Full course description
Instructional Coaching: Essential Questions for Life
Course Details
Course Type:
- Self-Paced, Fully-Facilitated
- Cohort, Fully-Facilitated
Course Length: 10 Hours
Course Access:
- Self-Paced: Each course includes 45 days of interactive access. If you purchase multiple courses within a single concentration at the same time, your total access period will be extended (e.g., two courses = 90 days, three courses = 135 days, etc.).
Upon enrollment, your dashboard will initially display 45 days per course. By the next business day, your end date will be adjusted to reflect the correct total access period based on the number of courses purchased.
After your enrollment period ends, you will continue to have read-only access to your courses. - Cohort: Participants will follow a set start and end date, determined by their school district.
Course Description
This course explores how skilled questioners intentionally scaffold questions to help learners construct meaning. When coaches have a clear direction and understand their audience well, they can determine the types of questions to ask and differentiate them for individuals.
In this course, participants will examine various forms of questioning—with an emphasis on Questions for Life®—to guide others in becoming proficient questioners who, in turn, are more responsive to student needs.
Course Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Explain the importance of modeling and applying effective communication skills in the coaching process.
- Describe the purpose of each questioning mode—and the skills associated with each—within the coaching process.
- Summarize the modes of effective questioning that coaches encourage and watch for during classroom observations.
- Explore the types of questions that may be used to structure coaching conferences to maximize critical thinking.
- Generate questions for debriefing and fostering teacher reflection.
Guiding Questions
- How can effective communication skills foster a trusting relationship between coach and coachee?
- How can observation skills and effective questioning help identify the needs of teachers and students in the classroom?
- How can applying Questions for LifeⓇ in the coaching process clarify the areas that need to be addressed?
- How does questioning in a coaching conference lead to reflection of practice and a change in school culture?