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Support Structures for Schools

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Schools have more PD time than they think. People report that barriers are:
 * Time
 * Administrative Support

 "Professional development is catch-as-catch-can, stealing time wherever we can get it. The biggest barrier to implementing any program is support from admin to ...More provide time and financial support. "

The Peer Coaching website provides great resources for overcoming these barriers.


 * Coaching Overview provides models for coaching such as part time, grade level teams, or Library models.
 * Session 1, Activity 4 provides a list of ideas for overcoming the barrriers of time and support.
 * Session 6, Activity 4 provides a useful template for overcoming roadblocks. This template can help you work with your administration to resolve these issues.

Summer Institutes pull teachers together for PD. By offering your coaching training, you can get a big jump start. For coaches already trained, a session could be offered that provides time for collaboration. Schools can also take advantage of after-school sessions, providing either clock hours or pay. Another idea is to use non-student time during the school year. This time is often reserved for PD, and what better use of the time than coaching! Finally, some districts are lucky enough to have early release time on a regular basis. This is perfect for building in regularly scheduled collaboration time.

While it is super to be able to provide extra pay for this work, other things to consider are
 * Clock hours
 * Technology Tools
 * Recognition
 * First chance at opportunties, such as going to conferences