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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My principal talked with me about becoming a coach.  My response was, "no way, never".  I want to make a difference for kids and coaches don't do that.  And no, they don't help kids through teachers either.  Coaching is a position that should be eliminated.  That money spent could be used to fund positions that actually impact students.[/quote]

What a short sighted and ego centric view. I learned so much about bettering myself as an educator once I removed my shield and engaged with my instructional coach. I'm now an instructional coach in a different district and there are many ways to use the role to also make a difference for kids. Maybe your specific coach doesn't fulfill their role to their entire potential, but to just say that a position that I highly value is useless and doesn't help kids is nasty. I'm am educator with the same mission and goals as you, so maybe stop attacking my role.[/quote]

Are you familiar with what they do in FCPS? They “run” CLTs. They sit in CLTs 14 hours out of a 30 hour week and facilitate a meeting (time keeper). Then probably another 3-5 hours in meeting with admin, 2-4 hours with “coach meetings”, 2-3 hours a week in MTSS meetings. No useful to teachers at all and especially not useful to students. [/quote]

Yes to all of this.

I’d be happy if we could reduce the number of CT meetings, but admin seems to think they are “valuable”. [/quote]

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