Empowering Leaders Professional

Development
College of Education, Grand Canyon University
EAD-533-O500 Developing and Empowering
Instructional Leaders
Dr. Scott Reisbord
March 29, 2023
 1 – Criteria for Selecting Faculty Leaders

Table of Contents 2 – Process for Selecting Faculty Leaders

3 – The Importance of the Coaching Cycle
4 – The Coaching Cycle
5 – Feedback
6 – Positive Feedback
7 – Constructive Feedback
8 – Example of the Coaching Cycle Faculty
9 – Example of the Coaching Cycle Support Staff
 1 - Criteria for Selecting
Faculty Leaders

• Demonstrated Job Skills

• Behavioral Competencies
• Prior Evidence of Success
 2 – Process for Selecting
Faculty Leaders

• Applications

• Interview

• Observations

• Selection
3 – The Importance of the
Coaching Cycle

• Reinforces and improves teacher

practice
• Promotes collaboration
• Builds professional capacity
• Improves student outcomes
 4 – The Coaching Cycle

• Pre-Observation Conference
• Observation

• Post-Observation Conference
 5 – Feedback

• Reflect goals
• Respectful

• Timely

• Corrective

• Based on data
 6 – Positive Feedback

• Celebrated

• Best Practices
• Mission and Vision
• Student Achievement
 7 – Constructive
Feedback

• Support improvement
• Mission and Vision
• Student Achievement
 8 – Example of the
Coaching Cycle Faculty
Observations of 6th grade math teacher
• Pre-Observation 
• Lesson and Goals
• Objective
• Classroom information
• Observation
• Objectives
• Students
• Notes
• Post-Observation
• Reflection
• Positive and Constructive Feedback
• Coaching 
• Suggestion
• PD plan
 9 – Examples of the
Coaching Cycle Support Staff
Instructional Assistant is struggling in small group math settings.
• Pre-Observation 
• Goals
• Objective
• Observation
• Objective
• Students
• Notes
• Post-Observation
• Reflection
• Positive and Constructive Feedback
• Coaching/Modeling
• Suggestion
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