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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do instructional coaches do? [/quote]

They literally make more work for teachers.  That's their entire job.  Some of them are nice people and well-liked, but few of us would miss those positions if they were all cut.  [/quote]

I disagree, at least at our school. With all the new teachers, they really help out with their planning and coaching. These teachers have mentors, but they can’t do it all, especially when they’re teaching their own classes. [/quote]

Also with the amount of teacher trainees and novice teachers there is an absolute need for coaching support. I’ve seen first hand that teacher skillset in the county is not what it was 15 years ago. [/quote]

I was a young, naive teacher once.  Do you know who I learned from?  My colleagues at the same grade level.  This is one reasons some of this training needs to be examined much more carefully.

I admit that I worked with colleagues that, for the most part, got along well.  I worked in three different school systems and always learned more from my team.  And, while we did have team meetings from time to time, we also gathered informally after school frequently as friends sharing ideas and suggestions.

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And I’ve listened to MANY of those veteran colleagues state that they are exhausted with having to do this and that new teachers today need so much more support. This isn’t a criticism but instead an acknowledgment that more support is necessary. [/quote]

I’m one of those veteran teachers.

I’d rather help the new members in the department myself. Coaches are out of the classroom and therefore are no longer using the skills, dealing with the stress, etc. And as circumstances change year after year, coaches actually lose the expertise they are supposed to have. Their knowledge becomes outdated.

I’d rather the coaches go back into classrooms. Take the weight off the rest of us. We’ll continue to support our new teachers the way we always have.  [/quote]

Exactly. You’re ONE of them and I’m sure there are some more on this board that hate coaches and will pipe up. I can promise you that across the county many veteran teachers genuinely emotionally dump on me about their work load due to novice teachers. Stop thinking that your experience is the only one and accept that the teacher candidate pool has changed drastically over the last 15-20 years.

And no I’m not an instructional coach.[/quote]

Please. I still have the same amount of work to do. The coach isn’t in the classroom, doesn’t collaborate or provide materials, etc. New teachers lean on me just as much now as they did before coaches.

Put them back in the classrooms so they can alleviate loads - fewer students, less grading, etc. Now all they do is duplicate effort. 
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Maybe their job needs to be reimagined. They should be pairing themselves with teachers in the classroom and coaching them in the moment. Identifying a skill deficit, create an agreed upon instructional intervention, coach them and then run fidelity checks to ensure skill acquisition etc.

Fairfax County runs itself with the delusion that all staff have the necessary foundational knowledge, which is not the case. There is no systematic method of implementing new programming and people that are already struggling drown even more. FCPS needs to be stripped down and put back together in a socially valid way with all stakeholders having a voice at the table. [/quote]

It makes more sense to take a class or other responsibilities from a veteran teacher and pair that teacher with a new hire. The veteran teacher is still an educator who can directly coach, whereas the instructional coach is a step removed from the profession and no longer practicing the skills. [/quote]

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