Coaching in the 21st century focuses on making a targeted difference for teachers through collaborative relationships rather than general professional development. Instructional coaching impacts teachers' practice and student achievement. New online tools make it easier to foster coaching relationships and build frameworks to support teachers and students. Coaches identify areas of focus, create success plans, observe teachers, provide modeling, collect data, and reflect to continuously improve practice.

1. 21st Century Coaching Mike Fisher Instructional Coach & Educational Consultant http://mikefisher.pbworks.com mikefisher821@gmail.com

2. Considerations: Coaching in the 21st Century continues to focus on making a difference for teachers in an individual and targeted way. More than mass audience professional development, instructional coaching impacts teachers’ attitudes, their practice, and ultimately, student achievement. With the collaborative tools that are now available, it’s easier than ever to foster coaching relationships and build successful frameworks of instructional practice, for both teachers and students.

3. Discuss implementation and data collected Reflect on successes and impact Transform future practice Develop Relationships Understand Needs Interviews and Conversations The Basic Cycle: Identify Focus: Management, Content, Methodology, or Assessment Create Multi-Step Success plan or checklist Get On Board Develop A Plan Implement the Plan Reflect and Transform Continued Conversations Observe Model Co-Teach Collect Data

5. Interest / Engagement Surveys (Using Google Forms or online Surveys)

6. Skype for building rapport and informal conversations

8. Invite into Wiki or Ning (such as Jim Knight’s The Big Four)

9. Use Google Docs or other collaborative writing tool to “meet without meeting.”

10. Use Google Tasks or other web tool to develop checklists

13. Opportunities that build on prior knowledge (just like the students!) are more effective.

15. Further Considerations: While the technology opens up a new dimension of interactivity and collaborative conversation, it also opens up trepidation and discomfort. The coaching situation is not one in which we should roll out 25 different interactive tools. If we are going to use these technologies, we need to use them within a zone of comfort. Meaning, JUST ONE AT A TIME. The focus of coaching is primarily about affecting student achievement, improving professional practice, and then, perhaps, developing related skills around 21st Century Skills.

17. http://www.skype.com/ - Textual, Audio, and Video Interactions

18. http://www.ning.com/ - Personalized networking, facebook –like interface

19. http://www.wikispaces.com/ - Collaborative, easy to use website

20. http://primarypad.com/ - Like Etherpad, easy to use collaborative docs

21. http://todaysmeet.com/ - Personalized Twitter like service

22. https://wave.google.com/ - Interactive collaborative service

23. http://thebigfour.ning.com/ - Jim Knight’s Coaching Ning

24. http://curriculum21.ning.com/ - Heidi Hayes Jacobs’ 21st Century Ning

25. http://www.google.com/calendar - Google’s Calendar

26. http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ - Tasks/Checklist application