What+Is+Peer+Coaching


 * What is Peer Coaching?**
 * Coaching is customized, relevant, and focused support for classroom teachers.
 * Coaching provides individuals and small groups the opportunity to learn just what they need when they need it.
 * Teachers become more motivated to act on new skills learned because coaching is ongoing and personal.


 * Why Peer Coaching?**
 * Guidance is essential for successful innovation of technology (Zhao et al., 2001).
 * The mentor can provide relevant support materials, model lessons using technology, and give feedback the teacher will be able to use to go to the next step.
 * The coaching process is an onging porcess that invovles buiding trust while developing a relationship between mentor and teacher.

The coaching process involves classroom observations, ongoing constuctive feedback, co-authoring lessons and projects, reviewing what worked, what did not work, and why. The GROW model is:
 * G**oals-determine outcomes
 * R**eality-understand the situation
 * O**ptions-review choices available
 * W**hen- agree on indivudual learning plan