Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud

LEARNING STYLES AND COACHING

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:03:34 PST

I recently conducted a workshop session for instructional coaches looking at how their personal learning styles influenced their coaching approach. Everyone began by completing the Kaleidoscope...

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PLATOONING

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:14:16 PST

How do coaches’ and principals’ work with elementary teachers using departmentalized structures? The November/December edition of the Harvard Education Letter titled “Platooning” Instruction:...

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PLCs EXPLORING ASSESSMENT

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:34:00 PDT

As I continue to work with faculties implementing Professional Learning Communities, I have found that giving PLCs some guiding questions can deepen the quality of their early conversations and speed...

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DRIVING EFFORT WITH PICTURES OF THE FUTURE

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:04:09 PDT

I am always looking for examples of stories that illustrate the formula that I presented in Tapping Student Effort…Increasing Student Achievement: Effort X Ability focused on a Manageable Task =...

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DOING...LEARNING...DOING

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:22:37 PDT

I have recently spent several days doing observations in teachers’ classrooms in several states. In every instance the observations, often done with other teachers and principals, were focused on...

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TEACHING TEAMS AS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:55:04 PDT

I was recently asked to assist a middle school faculty that is using common times to meet as grade level teams and as vertical teams. Students are divided into three grade 6-8 houses and will remain...

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MOVING COACHING FROM LIGHT TO HEAVY

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:17:33 PDT

A recent blog by Kim Cofino, a 21st Century Literacy Specialist at the International School in Bangkok, whom I’ve met through Twitter and online, triggered this week’s post. Kim, learning with a...

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DANIEL PINK ON THE SURPRISING SCIENCE OF MOTIVATION

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:15:53 PDT

I recently met with a PLC consisting of 3rd 4th and 5th grade teachers early in their school year. The group was struggling with two new district/building policies put in place. First, a district...

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HOARDING INDIVIDUALS...SHARING FRANCHISES...TEAMS

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:45:52 PDT

In a blog post titled Hoarding Culture or Sharing Culture, Rob Jacobs provides the following descriptions: Hoarding Culture--- teachers and schools keep their expertise, their knowledge, their...

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TIGER WOODS AND TWO COACHING BELIEFS

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:42:00 PDT

In Quality Teaching in a Culture of Coaching, I describe the need for everyone to be coached and suggest that the stronger a person’s skill set becomes, the more coaching they should receive. Debbie...

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DIFFERENTIATING COACHING

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:28:00 PDT

In the summer 2009 issue of The Journal of the National Staff Development Council, Gary Waddell presents a format for identifying the professional development/coaching needs of teachers.(Who’s That...

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WOWS FOR LEARNING

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:10:15 PDT

In Wow! Adding Pizzazz to Teaching and Learning , I illustrate the power of teachers creating Wow experiences for their students….things that hook students …sparking their interest and attention to...

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ORIENTATION FOR COACHING

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:37:00 PDT

I had the opportunity to work with two school districts who are implementing new or reorganized instructional coaching positions. In Gallitin, TN (Sumner County Schools), Instructional Coaches will...

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OPENING SCHOOL: TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:30:54 PDT

August provides a great time to be thinking about the messages educational leaders want to be providing teachers and students as the new year begins. Consider the following thoughts from McCombs and...

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MENTORING AND COACHING ADMINISTRATORS

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:09:39 PDT

I recently had the opportunity to provide some training and facilitation for Education Service Center Region XI in Fort Worth, Texas for their Administrator Mentoring Program. An outstanding group of...

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SECONDARY READING COACHES

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:32:10 PDT

While attending the recent SREB High Schools That Work summer professional development conference, I received a copy of their new report, A Critical Mission: Making Adolescent Reading an Immediate...

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STUDIO LEARNING FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:41:25 PDT

I have finished reading David Perkins’ Making Learning Whole: How 7 Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education. I’ve mentioned my earlier reading in a previous post. The seven principles align...

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RESPONSIVENESS

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:44:00 PDT

Someone forwarded me an interesting post from the Providence Journal, written by Julia Steiny (April 26,2009) titled School Revolution is a New Responsiveness to Kids. Here are some of her...

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COACHING AND LEADERSHIP

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:15:01 PDT

I received a request from a new instructional coach and am writing this post as a response: I was wondering if I could ask you one more question for my paper and presentation. I was hoping you could...

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GETTING ENGAGEMENT: THE JOB OF PRINCIPAL,COACH, AND TEACHER

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:12:48 PDT

I have recently worked with new instructional coaches in the Salem Keizer School District in OR and with the principals in Sumner County Schools in TN. Salem Keizer will be beginning its third year...

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:13:46 PDT

The real test for the movement to professional learning communities as a school improvement effort is, ”Can we show payoff in student achievement?” In my work with the New Jersey Professional...

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WHAT DOES SATISFACTORY MEAN?... WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU?

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:53:00 PDT

In my last posting I noted that I am reading David Perkin’s, Making Learning Whole. In Chapter 5, Working on the Hard Parts, he examines the role of feedback in learning. He describes the problem...

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ACADEMIC LEARNING TIME

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:43:57 PDT

I recently had the opportunity to spend a major portion of a day observing in teachers’ classrooms with their principal and then discussing the observations with her. Late in the day the principal...

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND PEER COACHING:Building Natural Leaders

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:38:12 PDT

Some of the readers of this blog have attended my presentation on Natural Leaders. My focus is examining how principals and teachers who have followers assigned to them can perform as the kind of...

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REAL EXPERIENCES FOR REAL RESULTS

noreply@blogger.com (Stephen G. Barkley) — Sun, 24 May 2009 06:20:01 PDT

'If “soft skills” are in your definition of student achievement, are you finding ways to provide those experiences? Many students find those experiences in their extra curricular activities. I am...

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