership in an organization’s /school’s plan for coaching or PD.

Student evidenced some comprehension of the article/theory or video/’how to instructions’ and articulated a partially thoughtful response.

Student work demonstrates the roll of leadership in implementing school plans for coaching or professional development.