The Power of Virtual Coaching

Autor/inn/en	Rock, Marcia L.; Zigmond, Naomi P.; Gregg, Madeleine; Gable, Robert A.
Titel	The Power of Virtual Coaching
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 69 (2011) 2, S.42-48 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	Teacher Effectiveness; Educational Technology; Teaching Skills; Coaching (Performance); Virtual Classrooms; Synchronous Communication; Computer Mediated Communication; Professional Development; Training Methods; Training Objectives; Change Strategies; Instructional Innovation; Educational Practices; Technology Uses in Education; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Unterrichtsmedien; Lehrbefähigung; Lehrkompetenz; Unterrichtsbefähigung; Computerkonferenz; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Training objectiv; Ausbildungsziel; Trainingsziel; Lösungsstrategie; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Bildungspraxis; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; USA
Abstract	Amid budget cuts in U.S. public schools, the spotlight is on how to make less effective teachers more effective--fast. The authors describe virtual coaching--in which a coach interacts electronically with a teacher as a lesson unfolds--as a promising way to help teachers with weak teaching skills. Virtual coaching uses online and mobile technology (termed bug in ear) to allow a coach located down the hall or across the country to observe a teacher's lesson and offer discreet, running feedback through an earpiece the teacher wears. Rock and colleagues, who have worked as virtual coaches to dozens of teachers, describe how such a set-up can help struggling novices break through to solid teaching skills. Because the coach provides feedback, helpful criticism, and suggestions as a lesson progresses, virtual coaching can shape teaching, and teachers' awareness of their weaknesses, in a way traditional coaching can't. It also saves time and money. The authors discuss the skills and conditions needed to make virtual coaching successful, and the kind of technology and equipment both teacher and coach need to proceed (including sample prices). (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10