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It has been decided that I will be coaching two teachers in the year 3-6 team with the aim to improve their Literacy teaching capacity. I will also be filtering through any new insightful knowledge from the course, to all team members years 1-6 where relevant. Not sure of how frequently this will happen as yet as am dealing with timetable horror this term ! Looking forwards to completing the course after an inspiring first day and comparing experiences with others. See you soon. Chanel Hicks

From Maureen: This sounds manageable Chanel, and it's good to have a sharing strategy with your team. If establishing relational trust is a starting point for coaching, how would you describe your relationship with your two teachers and what's their perspective about being involved in coaching with you?

This page is a great way to track what you do and what your learn about establishing literacy coaching - it really helps us to get a better insight into your local context. We'd also be very interested in what sticks with you from the workshop days - the things you found helped you to 'think your way forward'. This helps us to know which of our ideas worked - so we can refine the way we work with the group in the future. M.

After completing day 2 and 3 of the course, I feel that I have more of a direction to go in. It was re-assuring to understand that the role of the coach is different according to the level of experience of the coach and the coachee. I am currently spending time in my coachees' classrooms, and have explained to them what my role is and why they have been choosen. I feel that we are starting to build a relationship based on trust, however having not known these teachers previously, this will take time. I am fortunate to be able to have coaching conversations with my coachees on a fortnightly basis. Over the next few weeks I hope to familiarise myself with the document 'coaching teachers in effective instruction' recommneded by Julie to gain a better understanding of the skill set needed to be an effective coach. I am also going to try to put a draft coaching plan together and have found Esther's a useful example. Looking forwards to day 4 !!!

Here are my reflections of the knowledge and understanding I have aquired over the course in the form of a concept map.