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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are all these PPs who are saying instructional coaching isn't necessary?  Professional athletes--the best in the game--have coaches.  In business, you have mentors to bounce ideas off and guide you.  Even the best teachers can benefit from another professional's take.  Each year, they get a new crop of kids, with a new crop of challenges.  And that is before you even consider new hires and changes in curriculum.  [/quote]

Because the Head Start instructional coaching that DCPS provides is not actually very good.[/quote]

And what criteria are you using to assess the quality? Please enlighten us.[/quote]

The teachers all tell me it's stupid and boring.[/quote]

Ha! My Head Start teachers say the same thing...they hate having someone looking over their shoulders to make sure they're adhering to the HS standards. [/quote]

Too bad. The instructional coaches help support the teachers with implementing the curriculum properly.[/quote]

If you need someone to make sure a teacher implements the curriculum correctly you need to fire a teacher. I would be very worried about any school that talked like this. I want admin and the district to trust the teachers. If you can’t trust them to implement curriculum (their job) what CAN you trust them to do?? [/quote]

When you hold someone to a standard and expect them to meet that standard, then you get consistent results of that standard.

When you don’t, most people take the lazy way out and and do the minimum.  That’s what DC teachers did in the past when DC was the poorest performing district in the country,

Lastly no principals have much on their plate and cannot monitor or help all the teachers to implement.

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