Advancement · School Operations

Coaching that counts
what students do.

A coaching cycle works when teacher and coach agree on one student goal and count it. Log each meeting with the baseline, the latest count and the target; the page shows the gain, how far is left, and the next steps that still need an owner.

Log a meetingWhat you get
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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the School operations toolkit, $49 for 32 items.

Your coaching meetings

The worked example is made up: a partner-talk goal that has moved from 30% to 52% of pairs, and a second teacher who has passed the target. Teachers are recorded by code. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Advancement · School Operations$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A record per coaching meeting: teacher code, date, stage of the cycle, the goal, how it is counted, baseline, current and target percentages, notes and next steps with owner and date. Works out points gained and the share of the way to the target; flags a missing target, a target reached, next steps without an owner and the confidentiality of coaching notes.
Who it is for
Instructional coaches, teacher leaders, department heads and principals who coach.
Format
Browser organizer with a saved record per meeting. Prints meeting notes to share with the teacher, every meeting in a table or a blank form; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the School operations toolkit ($49) and the Advancement Suite pass ($99), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The School Operations space in Caveat Advancement.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Agree one student-centered goal with a number.
  2. Count the baseline before trying anything.
  3. Log each meeting and the new count.
  4. Give every next step an owner and a date.
  5. Close the cycle when the target is reached.

Log a meeting

The cycle

A coaching cycleIdentifyA clear picture of now:video or observationA student-centered goalwith a numberA strategy to tryLearnThe coach models orexplainsThe teacher adapts it tothe classA checklist of what itlooks likeImproveTry it; count themeasure againDebrief: what to keep,what to changeRepeat until the goal ismetA coaching cycleIdentifyA clear picture of now: video or observationA student-centered goal with a numberA strategy to tryLearnThe coach models or explainsThe teacher adapts it to the classA checklist of what it looks likeImproveTry it; count the measure againDebrief: what to keep, what to changeRepeat until the goal is met
The stages follow the Impact Cycle described by Jim Knight. The goal is about student learning, so progress is counted in what students do.

Why a number

A goal like “better discussion” cannot tell either of you when you are done. “70% of pairs explain their reasoning” can, and counting it the same way each time keeps the conversation on students rather than on the teacher.

Keeping trust

Coaching depends on teachers trying things that may not work at first. Keep coaching notes out of evaluation, write them with the teacher, and share them beyond the partnership only with the teacher’s agreement.

Sources

  1. Knight, J. (2018). The Impact Cycle. Corwin.
  2. Kraft, M. A., Blazar, D., & Hogan, D. (2018). The effect of teacher coaching on instruction and achievement: A meta-analysis of the causal evidence. Review of Educational Research, 88(4).
  3. Learning Forward. Standards for Professional Learning (learningforward.org).
  4. Aguilar, E. (2013). The Art of Coaching. Jossey-Bass.

The worked examples are made up. Teachers are recorded by code; follow your school’s agreements about coaching records. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.