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=Day 8=

**The main focus of Day 8** is to share and discuss what we have learned to date, consider evidence of the impact of our individual and collective actions and clarify the next steps in establishing literacy coaching that is informed by today's conversations. On Day 8 we revisit the expectations and commitments associated with this program which were introduced on Day 1 and listed on p. 2 of your folder:
 * Complete reflection, analysis and mapping tasks at the beginning and end of the program to determine your growth in knowledge, skills and understandings related to a chosen area for personal growth
 * Investigate and trial at least one form of literacy coaching conversation outlined in the program
 * Develop a digital learning resource that shares the results of your inquiry into the establishment of literacy coaching in your school.
 * Undertake between workshop tasks, professional readings and online learning community contributions
 * Complete 3 cycles of inquiry to a) determine student learning needs, b) determine teacher learning needs in relation to student learning needs and c) determine evidence of impact of coaching conversations.
 * Contribute to the creation of a strong professional learning community among program participants which will include engagement in dialogue, reflection, feedback and coaching
 * Actively direct your own learning and contribute to the learning of others
 * Participate in evidence gathering and analysis to inform the development of local coaching conversations and determine the impact of your actions on student learning

This, together with the feedback you provided us, guided the design of the following tasks: A summary sheet can be downloaded:

**Task 1. Determining evidence of impact.**
You will have an opportunity to engage in the Considering Evidence Protocol within a triad of colleagues who are in a different context to your own. The goal of this conversation is to assist you to determine the impact of your actions to date in light of the evidence you bring along, together with clarification of the way forward in light of this evidence and other factors you reference.

To assist you, below are some ideas as to the forms of evidence you might bring along to analyse and anchor your discussions:
 * **Impact on students**: a student reflection (oral or written) on their progress in their literacy learning this year; artefacts that reflect growth in literacy from Term 1 and Term 4; Test results Term 1 and Term 4.
 * **Impact on teachers:** a teacher reflection (oral or written) on their learning and development since commencing coaching; a completed mapping or evidence tool used by a teacher you have been coaching (self-analysis before and after coaching) that reflects how they have added to their repertoire of teaching practices;
 * **Impact on broader school community:** Use the STAR diagram to anchor your presentation of evidence in relation to some of the prompts. Share your Establishing Coaching Journey - sequence of actions taken with observations and impact. Interview a school leader and teacher, bring a summary of their responses related to how your actions have impacted them.

**Task 2: Making your thinking and learning visible:**
Personal choice to be completed prior to Day 8. Please enter or upload at least **one** of the following to your WikiSpace page. Alternatively, you may send us an email with an attachment.

//**Option 1**//**: A** //**Then and Now**// **reflection.** Prompts for this reflection are: Prior to this program I thought that Establishing Literacy Coaching in my school would involve: Now I understand that Establishing Literacy Coaching involves:

Prior to this program I thought being a literacy coach meant: Now I believe that being an effective literacy coach means:

Prior to this program, we had established ..... in relation to literacy coaching in my school. Since my participation in this program, we have now established.....in relation to literacy coaching in my school.

//**Option 2**//**: A critical reflection**:

//**Option 3**//**: Concept map.** Choose one of the content areas: literacy learners and learning; literacy teaching; literacy coaching; or leading learning in community. Draw a concept map in two colors, one that represents your thinking and questions prior to this program and a second color that maps your thinking and insights in relation to these thoughts and wondering now. Annotate with particular influences related to your experiences associated with this program.

**Option 4: Coaching Journey** WikiSpace documentation of your personal journey into establishing literacy coaching that includes: a) reflections on each day of the workshop program and coaching visits - making sense of your experiences, clarifying your personal learning needs b) actions taken locally c) reflections, questions and insights - what you learned as a result of your actions and what this means for next steps.

**Task 3: A digital learning resource that can be shared with others**.
To be completed prior to Day 8. Please upload one resource to the appropriate WikiSpace page. Alternatively, you may send us an email with an attachment.We will provide time on Day 8 to share your resources and obtain feedback on their value to others

Option 1: Professional reading recommendation - a short summary explaining what the reading was about; a statement on why you are recommending this reading and who would benefit from it; a process that you used to effectively explore this reading with colleagues; and what actions you and/or your colleagues took to apply this reading locally.

Option 2: A presentation or other form of documentation that you used to raise awareness about an aspect of establishing literacy coaching in your school. For an example see Bronwyn's powerpoint on the South Gippsland SC page.

Option 3: A flip camera coaching conversation - annotate with the purpose, whether it was a goal setting, clarifying to reflection conversation.

Option 4: A mapping or evidence tool to map repertoires of practice relate to your student learning focus. Upload to the Mapping Tools page. Add an annotation describing how you used this tool in a coaching conversation and what references/research you used to create it.

**Task 4. Whole Group Tasks to be completed during workshop time.**
Some performances of understanding were commenced on days at the beginning of the program - we will allow time for you to revisit these on Day 8:
 * 1) **//Who am I as a literacy teacher, coach, leader//**. Expectation: That you have considered at least two aspects of your professional identity in relation to these roles. That you made some notes about this on Day 2. That you will bring this template to Day 8. We will provide you with time to complete and to annotate in response to this question: What aspects of this program and associated readings/local action/experiences have influence your professional stance (beliefs, values, philosophy, principles) or way of 'being' a literacy teacher, coach or leader?
 * 2) **//Establishment of readiness and context for literacy coaching//**. We introduced the STAR diagram on Day 2. We will revisit on Days 6/7 - this will provide a focus for one of the coaching conversations on these days. Expectation: That you have used the STAR diagram to discuss/map the overall approach to professional learning in your context with school leaders. As a result of this discussion or coaching conversation, an area for action to enable more effective establishment of literacy coaching has been identified. On Day 8 you will share what this was and who has taken responsibility for taking action (note, this does not need to be you - it might be a school leader - your role was to initiate the conversation so that you are better supported in your role).


 * //Summary of Day 4 Feedback from Course Participants.//**

On Day 4 we consulted with you as to what you believed would be the most effective performances of understanding to a) make your personal learning and thinking visible; b) determine evidence of impact in light of your actions to establish literacy coaching in your context.

We provided you with some options to consider to help us work out what would be the best way to determine the extent of your learning:

Your feedback was as follows:

You also stated on Day 4 that your preference was that we provide you with options in relation to the performances of understanding that you will share on the WikiSpace (making thinking visible) and the Final Day Triads (determining evidence of impact).