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Replay, Reflect, Refine

Video-based coaching accelerates teacher growth

By David Baker, Catherine Carter, Patricia Hagan, Temple Hayles, Rychie Rhodes and Karen Smith

October 2017

Vol. 38 No 5

The cognitive load that a teacher experiences is mind-numbing. To improve, a teacher must begin by reflecting on his or her work, but with the mountain of decisions, where does a teacher find time or have the capacity to notice the way in which students are interacting with lessons? Kauchak & Eggen (2005) discovered that a teacher makes 800 to 1,500 educational decisions every day (p. 55). How is it possible for a teacher to remember mental notes and decide which decisions are having the biggest impact on student achievement, and which ones are impeding student learning? How does a teacher attend to student needs? How does an individual shift instruction based on these needs, and how can data be collected to analyze and evaluate

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