Content Coach Collaborative
2005-2006

Peer Mentoring Program

The title "Content Coach Collaborative" includes these three prongs of the program. Select the one you want to read about:

Content:  Aligned with State Standards (TEKS)

Coach - Peer - Mentoring Program

Collaborative:  Partnership

For help or for more information contact
Linda White:  Content Coach/Mentor Teacher
or
Carolyn Markos:  Content Coach/Mentor Teacher
at the Office of Communication Administration Building 886-9090
at the CCAFT office 855-0482
or e-mail Linda at lkwhite@admin.corpus-christi.k12.tx.us
or e-mail Carolyn at cmmarkos@admin.corpus-christi.k12.tx.us

 

 

 

 

 

CONTENT - ALIGNED WITH STATE STANDARDS (TEKS)

The District supports the standards-based classroom (SBC) and expects teachers to align instruction and assessment with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

How does the District improve teacher quality to increase student achievement of the state standards (TEKS)?

  • Challenging teachers to plan and pursue activities to promote their own learning
  • Preparing teachers to meet the needs of divergent learners, including students in at-risk situations
  • Enhancing teachers' content knowledge of the TAKS and TEKS
  • Developing teachers' knowledge and abilities to use effective and differentiated instructional strategies—the art and science of teaching
  • Improving classroom management strategies and competencies
  • Empowering teachers to master new teaching skills

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    COACH - PEER - MENTORING PROGRAM

The Peer-Mentoring Program is a supportive approach to teaching and learning that links teachers seeking assistance with teachers providing consultation.

COACHES

The Content Coaches and collaborating teacher/mentors provide support, technical assistance, and commitment to teachers.

TEACHERS

Teachers needing peer assistance, including new teachers, teachers on Professional Growth Plans, teachers teaching out of their certification areas, teachers requesting assistance, and teachers at "More Accountable Schools" campuses are eligible for services.

GAME PLAN

Coaches and teachers target student achievement through the following actions:

  • Observing
  • Modeling
  • Sharing ideas and skills
  • Utilizing materials for further study

Teachers plan and complete activities to promote their own professional growth plans. Coaches provide objective data and feedback regarding teacher and student classroom performance. Peer-mentoring results in changes in student learning when coaching follows established staff development training concepts.

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COLLABORATIVE  PARTNERSHIP

The District, using State Compensatory Education funding, and the Corpus Christi American Federation of Teachers (CCAFT), with support from The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF), have collaborated to improve teachers' knowledge of subject matter and their abilities to meet the needs of learners with different developmental levels and backgrounds, including students in at-risk situations.

The District's vision for staff development is based on national standards:

  • Results-driven
  • Standards-based
  • Job-embedded
  • Linked to student learning needs
  • In-depth
  • Discipline-focused (content)
  • Essential

The District believes that teachers, staff, parents, students, and community and business representatives should play an essential role in the learning process.

The partners (District and CCAFT) are modeling the collaboration needed to enhance instruction and to improve student achievement.

The Content Coach Collaborative is not a part of the District's Teacher Appraisal System.

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