Why do CFG participants say that CFG work is more satisfying when compared to other kinds of professional development?
• It is continual. • It is focused on their own teaching and their own students’ learning. • It takes place in a small group of supportive and trusted colleagues within their own school. • Participants have control over their own professional learning needs. What happens in the Critical Friends Group Coaches Training? The purpose of the training is to train/prepare coaches/facilitators to coordinate honest and productive conversations with colleagues focused on improving student learning and improving teacher practices.
• It is continual. • It is focused on their own teaching and their own students’ learning. • It takes place in a small group of supportive and trusted colleagues within their own school. • The use of protocols and activities promote efficient and effective meetings. • Participants have control over their own professional learning needs. What happens in the Critical Friends Group Coaches Training? The purpose of the training is to train/prepare coaches to coordinate honest and productive conversations with colleagues focused on improving student learning and improving teacher practices. Some of the skills the coaches practiced were: • Setting norms for working together • Active listening • Understanding guidelines for dialogue • Understanding the dynamics of offering and receiving warm (supportive) or cool feedback • Formulating clarifying and probing questions • Using protocols for examining student and teacher work, for solving problems, setting goals, observing peers, and building te
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