Upcoming Workshops

October 2017

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Value to Districts

• ​Teachers guided by expert coach.
• Teachers develop agency and expertise.
  
• Students develop deep understanding of text.
• Reading comprehension test scores improve.
• Program is evidence-based.
• Coaching is job-embedded and classroom-focused.

Why Content Focused Coaching?

Innovative Evidence-Based Reading Comprehension Course (Grades 4-5)

The University of Pittsburgh’s Institute for Learning (IFL) developed this innovative, online program to help teachers improve student reading comprehension.  

• Teachers participate in an eight-week online workshop, collaborating with their peers in the development of lesson plans to employ the evidence-based practices of Accountable Talk® and Questioning the Author that deepen student understanding of text. 
• Teachers receive follow on one-on-one coaching from highly qualified IFL-trained coaches who observe teachers implementing those practices in the classroom.  
•  Teachers attend the workshop and the follow on coaching sessions online using the technologies that are already in their hands.  
• Teachers in Texas schools have achieved improved student test scores as a result of Content-Focused Coaching®.

​“This program made you look at the way that you were teaching, made you look at instruction, and made you look at the questions that you were asking, and made you look at student engagement, and if they’re really learning.” 
– 5th Grade Teacher

​“Even though [the program] was a lot of work, it definitely has helped me become a better teacher.  And the way I looked at comprehension is so totally different than I did stepping into the classroom in September.” 
– 4th Grade Teacher

​Will the schedule be flexible?

• Teachers work when their schedules permit.
• The workshop requires 3-4 hours per week for 8 weeks.
• Coaching requires 3-4 hours per week.  The coach and the teacher arrange convenient times to meet online.

Cost Effective Solution

​This program addresses school districts’ concerns over the high cost of maintaining content-specific coaching staffs.  It is an evidence-based solution for helping school districts provide teachers with the critical skills and knowledge to measurably advance instructional practices and elevate student outcomes.

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